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Bryan Fischer of AFA Explodes Over Same-Sex Marriage Decision

Bryan Fischer of AFA has had a lot to say about this morning's U.S. Supreme Court same-sex marriage decision.

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Mississippi Attorney General: Gay Marriage Still on Hold

Mississippi Attorney General Jim Hood says same-sex marriages cannot take place immediately in the state.

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Beheading, Explosion at Factory in France; Suspects Captured

A man with suspected ties to French Islamic radicals rammed a car Friday into an American gas factory in southeastern France, triggering an explosion that injured two people, officials said. …

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Kurdish Fighters Battle IS Militants in Northern Syrian Town

Kurdish fighters in Syria besieged pockets of Islamic State extremists in the northern border town of Kobani on Friday, a day after the militants managed to push into the strategic …

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National

High Court Strikes Down 'Vague' Part of Career Criminal Law

The Supreme Court on Friday struck down part of a federal law that is intended keep people convicted of repeated violent crimes in prison longer.

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Supreme Court Rules: Same-Sex Marriage Legal Nationwide

The Supreme Court declared Friday that same-sex couples have a right to marry anywhere in the United States.

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Health Care

More than 75,000 in Mississippi Keep Insurance Subsidies

Gov. Phil Bryant was among several Mississippi Republican leaders who criticized the Supreme Court's decision Thursday upholding the tax subsidies underpinning President Barack Obama's health care overhaul, as he called …

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MS Avoids Tremendous Hike in Premiums by Three Votes

This morning the U.S. Supreme Court affirmed the Fourth Circuit decision in King v. Burwell.

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Governor: No Special Session on Mississippi Flag Design

Republican Gov. Phil Bryant says he will not call Mississippi lawmakers back to the Capitol to consider removing a Confederate battle emblem from the state flag.

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The Rest of Our Race Story

The real challenge today is to understand a point of view different from our own. Yes, we need a conversation about race, but we also need to prepare our hearts …

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Only a Special Session Could Change Mississippi Flag Before January

Since the first cry for the removal of the Confederate flag from the South Carolina State Capitol, the national conversation has broadened to the use of the symbol beyond Charleston. …

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