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Tom Miles and Michael Evans
Mississippi is the birthplace of William Faulkner, Richard Wright and recent U.S. poet laureate Natasha Trethewey. However, some lawmakers say they want to look beyond the secular literary world and …
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Crime
Supreme Court Gives Ex-Death Row Inmate Parole Chance
The Mississippi Supreme Court, in a decision Dec. 8, changed Frederick Bell's sentence for his 1993 conviction for capital murder to life in prison.
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Health Care
Supreme Court Battle Brewing Over Medicaid Fees
The Supreme Court on Jan. 20 will hear a case from Idaho seeking to overturn a 2011 lower court order to increase payments to providers serving Medicaid enrollees with development …
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Music
Ju Ju Swag Shawty
Every rapper wants fans to know how skilled he is, but few can back it up as confidently as Ju Ju Swag Shawty of Vicksburg.
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US: Cuba Completes Release of 53 Political Prisoners
Cuba has completed the release of 53 political prisoners that was part of last month's historic deal between the United States and Cuba, the Obama administration said Monday. The move …
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Video of Paris Gunman Raises Questions of Affiliations
Two days after his death, a video emerged Sunday of one of the Paris gunmen pledging allegiance to the Islamic State group, while his two fellow militants have claimed to …
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Fear, Far Right Among Roots of Germany's Anti-Islam Rallies
Anti-immigrant protests have been growing by the week in Germany, drawing international attention and fears that xenophobia is on the rise again in the country whose Nazi past has long …
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France Hunts for Attack Accomplices, Deploys 10,000 Troops
France ordered 10,000 troops into the streets Monday to protect sensitive sites after three days of bloodshed as it hunted for the accomplices to the Islamic militants who left 17 …
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Kerry Will Go to Paris to Show Solidarity with French People
Secretary of State John Kerry said Monday he will travel to Paris this week to show solidarity with the French people, following sharp criticism of the Obama administration for not …
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Divers Find Black Boxes in AirAsia Crash, Retrieve 1 of Them
Divers retrieved one black box Monday and located the other from the AirAsia plane that crashed more than two weeks ago, key developments that should help investigators unravel what caused …
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2 Miss. History Museums Close to Private Fundraising Goal
Two Mississippi history museums being built in downtown Jackson are moving closer to their private fundraising goal.
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Obama Proposes Publicly Funded Community Colleges for All
President Barack Obama on Friday proposed to bring the cost of two years of community college "down to zero" for all Americans, an ambitious nationwide plan based on a popular …
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Al-Qaida Member in Yemen Says Group Directed Paris Attack
Al-Qaida in the Arabian Peninsula directed the attack against the French satirical magazine Charlie Hebdo in Paris "as revenge for the honor" of Islam's Prophet Muhammad, a member of the …
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Miss. Same-Sex Marriage Fate Now With 5th Circuit
Mississippi, Louisiana and Texas are three very different places, arguments for throwing out each state's same-sex marriage bans—the subject of cases heard in a federal appeals court in New Orleans …
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LGBT
Analysis: 5th Circuit Could Surprise on Marriage Equality
Supporters of ending Mississippi's constitutional ban on same-sex marriage are understandably nervous about the future.
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Reginald Buckley
After watching and reading news coverage about the recent killings of young black men by white police officers in Ferguson and New York City and the attacks against police officers …
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Politics
Cochran, Wicker Take Top Senate Posts
Mississippi Republican U.S. Sen. Thad Cochran is chairman of the Senate Committee on Appropriations, and Sen. Roger Wicker has been named chairman of the Senate seapower subcommittee.
