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Business Leaders Quit Trump Panel; He Hits Back Hard
President Donald Trump on Tuesday ripped into the four business leaders who resigned from his White House jobs panel—the latest sign that corporate America's romance with Trump is faltering—after his …
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Trump Says 'We'll See' What Happens to His Top Strategist
President Donald Trump won't say whether he plans to keep Steve Bannon, a top adviser and key campaign strategist, in the White House.
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Politics
City Could Restart Its Debate Over Confederate-Themed Flag
A Mississippi city could restart an argument over flying the state flag with the Confederate battle emblem that critics see as racist.
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State
UPDATED: Rep. Thompson, Speaker Gunn: Remove Confederate Emblems on Mississippi Flag
Today, U.S. Representative Bennie G. Thompson (MS-02) calls for the removal of all confederate monuments and emblems in the United States Capitol and on the Mississippi state flag.
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Education
Mississippi Again Moves to Rejigger School Rating System
A year after a bruising debate over how Mississippi's schools should be rated, education officials are doing it all again.
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National
Trump Comments Please, Anger, Then Please Hate Group Leaders
White nationalists have been parsing President Donald Trump's words since a deadly attack at a Virginia rally over the weekend. A day after the president called them "criminals and thugs," …
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White nationalist Richard Spencer told reporters at a news conference Monday that he thought Trump …
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Crime
AG Hood Settles $2.5 Million Epps Scandal Claim
Attorney General Jim Hood settled his office's claims against Global Tel*Link Corp. for $2.5 million today. The corporation is one of 12 that Hood has pursued legally in connection to …
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Person of the Day
Debra Mays-Jackson
Jackson State University named Debra Mays-Jackson its chief of staff for JSU President William Bynum Jr. on July 24.
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Biz Roundup
Mississippi Photographers at Fischer Galleries, Kendra Scott and Jackson Eye Associates
Fischer Galleries, in conjunction with Lemuria Books, will host opening receptions and book signings for two famous Mississippi photographers on Thursday, Aug. 17, and Friday, Aug. 18.
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National
Alabama Senate Race Tests Trump, McConnell Reach
Alabama's Republicans and Democrats were casting ballots Tuesday to select party nominees in the closely watched race for the Senate seat vacated by Attorney General Jeff Sessions.
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Korean Leaders, US Open Door to Diplomacy in Nuclear Crisis
North Korea's military on Tuesday presented leader Kim Jong Un with plans to launch missiles into waters near Guam and "wring the windpipes of the Yankees," even as both Koreas …
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Furor Over Charlottesville Follows Trump Home to Manhattan
President Donald Trump is back in the New York skyscraper that bears his name as the furor over his reaction to race-fueled clashes in Charlottesville, Virginia, over the weekend shows …
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Swift Justice: Jury Takes Taylor's Side in Groping Lawsuit
Four years after Taylor Swift tried to handle her groping allegation against a radio station DJ quietly, the pop superstar got a very public victory Monday with a jury's verdict …
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Deadly Rally Accelerates Removal of Confederate Statues
The deadly white nationalist rally in Charlottesville, Virginia, is fueling another re-evaluation of Confederate statues in cities across the nation, accelerating their removal in much the same way that a …
