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Immigration
Supreme Court Could Reveal Action on Travel Ban at Any Time
The Supreme Court has almost certainly decided what to do about President Donald Trump's travel ban affecting citizens of six mostly Muslim countries.
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National
No Tapes: Trump Says He Didn't Record Meetings with Comey
President Donald Trump said Thursday he "did not make" and doesn't have any recordings of his private conversations with ousted FBI Director James Comey, speaking up on Twitter after a …
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Person of the Day
Tony DiCicco
Former U.S. Women's National Soccer Team head coach Tony DiCicco died from cancer at the age of 68 on Monday, June 19.
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National
Trump Disputes Russian Interference in 2016 Election
President Donald Trump appeared to cast doubt on the assessment of 17 U.S. intelligence agencies that blame Russia for election meddling, questioning Thursday why the Obama administration didn't try to …
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Education
10 Who Graduated Thanks to Testing Errors Will Keep Diplomas
State education officials said Wednesday that 10 Mississippi high school students were allowed to graduate only because of testing errors in their favor, but the state won't revoke their diplomas.
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Business
Regulators Move to Pull the Plug on Mississippi Coal Plant
Mississippi regulators want to pull the plug on a first-of-its-kind power plant that was supposed to burn coal more cleanly, saying one of the nation's largest utilities should absorb $6.5 …
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The Slate
Last week, Discovery Channel announced that U.S. Olympian swimming great Michael Phelps would race a great white shark during this year's "Shark Week." The race will help kick off the …
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Art
From ‘Archie’ to Space Circus
Lyndsay Simpson traces her love of drawing and art back to one of the more vivid memories from her childhood: When she was younger, her grandmother would take her grocery …
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Still Fighting at Home: Transgender Veterans Caught in the Flux
Some top-down changes coming soon to the VA could help alleviate inadvertent or purposeful discrimination against LGBT veterans. Due to a recent change, all VA medical centers now have the …
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Editorial
Democracy Only Works in Public View
The Mississippi attorney general's office releasing the TAC report, which details how the state should work to fix its children's mental- and behavioral-health care system, this week is just one …
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Civil Rights
Safe in Our Own ‘Castles’
One of the last places I want to find myself when traveling with my family is on the side of dark stretch of freeway with flashing lights behind me.
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City & County
Blight, Fines and Violations
The State of Mississippi has taken over 3,500 abandoned and blighted properties that previous owners failed to pay taxes on for three years.
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City & County
Farish Street Affordable Housing Hits Snags
Not everyone is supportive of expanding the pastel-painted affordable housing units in the Farish Street Historic District.
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Civil Rights
Trump, DeVos Allowing Bigotry in Public Schools
In a presidential administration filled with shocking moments, it was a New York Times headline that crystallized the Trump crowd's disdain for children of color for me. "Education Dept. Says …
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Music
Summer at Spacecamp
Following an acoustic set, singer-songwriter Alex Fraser hits a distortion pedal and strums bar chords louder than any of his preceding songs.
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City & County
UPDATE: Nine-year-old Shot in Head; Two People Arrested and Denied Bond
Richard Kyles, 9, was sleeping in the back of his mother's car Saturday night when a bullet struck him in the head.
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Biz Roundup
E&L at the Metrocenter, New District Tenants and Mississippi Film and Video Alliance
E&L Barbeque has partnered with Next Level Experience, an event space located inside the former Belk at the Metrocenter Mall, to open a second E&L location in the venue's restaurant …
