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Pro-Russian Insurgents Retreat in Ukraine's East

Local patrols by steelworkers have forced pro-Russia insurgents to retreat from the government buildings they had seized in a major city in eastern Ukraine, giving residents hope that a wave …

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Chef Bhatt: Top of His Class

Vishwesh Bhatt, 48, is the chef at Oxford's Snackbar, part of the City Grocery family of restaurants that John Currence owns.

Jailhouse Blues: Is Help on the Way for the Raymond Detention Center?

In 2006, the U.S. Justice Department estimated that more than 50 percent of all prisoners have some type of mental health issue. For incarcerated women, the percentage is closer to …

AFA Bearing False Witness Against Businesses?

This past week, the American Family Association put out an "action item" that accuses the "We Don't Discriminate" campaign of being ... discriminatory.

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A Look at Allegations of Cover-Ups at VA Hospitals

A team of federal investigators swept into Phoenix last month amid allegations of a disturbing cover-up at the veterans hospital.

European Court: Google Must Yield on Personal Info

People should have some say over the results that pop up when they conduct a search of their own name online, Europe's highest court said Tuesday.

Red Wolf Pups Named at Mississippi Zoo

Seven endangered red wolf pups now have Choctaw names to honor the state's only federally recognized Indian tribe.

Amanda Holder

When Amanda Holder speaks out to raise awareness about autism spectrum disorder, she does so from personal experience. The Brandon native's son was diagnosed in 2011, but not before Holder …

Community Meetings and Events

Made for a Runway II Fashion Weekend is Friday, May 16, from 7 p.m. to 9:30 p.m. at Jackson Convention Complex.

High Cost, Corruption Claims Mar Brazil World Cup

The cost of building Brasilia's World Cup stadium has nearly tripled to $900 million in public funds, largely due to allegedly fraudulent billing, government auditors say.

Ole Miss Students to Protest Gov. Phil Bryant's Signing of SB 2681 at Graduation

At a leafy college campus in north Mississippi and an upscale dinner club in New York, groups are protesting a Mississippi law that opponents say could sanction discrimination against gays …

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Band of the Day: Lillian Axe

The 1980s were a golden time for hard-rock bands. If you turned on your radio or watched MTV, you probably saw bands such as Motley Crue, White Lion or Bon …

To Mommy With Love

I have always been a pretty artsy-craftsy person. It came from my mom, who created her own art in frames by using old fabric and leftover wallpaper from her DIY …

Proud Mama

My mom is a sigher. On any given day, she would walk in after work, sling her leather purse onto the kitchen counter and let out a heaving sigh that …

Dear Mom

No day goes by that I don't think of her. I sometimes wonder how she found and continues to find the willpower, and I have for many years.

Miss. Politics: Where the Sun Don’t Shine

Comparatively speaking, Mississippi does a poor job regulating political spending and granting access to government, national watchdog groups say.

Who Will Take Ward 6?

Each of Jackson's seven wards is important, but there's something special about Ward 6. Located wholly on the city's gritty south side, the ward has had representation in each of …

All Things in Moderation

"Hungry for Change" focuses on many of the things the diet, weight-loss, and food industries don't want us to know, and what keeps us from being healthy.

Mayor, JCVB Unveil LeFleur Museum District

Freedom 50 will celebrate the anniversary of Freedom Summer by recognizing those who combated segregation in 1964 as well as developing strategies to continually improve the lives of Mississippians and …