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Judge in Hawaii Blocks Latest Version of Trump's Travel Ban

A federal judge in Hawaii blocked the Trump administration Tuesday from enforcing its latest travel ban, just hours before it was set to take effect.

When Trump revised his original travel ban, Hawaii state Attorney General Doug Chin (right) changed …

• October 17, 2017

Senators Reach Deal on Resuming Payments to Health Insurers

Key senators reached a breakthrough deal Tuesday on resuming federal payments to health insurers that President Donald Trump has blocked. Insurers had warned that unless the money is quickly restored, …

Sen. Lamar Alexander (pictured), R-Tenn., and Sen. Patty Murray, D-Wash., have been working for weeks …

• October 17, 2017

Trump Warns 'I Fight Back' After McCain Hits Foreign Policy

President Donald Trump on Tuesday warned Sen. John McCain that "I fight back" after McCain questioned "half-baked, spurious nationalism" in America's foreign policy.

In Philadelphia on Monday night, John McCain, a six-term Republican senator from Arizona, received an …

• October 17, 2017

Newly Released Documents Show the Asbestos Trail in Fondren

The day after developers of a new Hilton hotel suddenly started demolishing structures on a two-acre site in the heart of Fondren, asbestos inspector Ryan Galfetti showed up unannounced after …

The Mississippi Department of Environmental Quality has provided documents showing that asbestos was found in …

• October 17, 2017

JPS Keeps Accreditation for Now as 18 Districts Go on Probation

The Commission on School Accreditation approved the 2017 accountability grades of JPS schools and districts at its meeting Tuesday morning, as well as recommended that 18 school districts in the …

Paula Vanderford, MDE's chief accountability officer, told the Commission on School Accreditation that MDE is …

• October 17, 2017

'Chopped' Screening, Innovate Mississippi Technology Innovation Conference, Sonny's BBQ and Unique_Kreations

Mississippi Museum of Art's chef and culinary curator Nick Wallace recently competed on Food Network's "Chopped: Alton's Challenge," which will air tonight at 9 p.m.

Chef Nick Wallace will discuss the museum's new restaurant, Preserve by Nick Wallace, at tonight's …

• October 17, 2017

Mississippi Museum of Art's chef and culinary curator Nick Wallace recently competed on Food Network's …

• October 17, 2017

D.E. Magee Jr.

Delors Edgar Magee Jr., a Jackson ophthalmologist and former board member and president of the Mississippi Institutions of Higher Learning, died Wednesday, Sept. 27, at his family's home in New …

Former Trustee Bob Owens (left) presents a resolution to D.E. Magee, Jr. (right) at the …

• October 17, 2017

Drug Czar Nominee Tom Marino Pulls His Name from Consideration

Rep. Tom Marino, President Donald Trump's nominee to be the nation's drug czar, is withdrawing from consideration following reports that he played a key role in weakening the federal government's …

Rep. Tom Marino, President Donald Trump's nominee to be the nation's drug czar, is withdrawing …

• October 17, 2017

Mississippi, Nutt Say They've Reached Lawsuit Settlement

The University of Mississippi and former football coach Houston Nutt say they have reached an agreement to resolve Nutt's lawsuit against the school.