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1 dead in U.S. 49 accident involving state trooper

HATTIESBURG, Mississippi (AP) — One person is dead and another is in the hospital after a wreck on Highway 49, north of the south gate of Camp Shelby. Hattiesburg Police spokesman, Lt. Jon Traxler, tells […]

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Storm system causes scattered damage across Mississippi

JACKSON, Mississippi(AP) — Trees tumbled and some buildings were damaged Monday, but few injuries were reported as a strong cold front pushed a line of thunderstorms across Mississippi. Starkville, where a sharp, brief storm hit […]

Health

Ebola screening measures rest on federal law

By ERIC TUCKER WASHINGTON (AP) — The Obama administration’s plans to screen certain airline passengers for exposure to Ebola are based on the Constitution and long-established legal authority that would almost certainly stand up in court […]

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First Ebola patient diagnosed in the U.S. has died

DALLAS (AP) — The first Ebola patient diagnosed in the United States died Wednesday morning in a Dallas hospital, according to a hospital spokesman. Thomas Eric Duncan was pronounced dead at 7:51 a.m. at Texas […]

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Health advocates decry Mississippi’s lack of Medicaid expansion

JACKSON, Mississippi (AP) — Groups supporting low-income Mississippi residents said Tuesday that elected officials are ignoring 300,000 people and refusing billions of federal dollars by choosing not to expand Medicaid in one of the poorest […]