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Tree-Lighting Ceremony Honors Crime Victims in Mississippi

Attorney General Jim Hood and Gov. Phil Bryant spoke to more than 100 people Tuesday at a tree-lighting ceremony in the Gartin building, near the state Capitol in Jackson.

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In Farewell, Paul Ryan Sees Solutions If 'Politics Will Allow It'

Outgoing House Speaker Paul Ryan is bemoaning America's "broken politics" in a farewell speech in which he calls Washington's failure to overhaul costly federal benefit programs "our greatest unfinished business."

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Trump Foundation Reaches Deal to Dissolve Amid Lawsuit

President Donald Trump's charitable foundation reached a deal Tuesday to go out of business, even as Trump continues to fight allegations he misused its assets to resolve business disputes and …

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Judge Tells Flynn He Can't 'Hide My Disgust' at His Crime

In a stinging rebuke, a federal judge lashed out at President Donald Trump's first national security adviser Michael Flynn during his sentencing hearing Tuesday, saying "I can't hide my disgust, …

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White House Pulls Back from Shutdown Threat Over Wall Funds

The White House on Tuesday appeared to inch away from forcing a partial government shutdown over funding for a southern border wall, with Press Secretary Sarah Huckabee Sanders saying there …

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Some USM Students Want Library Renamed, Citing Segregation

Some students at the University of Southern Mississippi want to consider renaming the school's main library, citing the namesake's history of supporting segregration.

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Thomas Dobbs

The Mississippi State Department of Health has a new leader. The department says in a news release Thursday that the Board of Health is naming Dr. Thomas Dobbs as the …

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Jury Recommends Life in Prison for Charlottesville Killer

A jury Tuesday called for a sentence of life in prison plus 419 years for the Hitler admirer who killed a woman when he rammed his car into counterprotesters at …

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Trump Bickers with Dem Leaders, Threatens Government Shutdown

Bickering in public with Democratic leaders, President Donald Trump threatened repeatedly on Tuesday to shut down the government if Congress doesn't provide the money he says is needed to build …

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Mike MacIntyre

University of Mississippi has hired former Colorado head coach Mike MacIntyre to be its new defensive coordinator.

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Cecil Brown Won't Run Again as Mississippi Utility Regulator

One of Mississippi's three public service commissioners announced Monday that he won't seek re-election in 2019.

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Bryant Pledges Support for Cutting Criminal Punishments

Gov. Phil Bryant says he'll support efforts to reduce the number of Mississippians in prison in the 2019 legislative session.

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Mississippi Leaders Set Initial Outline for State Budget

Top Mississippi lawmakers are setting an early and slightly diminished version of state budget recommendations for the coming year.

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US Court Won't Reopen Lawsuit About Confederate-Themed Flag

A federal appeals court is not reviving a lawsuit that tried to block a Mississippi city from flying the state flag that includes the Confederate battle emblem.

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AP FACT CHECK: Entire Trump Tweet on Immigrant Aid is Wrong

President Donald Trump is spreading a false claim from supporters that people who are in the United States illegally receive more in federal assistance than the average American gets in …