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UN vote recognizes state of Palestine; U.S. objects

The United Nations has voted overwhelmingly to recognize a Palestinian state, but the Palestinians still face enormous limitations: They don't control their borders, airspace or trade, they have separate and …

GOP Counters Obama on Fiscal Cliff: Cut Social Security and Medicare

House Republicans on Monday proposed a new 10-year, $2.2 trillion blueprint to President Barack Obama that calls for increasing the eligibility age for Medicare and lowering cost-of-living hikes for Social …

New Homes, Toys for Tots and City Networking

The city of Jackson and the Jackson Housing Authority will unveil the state's first solar-power-assisted affordable housing with a tour of the new Midtown Housing Tuesday, Dec. 4 at 2 …

No Fingerprinting for City Program?

The 4-2 vote the city took last week to enact fingerprint scanning for the city's child-care programs might have been a little premature, following revelations that a previously filed injunction …

Purge Sends Chilling Message to N. Korea's Elite

By purging his own uncle, Kim has delivered a more chilling message: No one is beyond reach, not even family.

HUD Finally Stirs on Housing Discrimination

The U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development has accused Dallas, one of the nation's largest cities, of violating civil rights law through housing practices that discriminated against black, Latino …

Bipartisan Budget Deal Sets Off Some Grumbling

Backers of a narrowly drawn budget deal are selling it as a way to stabilize Congress' shaky fiscal practices and mute some of the partisan rancor that has helped send …

Gridlock in the Senate, Progress in the House

A budget agreement between key Republicans and Democrats. Even President Barack Obama was on board. All without anyone threatening to repeal this or shut down that.

Federal Health Care Sign-Ups Pass 1 Million Mark

The government's rehabilitated health insurance website has seen a December surge in customer sign-ups, pushing enrollment past the 1 million mark, the Obama administration says.

Susan Hughey Hogan and Paul Hughey

When Paul Hughey died at age 75, he left behind an old possession in his Gulfport home that would fuel a powerful goal for his daughter, Susan Hughey Hogan.

Herman's Picks

The cruel gods of fate have deemed you to be wishing you could be in two places at once this fine dawning of spring week. Alias, the answer is clear, …

BAND OF HORSES' "CEASE TO BEGIN" Drops Oct. 9

Fall Headlining Tour Kicks Off October 30th; Ticket Pre-Sale Begins This Saturday. Performances Confirmed On "Late Show with David Letterman" And "Late Night With Conan O'Brien"

BREAKING: JPS Settles Ellis Case

Jackson Public Schools has reached a settlement with Michael and Rachel Ellis in the Ellis' Title VII lawsuit filed in January against JPS Superintendent Dr. Earl Watkins.

The Bush-Delay-Barbour Friends That Ate Iraq

[Music] The Looney Bin

Looney Mill hails from Birmingham, Ala., and is burning up the asphalt playing gigs across the South and attracting quite a following. The jam band, who will be at Martin's …

Herman's Picks

If your New Year's resolution was to indulge in your favorite nightlife vices, you can crank things into high gear this week. The perfect prescription to get your rhymes in …

Help Wanted In Oxford

Since Ole Miss is looking for a new basketball coach, consider the NCAA Tournament as a series of auditions in which UM AD Pete Boone gets to watch potential candidates. …

N. Koreans Mark Key Holiday, Oblivious to Tensions

Oblivious to international tensions over a possible North Korean missile launch, Pyongyang residents spilled into the streets Monday to celebrate a major national holiday, the birthday of their first leader, …

GOP Race for Mississippi Secretary of State Grows Pointed

The contest between two candidates seeking the Republican nomination for Mississippi secretary of state has become one of the most pointed among 2019's primary elections, while the former mayor of …

Candidate Questionnaire: Edelia Carthan (House District 71)

The Jackson Free Press emailed questionnaires to each candidate in the House District 71 race. The answers are the candidates' verbatim responses, with no edits whatsoever.