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Ukraine: Military Secures Airport from Attack

In the first Ukrainian military action against a pro-Russian uprising in the east, government forces said they clashed Tuesday with about 30 armed gunmen at a small airport.

A Hands-On Tony Yarber Administration?

"Tony won!" exclaimed a man to a small, growing crowd outside one of the main ballrooms at the King Edward Hotel on Tuesday night.

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Raymond Cotton

Things were supposed to be easy on the football field for Raymond Cotton. He was a member of the 2008 ESPN Elite 11 quarterbacks, along with Geno Smith, Tajh Boyd, …

Budget Vote Delayed Over Battle Between House GOP Factions

House Republicans sought to get their sweeping budget resolution back on track Thursday after a late-night blowup stalled the measure in the Budget Committee. A battle between the party's deficit …

The Business They Chose

When I heard the news that Mississippi State University athletic director Scott Stricklin had fired basketball coach Rick Ray after just three seasons, ideas from two of the most acclaimed …

Baltimore Police Often Surveil Cellphones Amid US Secrecy

The Baltimore Police Department has an agreement with the U.S. government to withhold certain information about secretive cellphone surveillance technology from the public and even the courts, according to a …

VA Makes Little Headway in Fight to Shorten Waits for Care

A year after Americans recoiled at new revelations that sick veterans were getting sicker while languishing on waiting lists — and months after the Department of Veterans Affairs instituted major …

NAACP: Gov. Bryant Should Show 'Moral Urgency' on State Flag Change

After South Carolina Gov. Nikki Haley signed a bill into law Thursday to bring down the Confederate flag outside the Statehouse—a move that seemed unthinkable only a month ago in …

5 Decades Later, US-Cuba Diplomatic Ties Restored

The United States and Cuba restored full diplomatic relations Monday after more than five decades of frosty relations rooted in the Cold War.

Bail Hearing Today for Madison County Courthouse Shooter; Revenge For Mother's Shooting Suspected as Motive

CANTON, Miss. (AP) — A Mississippi man arrested for fatally shooting another man at a courthouse in a possible case of revenge was scheduled for a bail hearing Tuesday.

Kerry in Cuba to Raise Embassy Flag in Policy Victory Lap

Washington's top diplomat flew to Havana on Friday to raise the Stars and Stripes over the newly opened U.S. Embassy, making a symbolically charged victory lap for the Obama administration's …

Off the Beaten Path

The Mississippi Museum of Art partnered with Phillip Rollins, also known as DJ Young Venom, for Museum After Hours Offbeat Art.

NKorea Warns It Has Restarted All Nuclear Bomb Fuel Plants

With a big anniversary drawing near, North Korea declared Tuesday it has upgraded and restarted all of its atomic fuel plants — meaning it could possibly make more, and more …

Panera Bread, Small-Business Mentors, Teen Wellness and Paralegals at Tulane

Panera Bread will open its first location in the Jackson metro area Wednesday, Oct. 21, at 6:30 a.m.

Robert Gray Looks to the Home Stretch

Robert Gray, the Democratic nominee for governor, says he draws some odd reactions from people.

A Rework for ‘Restraint and Seclusion’

While most organizations fully support the creation and implementation of a restraint and seclusion policy, many are not satisfied with the policy as it is written now.

US, NATO End Afghan Combat Command After 13 Years

The U.S. and NATO closed their combat command in Afghanistan on Monday, more than 13 years after invading the country in the wake of the Sept. 11 terror attacks to …

Torshel, Main Street and HUBZone

Ridgeland resident Israel Martinez decided to start his storm shelter construction company, Torshel, after witnessing the destruction a series of tornadoes in Mississippi caused in 2014.

Rita B.

For more than two years, Cherita Brent has been taking the stage as stand-up comedian Rita B. Now, she's taking one giant step forward in her comedy career with her …

Botched Execution Could Renew 'Cruel' Challenges

The botched execution of an Oklahoma inmate is certain to fire up the debate over what constitutes cruel and unusual punishment—the phrase written into the U.S. Constitution and defined by …