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Health Care
Mental Health Task Force Aims to Improve Services, Including for the Accused
Attorney General Jim Hood is tackling problems in Mississippi's mental-health system to make it easier for people to get treatment and to improve the commitment process, he said last week.
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Hurricane
Nate Marches Across US East Coast, Dumping Heavy Rains
Nate slogged its way up the northeastern U.S. on Monday, dumping heavy rains and bringing gusty winds to inland states as a tropical depression less than two days after it …
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Lenorris Footman
Lenorris Footman had a hand in three touchdowns, De'Lance Turner rushed for 169 yards and Alcorn State cruised by Alabama State 24-10 on Thursday night.
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Health Care
White House to Order Health Care Alternatives
The White House is finalizing an executive order that would expand health plans offered by associations to allow individuals to pool together and buy insurance outside their states, a unilateral …
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Immigration
Trump Lists Demands on Immigration in Exchange for DACA
President Donald Trump has told congressional leaders that his hard-line immigration priorities must be enacted in exchange for extending protection from deportation to hundreds of thousands of young immigrants, many …
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Hurricane Nate Closing in on Mississippi
NEW ORLEANS (AP) — Hurricane Nate came ashore on a sparsely populated area at the mouth of the Mississippi River on Saturday and closed in on Mississippi, pelting the central …
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America’s Gun Culture: 'How Many More Must Die?'
Let's send our politicians a message; and if they are not willing to create the change that we demand, then we will create the change at the next ballot box.
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Mississippi, Louisiana Declare Emergency Ahead of Tropical Storm Nate
Tropical Storm Nate gained force as it sped toward Mexico's Yucatan Peninsula Friday after drenching Central America in rain that was blamed for at least 21 deaths. Forecasters said it …
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Fannie Lou Hamer
Mississippi-born civil rights activist Fannie Lou Hamer is being commemorated Friday on what would have been her 100th birthday.
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State
Mississippi Now Collecting Lodging Tax from Online Services Such as Airbnb
Mississippi's tax collector is now collecting sales and lodging taxes from people renting rooms or vacation properties online.
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National
Trump, During Photo Shoot, Talks of 'Calm Before the Storm'
President Donald Trump delivered a foreboding message Thursday night, telling reporters as he posed for photos with his senior military leaders that this might be "the calm before the storm."
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Immigration Principles Could Create Problems for DACA Plan
The Trump administration is finalizing the details of a set of immigration principles that could upend efforts to come up with a permanent fix for the status of young immigrants …
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Dennis Allen
New Orleans Saints defensive coordinator Dennis Allen left London, England, with fonder memories than his last trip in 2014.
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Politics
Republican Wins Mississippi House Seat in Special Election
An open seat in the Mississippi House remains in Republican control after a special election to replace a representative who became the mayor of Hattiesburg.
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Some in GOP Open to Banning Gun Accessory Used in Vegas
Senior congressional Republicans say they are open to considering legislation banning "bump stocks" like the shooter in Las Vegas apparently used to make semi-automatic rifles perform more like fully automatic …
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The District's 'Classy Burger Joint'
When Ray-Scott Miller saw the plans for The District at Eastover, he knew immediately that the space called for a certain type of restaurant: a "classy burger joint."
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Clockwork Gun Violence
It's like clockwork, at this point. There's a deadly shooting in this country, followed by an ocean of "thoughts and prayers," then a debate over whether more gun control is …
