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MISSISSIPPI JAIL DISTURBANCE 2 officers hurt at Mississippi jail under scrutiny RAYMOND, Miss. (AP) – Hinds County authorities say two guards injured during a jail incident may have deliberately violated policy and procedures before a […]

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Mother charged in drowning death of four-year-old son

MERIDIAN, Miss. (AP) – Meridian police have arrested the mother of a child who died in a suspected drowning incident at Western Gardens in May. WTOK-TV (http://bit.ly/1JX2GFM ) reports Keanna Denise King was charged with capital […]

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Warriors win NBA title, down LeBron, Cavs 105-97 in Game 6

By TOM WITHERS CLEVELAND (AP) — As the final seconds ticked off and the Warriors began bouncing in celebration on their bench, Stephen Curry looked up and saw LeBron James coming at him. James could do […]

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‘A setback’: Activists fret about Rachel Dolezal impact

By NICHOLAS K. GERANIOS SPOKANE, Wash. (AP) — Civil rights leaders in this largely white city that lies between the Cascade and Rocky mountains are worried that the ruse perpetrated by former NAACP leader Rachel Dolezal […]

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Mississippi death-row inmate Caleb Corrothers denied appeal

( AP) The U.S. Supreme Court has refused to hear a Mississippi death row inmate’s petition for a new trial. Caleb Corrothers argues he was the victim of mistaken eyewitness identification. The nation’s high court […]

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Shark attack: Victims in North Carolina were in shallow water

(AP) Two young people vacationing in the beach town of Oak Island were swimming in waist-deep water when they lost limbs in separate life-threatening shark attacks, town officials said Monday. A 12-year-old girl from Asheboro […]