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City & County
UPDATED: Woman Sues Mayor Yarber for Sex Discrimination, Mayor Calls Her 'Disgruntled'
Mayor Tony Yarber's former executive assistant today filed a complaint in federal court accusing him of sex discrimination, sexual harassment and a hostile workplace within City Hall, and of having …
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Politics
In Jackson, Trump Talks Bigotry, 'Brexit' and Fixing America's 'Inner-Cities'
The Republican presidential nominee, Donald J. Trump, visited the capital of the Magnolia State on Wednesday night—first for a private fundraiser at the convention center, then for a rally at …
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Education
Opponents of Charter Schools Ready for Quick Judgment in Lawsuit
In a small room in the Jackson office of the Southern Poverty Law Center, challengers to the state's funding portion of the charter-school law spoke out about the negative impact …
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Person of the Day
Clarence Weatherspoon
One of the greatest men's basketball players in the history of the University of Southern Mississippi is coming home. Former USM star forward Clarence Weatherspoon is joining the staff as …
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Sports
Dak Prescott Expected to Play Against Seattle in the Second Half Tonight
Dak Prescott shrugs at the suggestion that the Dallas rookie quarterback's startling success in two preseason games is a product of what skeptics might call the "vanilla" defenses of the …
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Char Restaurant Adds Large Private Dining Area for Meetings and Special Events
Char restaurant will expand into an adjacent Highland Village storefront this winter to add private dining space.
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Welcome to the Trump-Clinton Conspiracy Election
It's a conspiracy: The 2016 campaign features one candidate who warned against the "vast right-wing conspiracy" and another who was a leader of the so-called "birther" movement.
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AP-NORC Poll: Gender Matters, but Does it Hurt or Help?
There's no "glass ceiling" keeping a woman from the presidential nomination anymore, but most Americans still think Hillary Clinton's gender will influence the November election. They're just divided on whether …
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Leader of British Movement to Leave EU Joins Trump at Rally
Republican nominee Donald Trump is linking his "movement to take back the country" to Britain's surprising vote to leave the European Union.
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Mississippi Islamic State Recruit Gets 8 Years in Prison
A Mississippi man who once tried to join the Islamic State group credited arresting FBI agents with saving his life as he was sentenced to eight years in prison Wednesday, …
