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National
Protests Resume After 80 Arrests in St. Louis Unrest
A racially mixed crowd of demonstrators locked arms and marched quietly through downtown St. Louis Monday morning to protest the acquittal of a white former police officer in the killing …
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National
Trump, in UN Debut, Urges the World Body to Reform
President Donald Trump made his debut at the United Nations on Monday, using his first appearance to urge the 193-nation organization to reduce bureaucracy and costs while more clearly defining …
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National
Protesters Make Good on Threat to Disrupt St. Louis Business
When a former police officer was acquitted in the fatal shooting of a black suspect, protesters vowed to show their disdain by disrupting business in downtown St. Louis. They quickly …
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Health Care
GOP Lawmakers Grope for Consensus on Remaking Health Law
Leading Republicans described some of their plans for remaking the nation's health care system to rank-and-file House members Thursday. Participants said conflict remained, and the details and timing of how …
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Art
Verge in the Wild Wild West
Verge is a new community-oriented art project that evolved from FIGMENT Jackson. The website for FIGMENT says the mission of the events, which happen in multiple cities across the United …
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Business
Americans for Prosperity: Online Sales Tax is Wrong for Mississippi
The Jackson Free Press recently published an editorial criticizing my organization, Americans for Prosperity, for opposing a bill that would impose sales taxes on all online purchases made in Mississippi—even …
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National
Ex-CIA Chief: Flynn's Firm Discussed Removing Cleric from US
Former CIA Director James Woolsey has accused the Trump administration's former national security adviser, Michael Flynn, of participating in a discussion with Turkish officials about possibly subverting the U.S. extradition …
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Politics
'Spoiled' Criminal Justice Reform Bill Dies After Governor's Veto
Individuals would not be locked up for being financially unable to pay fines, and nonviolent offenders could get parole sooner under a bipartisan bill both the House and the Senate …
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Trump Finally Says President Obama Was Born in the US
After five years as the chief promoter of the false idea that President Barack Obama wasn't born in the United States, Donald Trump admitted on Friday that the president was …
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Over 1,000 Still Need Rescue in North Carolina After Floods
Volunteer firefighters drove their military-surplus truck with 4-foot tires into dark floodwaters, after torrents from Hurricane Matthew sent the Lumber River overflowing its banks on North Carolina's coastal plain.
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Oregon Case Jury Delivers Blow to Government in Lands Fight
A jury delivered an extraordinary blow to the government in a long-running battle over the use of public lands when it acquitted all seven defendants involved in the armed occupation …
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Clinton Goes for Uplift, Trump Goes After Her on Final Day
Furiously campaigning to the last, Hillary Clinton tried Monday to emerge from the cloud of suspicion that has followed her campaign and close her historic bid with a call for …
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Biz Roundup
Sal & Mookie's, Sprouted Heart, Library Lounge and Unwind
Sal & Mookie's New York Pizza & Ice Cream Joint owners Jeff Good and Dan Blumenthal announced during the annual Livingston Farmer's Market on Nov. 3 that they will be …
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Business
Protesters March On Wendy's for Workers' Rights
Wendy's on High Street got traffic from more than just the lunch crowd this week.
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Mississippi Flag Debate Tops State News in 2015
Debate over the Confederate battle emblem in the Mississippi state's flag is the top state news story of 2015.
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Politics
Gov. Phil Bryant Promises 'More of the Same' in Next Term
Phil Bryant was at the front of the room Thursday before the Mississippi Economic Council, relishing being governor again.
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Cover
A Geeky Road to Good Health
Every time you turn around, it seems like more fitness gadgets have appeared. They can all help you along your healthy journey. Here's a few to check out.
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Future of Uber in Jackson Safe For Now?
The fate of Uber is clearer after the Jackson City Council voted 3 to 1 for a set of regulations designed to address public safety and other issues for transportation-network …
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Russia Denies Its Warplanes Hit MSF hospital in Syria
Russia on Tuesday rebuffed claims that its warplanes struck a hospital supported by Doctors Without Borders in northern Syria in airstrikes the previous day that killed at least nine as …
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Music
Royce Boyer
When Royce Boyer, the co-director of the Metro Male Chorus, and Chuck Reynolds, the band director for Madison Central High School, formed the Mississippi Chambre Music Guild in October 2014, …
