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Crime
Hinds DA's New Lawyer Pushes Back on State Case
Strapped with a new lead defense attorney, Robert Shuler Smith will face a trial in Rankin County for charges of two counts of domestic violence, and aggravated stalking and robbery.
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Health Care
Hinds County Has Worst Preterm Birth Rate in Mississippi
More babies are born prematurely in Hinds County than anywhere else in the state, a new report from the March of Dimes shows.
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National
Due in Court, Manafort Attacks Russia Probe Indictment
Accused of multiple financial crimes, President Donald Trump's former campaign chairman on Thursday attacked the strength of the evidence against him, saying the case brought by special counsel Robert Mueller …
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National
Russia Hackers Had Targets Worldwide, Beyond US Election
The hackers who disrupted the U.S. presidential election had ambitions well beyond Hillary Clinton's campaign, targeting the emails of Ukrainian officers, Russian opposition figures, U.S. defense contractors and thousands of …
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Person of the Day
Jordan Johnson
Sophomore running back Jordan Johnson, a Byram native, led Jackson State's possibly rejuvenated rushing attack, rushing for 160 yards on 21 carries and scoring all three of JSU's touchdowns.
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National
Trump Calls for Death Penalty for NYC Truck Attack Suspect
President Donald Trump on Thursday backed away from his threat to send the suspect in the New York bike path attack to Guantanamo Bay, acknowledging in an early morning tweet …
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City & County
The ‘Radical’ Mayor, 120 Days Later
Hundreds of Jacksonians sat in mostly silence as Mayor Chokwe A. Lumumba delivered his "State of the City" address on a late Monday afternoon in Thalia Maria Hall in downtown …
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Crime
Hollywood Sex Accusations Now Levied at Ratner, Hoffman
Hollywood's widening sexual harassment crisis has ensnared a prominent film director after six women—including actress Olivia Munn—accused Brett Ratner of sexual assault or misconduct in a Los Angeles Times report …
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Business
OPINION: Reflections After the Union Loss
In These Times writer Joe Allen says the Nissan-Canton election loss "is nothing less than a knockout punch ending for the foreseeable future any efforts by the UAW to organize …
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City & County
EDITORIAL: 120 Days In, Let’s Focus on Good Communications
While the new administration's leadership on JPS has been noteworthy, communication on other changes in the city has been slow to take root.
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Politics
Looking Ahead to 2018 in #MSLeg
With an American flag backdrop the size of a mid-sized swimming pool, Mississippi's top lawmakers took turns running through their track records and outlining where state policy is headed at …
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City & County
Malcolm Harrison: ‘Experience Matters’
Malcolm Harrison is running for the Hinds County attorney position left empty by his long-time law partner, Sherri Flowers-Billups, who passed away from cancer last October.
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Crime
Sex Workers Caught in Trafficking Crackdown
Amid widespread efforts to crack down on sex trafficking, particularly of children, those who participate in adult sex work—often called prostitution—are getting caught in the sweeps. Many consider this a …
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City & County
A Different Kind of Takeover for JPS
The Jackson Public School District is now in the hands of the W.K. Kellogg Foundation, Gov. Phil Bryant's office and the City of Jackson.
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National
Trump Pressing for Tougher Immigration Based on 'Merit'
Vowing to "stop this craziness," President Donald Trump on Wednesday urged tougher immigration measures based on "merit" after the deadly truck attack in New York City.
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EDITOR'S NOTE: Lessons in Humility and Kindness
Cats and kids have to be dependent on other people. But as children get older, they can begin to take care of themselves, though there are still certain things they …
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Music
Keeping a Blues Legacy Alive
Tera Johnson-Collins, the paternal niece of blues icon Tommy Johnson, says that she has always felt a spiritual connection to her famous family member, who died on Nov. 1, 1956—three …
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Person of the Day
David McDowell
David McDowell says that he took up the position of the Mississippi Coalition Against Domestic Violence's policy coordinator in September after his mentor, MCADV interim president and former Mississippi Democratic …
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Crime
Hinds DA Replaces Attorney Reeves—Who Still Has the Gun
An "overwhelmed" Rankin County judge has delayed Hinds County District Attorney Robert Shuler Smith's trial for charges of two counts of domestic violence and aggravated stalking and robbery until Jan. …
