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Families of Newtown Victims Sue Rifle Manufacturer
The families of nine of the 26 people killed and a teacher wounded two years ago at the Sandy Hook Elementary School filed a lawsuit Monday against the manufacturer, distributor …
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Justices Reject Arizona Bid Over Abortion Drugs
The Supreme Court is refusing to allow Arizona to enforce stringent restrictions on medical abortions while a challenge to those rules plays out in lower courts.
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At UN Climate Talks, a Crack in Rich-Poor Barrier
A last-minute deal that salvaged U.N. climate talks from collapse early Sunday sends a signal the rich-poor divide that long held up progress can be overcome with a year to …
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Black Churches Pray in Protest of Police Slayings
Congregants in African-American churches across the country wore black to Sunday services and prayed over the men in attendance in a symbolic stand against fatal police shootings of unarmed black …
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Hamas Stages Military Rally to Mark Anniversary
The Islamic militant group Hamas displayed rockets and other heavy weapons Sunday during a rally marking the 27th anniversary of its founding.
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CIA Report Revives Legal Debate on Interrogation
When the CIA sought permission to use harsh interrogation methods on a captured al-Qaida operative, the response from Bush administration lawyers was encouraging, even clinical.
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Education
Mississippi Schools' Money Gap Grows to $1.5B
In a state with a long history of lousy education, and a bad habit of not paying for it, nowhere is the problem as profound as in Durant, a tiny …
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Jackson Film Projects Show Promise of State Tax Breaks
Mississippi is famous for things such as blues music and its civil-rights history, but the state's burgeoning film industry may be the next big thing for the Magnolia State.
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City & County
Uber App Rides to Jackson
Uber, the controversy-stirring taxi-ride sharing app, launched service in Jackson this week.
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Nell Knox
Attempting to condense a whole community into a single coffee-table book is an ambitious goal, but Jackson native Nell Knox seems prepared for the task.
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Ukraine: Truce Results in 1st Casualty-Free Day
Ukraine's president said Friday that a fragile truce between his government's troops and Russian-backed separatists in east Ukraine had resulted in the first day free of deaths or injuries for …





