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The Latest: mayor says 12 police officers
DALLAS (AP) — The Latest on the shooting of police officers in Dallas (all times local): 7:05 a.m. Mayor Mike Rawlings says a total of 12 police officers and two civilians were shot during a […]
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Governor: Black driver wouldn’t be dead if he were white
FALCON HEIGHTS, Minn. (AP) — A suburban police officer who killed a black motorist likely wouldn’t have fired if the driver had been white, Minnesota’s governor declared, jumping into a suddenly reignited national debate over […]
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Father indicted in hot car death of daughter in Mississippi
JACKSON, Mississippi (AP) — A Mississippi man has been indicted for manslaughter several weeks after his 8-month-old daughter died in his hot car while he worked. Joshua Blunt’s attorney, Carlos Moore, said Blunt was notified […]
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Hattiesburg woman runs over man, killing him
HATTIESBURG, Mississippi (AP) — Bond has been set at $150,000 for a 45-year-old Hattiesburg woman, who is accused in the second-degree murder of a Forrest County man. The Hattiesburg American reports Melissa Cruz made her initial […]
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Ridgeland police: Woman kidnapped, forced to drive to banks
JACKSON, Mississippi (AP) — Police are looking for two men they say kidnapped a woman, sexually assaulted her and made her drive to several banks for cash. Media outlets report that Ridgeland Police recently released […]
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‘Smart, sexy docs’ answer HIV questions
#AskTheHIVDoc series available in English, Spanish UMMC News Dr. Leandro Mena considers himself a shy person. He doesn’t do Facebook and he barely tweets. But his international reputation as an expert in the field of […]
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Owens to accept Susie Buchanan Award July 14
The Mississippi Link Newswire Hinds County Chancellor Denise Owens will be honored for her work as a trailblazer for other women lawyers. Judge Owens is the 2016 recipient of the Susie Blue Buchanan Award. The […]
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JSU support remains strong
By Shanderia K. Posey Editor Alumni and supporters of Jackson State University stood in solidarity July 1, with a local faith-based group to pledge their continued support of JSU. The Ministerial Alliance, led by the […]
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Feds investigating fatal police shooting of Sterling
By Mike Kunzelman Associated Press BATON ROUGE, La. – The U.S. Justice Department opened a civil rights investigation Wednesday into the video-recorded police killing of a black man who authorities say had a gun as […]
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IMS Logistics recruits through Jobs for Jacksonians on July 8 The city of Jackson’s Jobs for Jacksonians program will hold a recruiting session at 10 a.m. July 8, in the conference room of the […]