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India Asks US Embassy to Remove 1 of Its Officers
India asked the United States on Friday to withdraw a diplomat from the U.S. Embassy in New Delhi, the latest retaliation in a smoldering diplomatic dispute touched off by the …
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Conn. Governor Set to Sign Gun Control Law
Gov. Dannel P. Malloy was expected to sign a wide-ranging bill that includes sweeping new restrictions on weapons and large capacity ammunition magazines, a response to last year's deadly school …
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Crime
Project EJECT 'Prevention Piece' Begins at Local Boys and Girls Clubs
Assistant U.S. Attorney Candace Mayberry delivered a presentation to middle and high schoolers at the Boys and Girls Club on Raymond Road on June 27 and had them take a …
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National
White House Blames Iran for War of Words with Trump
The White House on Monday blamed Iranian President Hassan Rouhani for inciting a war of words with President Donald Trump, who warned that verbal threats could escalate into military conflict …
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National
Trump Mocks Kavanaugh Accuser He Had Called Credible Witness
President Donald Trump ignited a crowd at a campaign rally in Mississippi by mocking a woman who has claimed she was sexually assaulted by Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh decades …
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Music
Matt Maher
Singer-songwriter Matt Maher has been a significant presence in the world of contemporary Christian music since the early 2000s, but before he was introduced to religion, he says that he …
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City & County
What Lumumba’s ‘A-Team’ Earns
As we get nearer to annual budget hearings in the City of Jackson, you can almost feel the tension mounting around money issues.
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Politics
Rankin’s First Black Mayor Faces Setbacks
Pelahatchie Mayor Ryshonda Harper Beechem became Rankin County's first black mayor in July 2017. A couple of months into her tenure, she raised questions about checks that seemed off to …
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Texas Primary Leaves Tea Party Influence Unsettled
The first primary in what Republicans hope is a triumphant election year sent a message that U.S. Sen Ted Cruz and the tea party still wield considerable influence in one …
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City & County
Aaron Banks: New Kid on the Ward 6 Block
Although new Ward 6 Councilman Aaron Banks is a new kid on the City Hall block, he is not new to Jackson.
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President-Elect Trump Urges Americans: 'Come Together As One People'
WASHINGTON (AP) — Donald Trump claimed his place Wednesday as America's 45th president, an astonishing victory for the celebrity businessman and political novice who capitalized on voters' economic anxieties, took …
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Editor's Note
‘Faith-Based’ Economics vs. Actual Math
Cutting franchise taxes is a major priority of ALEC, the ultra-conservative anti-taxation group to which so many conservative legislators swear fealty.
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Editor's Note
Living and Loving in a Know-It-All Nation
I doubt I'm the only one who has struggled to find the holiday spirit this year. Mind you, I'm a holiday fanatic—decorate, give, wrap, deliver, entertain, even cook—but I've had …
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Editor's Note
Of Bill Cosby, Frank Melton and Public Moralizing
You'd think that Bill Cosby's targets would have had more power than Frank Melton's troubled "boys," as he called them, but women of any race have never had credibility when …
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City & County
From Jackson to Paris to Fight Climate Change
Six members of Cooperation Jackson lent their voices and efforts to the global fight against climate change at the United Nation's annual climate conference.
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Pioneer for Gay Marriage Among Lawyers for High Court Cases
Five lawyers will take turns at the Supreme Court lectern Tuesday for the highly anticipated and extended arguments over same-sex marriage.
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Editor's Note
From Affleck to Baltimore: Sh*t Our Ancestors Did
Forget a "sagging feeling"—it's a gut-punch to discover you descend from a slave owner or plantation overseer, especially when your relatives have laughed off such a notion your whole life, …
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Business
The Dollars and Sense of the Costco Fight
In looking to relocate to the Jackson area, Costco is not making an altruistic overture, bestowing a gift on the people of the capital city and expecting nothing in return.
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Politics
Long Lines for Absentee Voting Point to Engagement, Room for Improvement
Rukia Lumumba was the last person in a long queue of voters waiting to cast a ballot on the final day of in-person absentee voting on Saturday, Nov. 24. The …
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Immigration
White House Pulls Back from Shutdown Threat Over Wall Funds
The White House on Tuesday appeared to inch away from forcing a partial government shutdown over funding for a southern border wall, with Press Secretary Sarah Huckabee Sanders saying there …
