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Memphis Officer Involved in Southaven Shooting

Police in Memphis, Tennessee, said one of their off-duty officers was involved in a shooting in the nearby Mississippi city of Southaven.

National

Super Bowl Gets 111.9 Million Viewers, Down from Last Year

Setting television viewership records with the Super Bowl has become almost routine, but this year's average of 111.9 million viewers for Denver's victory over Carolina is down from the past …

National

Attorney General to Visit 6 Cities to Highlight Police Work

Attorney General Loretta Lynch plans to visit six cities in the coming months to highlight police departments she sees as role models for law enforcement.

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Jeffery Simmons

Mississippi State salvaged what looked like a non-descript recruiting class by adding a pair of homegrown defensive linemen.

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Dominant D Carries Manning, Broncos to 24-10 Super Bowl Win

With his prolific passing and complete control of the game at the line of scrimmage, Peyton Manning helped usher in the NFL's wide-open era of high-scoring offenses and pass-happy game …

National

Obama Asking Congress for Emergency Funding to Combat Zika

President Barack Obama is asking Congress for more than $1.8 billion in emergency funding to help fight the Zika virus.

World

Merkel Says 'Horrified' by Russian Bombings in Syria

Turkey and Germany agreed on Monday on a set of measures to try to tackle the Syrian refugee crisis, including a joint diplomatic initiative aimed at halting attacks against Syria's …

Crime

Police: 2 Dead, 4 Hurt in Shooting After Mississippi Parade

A shooting after a Mardi Gras parade in Pass Christian killed two men and wounded four other people Sunday, south Mississippi authorities said.

State

No Smoke Alarm in More than Half of Mississippi Fatal Fires

More than half the people killed last year by house fires in Mississippi were in homes without working smoke alarms, the Mississippi State Fire Marshal's Office said.

Crime

Mandatory Life for Man Who led 2-State, 3-Week Manhunt

A judge has sentenced a man whose violent crimes started a three-week manhunt in Louisiana and Mississippi, the Washington Parish district attorney said.

Development

AP Analysis: Continental Tire Deal Incentives At $600 Million

CLINTON, Miss. (AP) — An Associated Press analysis finds that the package of state aid and tax abatements to attract a $1.45 billion, 2,500-job Continental AG tire plant to Hinds …

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Hinds County Sheriff Dept Makes $3 Million Drug Stop

JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — The Hinds County Sheriff's Department says a traffic stop Wednesday resulted in one of the largest interdiction seizure of methamphetamine — reportedly valued at $3 million …

Justice

Police Officials Quarrel Over Effort to Raise Bar on Force

A police group's proposal that law enforcement officers be required to do more than what's minimally required by law in violent encounters has spurred anger and pushback from leading national …

Crime

Couple Wanted in Crime Spree Led Police on Chase; 1 Killed

A weeklong search for a Missouri couple wanted in a series of robberies and abductions across the South ended with one suspect dead and the other wounded Friday, after authorities …

World

Experts Say Launch Won't Bring N. Korea Much Closer to ICBM

According to many experts, the North's rockets look a lot more like what the North says they are—space launch vehicles, or SLVs—and they aren't necessarily helping Pyongyang get that much …