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MISSISSIPPI-TUNSIL ARRESTED Ole Miss tackle booked in assault case involving stepfather OXFORD, Miss. (AP) – University of Mississippi football coach Hugh Freeze confirms that offensive tackle Laremy Tunsil has been arrested in a domestic violence […]

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Mississippi flag temporarily removed at Hattiesburg city buildings

(AP) The Mississippi flag, which includes a Confederate battle emblem, was temporarily removed Thursday from most municipal buildings in one of the largest cities in the state. Hattiesburg Mayor Johnny DuPree said he ordered the […]

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MLK motel in Alabama named to ‘most endangered’ list

(AP) Preservationists say an abandoned Birmingham motel with ties to the civil rights movement is among the nation’s most threatened historic places. The National Trust for Historic Preservation is including the old A.G. Gaston Motel […]

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Mississippi officials split on Confederate battle emblem

(AP) Mississippi officials are expressing differing opinions about whether to remove the Confederate battle emblem from the state flag: ____ Democratic U.S. Rep. Bennie Thompson, the only black member of Mississippi’s congressional delegation, said Tuesday […]

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CONFEDERATE SYMBOLS Top lawmaker: Remove Confederate sign from Mississippi flag JACKSON, Miss. (AP) – A top Mississippi lawmaker says the Confederate battle emblem is offensive and needs to be removed from the state flag. Republican […]

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Fastest rising rent in U.S. is in one Mississippi city

(AP) Home rental prices are climbing across much of the United States — with the biggest gains coming from not from New York or San Francisco but Jackson, Mississippi, and Portland, Maine. Real estate data […]