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Japan Restarts Reactor After Break Due to Fukushima
A power plant operator in southern Japan restarted a nuclear reactor on Tuesday, the first to begin operating under new safety requirements following the Fukushima disaster.
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Art
Community and Camaraderie
Now in its 11th year, Bright Lights, Belhaven Nights is styled as a music and arts festival, but it's also a celebration of community and camaraderie between neighbors and friends …
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Board Dismisses Ruling to Allow College Athletes to Unionize
The National Labor Relations Board on Monday overturned a historic ruling that gave Northwestern University football players the go-ahead to form the nation's first college athletes' union, saying the prospect …
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Music
Who Is K. West?
Jackson hip-hop artist Kimberly West, known to her fans simply as K. West, has stayed busy since the release of her debut album, "He Say She Say," in 2012 and …
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Person of the Day
Tori Bowie
Former USM sprinter Tori Bowie has gone from tiny Sandhill, Miss., to challenging the best women sprinters for the top spot.
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Pope: Priests in Holy Year Can Absolve 'Sin of Abortion'
Pope Francis declared on Tuesday he is allowing all priests in the church's upcoming Year of Mercy to absolve women of the "sin of abortion" if they repent with a …
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Health Care
HHS Unveils Civil Rights Protections For Transgender Patients’ Health Services
The Obama administration has barred medical providers and insurers from discriminating based on gender in treatments or access to facilities or services.
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Cover
Brewing Luck
Brewmaster Lucas Simmons, who co-owns Lucky Town Brewing Company with partners Chip Jones, Angela Ray and Brandon Blacklidge, recently gave the Jackson Free Press a tour of the brewery.
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Politics
Analysis: Making Headlines No Guarantee of Election Success
Two state senators with proposals that grabbed headlines and divided their colleagues are not returning to the Mississippi Capitol next term.
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State
Ole Miss Student Senate Votes to Remove State Flag; Now Administration Must Decide
Student senators at the University of Mississippi voted Tuesday night to ask the school administration to remove the Mississippi flag from campus because it contains a Confederate battle emblem that …
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Outside Influence on 42
Anti-Initiative 42 advocates formed KidsFirst and Improve Mississippi, which were all funded, at least in part, through outside organizations and dollars.
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Person of the Day
Mike Middleton
Healing a campus riven by student protests over race relations and recent online terror threats isn't just a mandate for interim University of Missouri system president Mike Middleton.
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Florida Out of the Gate at Start of Early Voting
Midterm elections are almost three weeks away, yet more than 904,000 Americans already have cast their ballots, with almost 60 percent of those early votes in Florida, according to data …
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FBI Director Warns Against Cellphone Encryption
FBI Director James Comey warned in stark terms Thursday against the push by technology companies to encrypt smartphone data and operating systems, arguing that murder cases could be stalled, suspects …
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City & County
10 Local Stories of the Week
There's never a slow news week in Jackson, Miss., and last week was no exception. Here are the local stories JFP reporters brought you in case you missed them.
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Oscar Pistorius Sentenced to 5 Years in Prison
Oscar Pistorius was taken away in a police van with barred windows Tuesday to start serving a five-year prison sentence for killing girlfriend Reeva Steenkamp.
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Books
Stories of the South
Since 1989, the Eudora Welty Writer's Symposium has hosted southern authors at the Mississippi University for Women in Columbus. The symposium provides a platform for authors specializing in southern fiction …
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UN Inquiry Head Rejects N. Korea's 'Honeyed Words'
"A few honeyed words" by North Korea as it tries to avoid a referral to the International Criminal Court has not changed the human rights situation on the ground there, …
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Music
Motopony’s Metaphysical Music
Forming the best possible band can be an arduous process, and it was no different for Motopony. The Seattle-based indie band, fronted by singer-songwriter Daniel Blue, has cycled through about …
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Music
Two Years of Trainwreck-Town
Local record labels Elegant Trainwreck and Homework Town have played a big role in expanding music in Jackson.
