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Heart Association planning casting call The American Heart Association will hold a casting call for 2017 Go Red for Women national spokeswomen from 10-11:45 a.m. May 5, at the Jackson Convention Complex, 105 E. […]
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Powerful storms threaten Louisiana, parts of Deep South
By BILL FULLER and JEFF MARTIN Associated Press ATLANTA (AP) – Parts of Louisiana are under a severe thunderstorm watch as storms are firing up over parts of the Deep South. The National Weather Service […]
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GULFPORT, Miss. (AP) – Federal agents said they used a “buy/bust” operation to arrest a felon who’s been selling guns and offering his buyers a sample of crystal meth. Court documents say 34-year-old Russell Clack […]
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2016 primary elections: Trump sweeps Republican contests; Clinton big Democratic winner
PHILADELPHIA (AP) — In a front-runner’s rout, Republican Donald Trump roared to victory Tuesday in five contests across the Northeast and confidently declared himself the GOP’s “presumptive nominee.” Hillary Clinton was dominant in four Democratic […]
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Charges dropped against 4 accused in Ole Miss hazing case
JACKSON, Miss. (AP) – Four of five University of Mississippi students accused in an alleged October hazing incident have had charges against them dropped. An attorney for one of the students tells The Clarion-Ledger (http://on.thec-l.com/1T3jThQ ) […]
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The latest Mississippi news
JACKSON, Miss. (AP) – Several Methodist leaders are objecting to Mississippi’s new religious-objections law, saying it violates their religious principles. More than 30 Methodist ministers published an open letter Monday, saying the state’s so-called “religious […]
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911 caller on Ohio massacre: ‘There’s blood all over the house’
PIKETON, Ohio (AP) — An out-of-breath caller who found two of the eight slain members of an Ohio family told a 911 dispatcher in a quavering voice that “there’s blood all over the house.” “I […]
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Teen who wounded 2 students outside Wisconsin prom fatally shot by police, authorities say
ANTIGO, Wis. (AP) — An 18-year-old man opened fire with a high-powered rifle outside of a high school prom in northern Wisconsin, wounding two students before a police officer who was in the parking lot […]
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Michelle Obama urges grads to vote to protect civil rights
By EMILY WAGSTER PETTUS JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — First lady Michelle Obama told graduates of a historically black university in Mississippi on Saturday that “the power of voting is real and lasting” and they need […]
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Ecuador earthquake: Death toll at 553 and rising as aftershock rattles coast
MANTA, Ecuador — A magnitude-6.1 aftershock Wednesday set babies crying and sent nervous residents pouring into the streets, fearful of yet more damage following the deadly earthquake over the weekend. The pre-dawn jolt was the […]