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Officer Cossandra Felton (right) is Jackson’s first woman SWAT officer. Also pictured, from left: JPD …

• October 13, 2017

Officer Cossandra Felton (right) is Jackson’s first woman SWAT officer. Also pictured, from left: JPD …

• October 13, 2017

JPD's First Woman SWAT Officer: 'I'm Not Intimidated'

The Jackson Police Department made history Thursday by inducting the first female member of to its SWAT team since its inception in 1971.

Jackson Police Chief Lee Vance (right) introduces the department first woman SWAT officer, Cossandra Felton. …

• October 13, 2017

JSU Photography Exhibit, MSU Entrepreneurship Research Honor and UMMC Telehealth Center of Excellence

Jackson State University is partnering with WJSU and the Mississippi Museum of Art to present "The Beauty of Cancer," a photography exhibit that features 20 breast-cancer survivors in various stages …

Jackson State University is partnering with WJSU and the Mississippi Museum of Art to present …

• October 13, 2017

"The Beauty of Cancer" exhibit features photos of 20 breast-cancer survivors in various stages of …

• October 13, 2017

Mike Hurst

Mike Hurst was sworn in Tuesday in Jackson as U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of Mississippi by U.S. District Judge Daniel Jordan.

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• October 13, 2017

Tillerson: Trump Will Scorn but Not Bolt from Iran Nuke Deal

President Donald Trump will say Friday the Iran nuclear deal is no longer in America's national security interests, but he won't withdraw from the landmark 2015 accord or immediately re-impose …

President Donald Trump will say Friday the Iran nuclear deal is no longer in America's …

• October 13, 2017

Trump to Issue Stop-Payment Order on Health Care Subsidies

In a brash move likely to roil insurance markets, President Donald Trump will "immediately" halt payments to insurers under the Obama-era health care law he has been trying to unravel …

Before sunrise Friday morning, Trump went on Twitter to urge Democrats to make a deal: …

• October 13, 2017

Senator: It's Wrong to Punish High School Players for Anthem Kneeling

A Mississippi lawmaker says he is "appalled" that some high school football players are being punished for kneeling during the national anthem.

Democratic State Sen. Derrick Simmons of Greenville said Thursday that the students have a constitutional …

• October 12, 2017

Black Parents Sue Over White Teacher's Hanging Remark

Parents of a former student are suing a central Mississippi school district, alleging a racially biased comment by a white substitute teacher about their black son being hanged.

The incident in the Lindseys' lawsuit allegedly took place at Northwest Rankin High School. Trip …

• October 12, 2017

Welty Library Set to Re-open Monday

The Eudora Welty Library in downtown Jackson will reopen on Monday, after state and city officials inspected the building today, determining the first floor is safe for patrons.

Ryan Blames High-Tax States as GOP Lawmakers Balk on Plan

House Speaker Paul Ryan on Thursday lambasted high-tax states like California, New York and New Jersey, arguing the rest of the country is "propping up profligate, big-government states" even as …

Ryan's attack came as he defended the Republican tax proposal that would repeal the federal …

• October 12, 2017