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A prosecutor said he will try to block the state's planned release of an inmate …

• July 14, 2017

Former Councilman Frank Bluntson Awarded, JPD Acknowledges Department Units

JPD held an award program yesterday afternoon, July 13, before the weekly COMSTAT meeting to acknowledge the Traffic Unit and Direct Action Response Team Unit, formerly known as D.A.R.T., for …

Former Ward 4 Councilman Frank Bluntson acknowledged his grandson Connor Bluntson during his speech after …

• July 14, 2017

Jackson State Faces 'Belt-Tightening' Year

Jackson State University's 11th president, Dr. William Bynum Jr., took the reins this month and told reporters this morning that the university is facing a few years of belt-tightening in …

Dr. William Bynum Jr. said enrollment for the upcoming school year is down in his …

• July 14, 2017

Alex Thiel

It was a Saturday afternoon in March 2016, and Alex Thiel was bored. During that time, the Jackson-native musician's longtime progressive-metal trio, Carlos Danger, was going through a slow breakup, …

Photo courtesy Alex Thiel

• July 14, 2017

Judge in Hawaii Hands Trump Latest Defeat on Travel Ban

In another setback for President Donald Trump, a federal judge in Hawaii has further weakened his already diluted travel ban by vastly expanding the list of family relationships with U.S. …

U.S. District Judge Derrick Watson (left) on Thursday ordered the government not to enforce the …

• July 14, 2017

Russian-American Lobbyist Says He Was in Trump Son's Meeting

A Russian-American lobbyist says he attended a June 2016 meeting with President Donald Trump's son, marking another shift in the account of a discussion that was billed as part of …

While Donald Trump Jr. (pictured) has confirmed that Russian attorney Natalia Veselnitskaya was in the …

• July 14, 2017

NCAA Questions Abound for Freeze, Even After Filibuster

Hugh Freeze delivered a 16-minute opening statement about his Mississippi team while pointing out he couldn't talk specifics about a long-running NCAA investigation.

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• July 13, 2017

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• July 13, 2017

Hugh Freeze delivered a 16-minute opening statement about his Mississippi team while pointing out he …

• July 13, 2017

New Senate GOP Health Care Bill Teeters on the Brink

Republican leaders unveiled a new health care bill Thursday in their increasingly desperate effort to deliver on seven years of promises to repeal and replace "Obamacare." They immediately lost two …

President Donald Trump declared a day earlier that failure would make him "very angry" and …

• July 13, 2017

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• July 13, 2017

Education Official Apologizes Anew, This Time to Victims

The Education Department's civil rights chief apologized anew Thursday, this time to victims of campus sexual assault, for her "flippant" remarks attributing 90 percent of such claims to both parties …

The apology by Candice Jackson, acting assistant secretary for civil rights, came amid a series …

• July 13, 2017