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White House: Higher Wages Needed to Make up for Stagnation

President Barack Obama's top economists say that even as the U.S. has managed to kick start a lasting and growing recovery, modest wage gains are far from making up for …

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• February 19, 2015

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• February 19, 2015

The only abortion clinic in Mississippi, Jackson Women's Health Organization, sued to try to block …

• February 19, 2015

Nearly 40 Percent of Wal-Mart's US Workers to Get Pay Raises

Wal-Mart Stores Inc. is spending $1 billion to make changes to how it pays and trains U.S. hourly workers as the embattled retailer tries to reshape the image that its …

Tsarnaev Lawyers to Ask Higher Court to Move Bombing Trial

Lawyers for Boston Marathon bombing suspect Dzhokhar Tsarnaev have asked a judge three times to move his trial out of Massachusetts because of the emotional impact of the deadly attack. …

Kerry: Fighting Extremism Requires More than Military Action

In the fight against violent extremism, President Barack Obama has argued the U.S. has one thing going for it that Europe doesn't: a long tradition of warmly embracing its immigrants, …

BET/Sunday Best's Geoffrey Golden in Concert

• February 19, 2015

Jackson Abortion Clinic's Fate Up to SCOTUS

Mississippi is asking the U.S. Supreme Court to let it enforce an abortion law that had been declared unconstitutional by a lower court.

Courtesy Dottie Serio

• February 18, 2015

MAEP Gets Slight Boost in Draft Budget

Mississippi legislators are working on early proposals to fund state government during the year that begins July 1.

Courtesy Roger Stolle

• February 18, 2015

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• February 18, 2015

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• February 18, 2015

Livingston Reborn

For Ron Guerieri, one of the partners at Livingston Mercantile, everything old is new again. Seated at a table at The Gathering, the restaurant side of the property, he explains …

All food at The Gathering is southern in nature—through indigenous ingredients or in its preparation.

• February 18, 2015

The Anti-Vax Paradox: Pitting Parental Freedom Against Children’s Health

Rebecca Estepp is a San Diego mother whose son Eric developed a fever after his Hepatitis B shot when he was 9 months old. Estepp blames vaccinations for her son's …

David McRaney, a scientific journalist based in Hattiesburg, has researched the way laypeople, who do …

• February 18, 2015

U.S. Sen. Rand Paul joined the vaccine discussion when he called vaccination requirements an issue …

• February 18, 2015

Dr. Thomas Dobbs, state epidemiologist district health officer, believes Mississippi’s vaccination law, which only allows …

• February 18, 2015