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Cuba Calls Weapons on North Korean Ship 'Obsolete'
Cuba said military equipment found buried under sacks of sugar on a North Korean ship seized as it tried to cross the Panama Canal was obsolete weaponry from the mid-20th …
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Beloved Friends
I spent two weeks in Turkey this summer mostly traveling on a bus with a group of Christian, Muslim and Jewish people.
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Bipartisan Budget Deal Sets Off Some Grumbling
Backers of a narrowly drawn budget deal are selling it as a way to stabilize Congress' shaky fiscal practices and mute some of the partisan rancor that has helped send …
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Putin to Pardon Jailed Tycoon Khodorkovsky
President Vladimir Putin said Thursday he will pardon jailed oil tycoon Mikhail Khodorkovsky, a surprise decision that will let his top foe and Russia's formerly richest man out of prison …
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Open Primaries in Mississippi?
Is the closed-primary system outdated? The Sun-Herald explores.
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Politics
GOP Race for Mississippi Secretary of State Grows Pointed
The contest between two candidates seeking the Republican nomination for Mississippi secretary of state has become one of the most pointed among 2019's primary elections, while the former mayor of …
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Immigration
ICE Raids Food Plants on Day of Trump Visit to Grieving City
U.S. immigration officials raided numerous Mississippi food processing plants Wednesday, arresting 680 mostly Latino workers in what marked the largest workplace sting in at least a decade.
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Trumps Pick for Ambassador to Israel Sparks Hot Debate
If President-elect Donald Trump wanted to show he planned to obliterate President Barack Obama's approach to Israel, he might have found his man to deliver that message in David Friedman, …
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Immigration
France's Right-Wing Presidential Candidate Looks to Trump, Brexit for Inspiration
LYON, France (AP) — Marine Le Pen, France's far-right presidential candidate, unveiled her platform Saturday, envisioning a thriving nation "made in France," with its citizens first in line for state …
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City & County
‘Stay Safe Jackson’ Order Reopens Capital City Due to Effect of State Order on Businesses
The capital city is headed into the first phase of reopening for two weeks starting Saturday, May 16, when Jackson Mayor Chokwe Antar Lumumba’s “Stay at Home” executive order lapses.
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National
Thousands Line Up to Say Goodbye to John McCain
Thousands of people lined up for blocks outside the U.S. Capitol Friday to say goodbye to John McCain as officials, relatives and friends paid their tributes inside to the Vietnam …
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National
Officials: Weinstein to Surrender in Sexual Misconduct Probe
Hollywood mogul Harvey Weinstein is expected to surrender to authorities Friday to face charges involving at least one of the women who have accused him of sexual assault, two law …
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City & County
Mayor, Stamps At Odds Over Sludge Dumping
Disagreements about where to dump sludge byproduct from the O.B. Curtis Water Treatment plant ended in a stalemate between the two branches of the city government during Tuesday's meeting of …
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Crime
Most of Mississippi's Juvenile Lifers Await Resentencing
In light of U.S. Supreme Court decisions, Mississippi has been starting to set new sentences for people imprisoned to life without parole for crimes committed when they were juveniles. But …
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Biz Roundup
BRAVO! Remodeling, Jesse Houston at Fine & Dandy, Two Sister's Closes and Rankin on the Move
Jesse Houston, a well-known Jackson chef who helped the late Craig Noone open Parlor Market and most recently served as the executive chef at Saltine Oyster Bar, will now serve …
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National
Houston Drainage Grid 'So Obsolete It's Just Unbelievable'
Houston's system of bayous and reservoirs was built to drain a tabletop-flat city prone to heavy rains. But its Depression-era design is no match for the stresses brought by explosive …
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Person of the Day
Darth Vader
Even after the prequels somewhat defanged the infamous Sith lord, Darth Vader is still a driving force for the "Star Wars" franchise's newest addition, "The Force Awakens," which premiers Friday, …
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State
'Separate-But-Equal' State Flags? Lawmaker Suggests Having Two Instead
In Mississippi, the last state to display the Confederate battle emblem on its flag, some lawmakers want the divisive symbol removed, others want to punish public institutions that refuse to …
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Relative 'Devastated' After Shooting Kills 8 in Mississippi
Head in hands, his voice strained, Vincent Mitchell sat outside his little yellow home and tried to make sense of how a family dispute led to a rampage that killed …
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UN: OK to Use Untested Ebola Drugs in Outbreak
The World Health Organization declared it's ethical to use untested drugs and vaccines in the ongoing Ebola outbreak in West Africa although the tiny supply of one experimental treatment has …
