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Mental Evaluation Ordered Over Hospital Threat

A federal judge has ordered a Tupelo man to undergo a psychiatric evaluation over a threat to shoot people at a local hospital.

USDA Revokes Collins Zoo Exhibitor License

The U.S. Department of Agriculture has revoked the exhibitor license from the Collins Zoo.

Katrina-Recovery Program Adding Eligible Residents

The Mississippi Development Authority has added $40 million to the post-Katrina Neighborhood Home Program to reach eligible residents initially left off the list.

Regina Quinn Endorses Chokwe Lumumba

Mayoral candidate Chokwe Lumumba gets what is perhaps the most coveted endorsement going into the Democratic primary runoff.

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Appeals Court Dismisses Climate Suit

A federal appeals panel has upheld the dismissal of a lawsuit filed by a group of Mississippi coastal landowners who alleged that emissions by energy companies contributed to global warming, …

Dems Work on Miss. Medicaid Expansion Proposal

Democrats in the Mississippi Legislature say they're working on proposals to keep Medicaid alive and funded in the budget year that starts July 1.

Is UMMC Mississippi Products' Unnamed Contractor?

Records indicate that the University of Mississippi Medical Center may be the mystery contractor Jonathan Lee won't name.

No Hoopla for Battle of Jackson 150th Anniversary

The Battle of Jackson was a short but important Civil War skirmish, with Union forces easily capturing Mississippi's lightly defended capital city on their way to a victory in Vicksburg …

Natchez Trace Parkway Celebrates 75 Years

Saturday marks the paradoxical 75th anniversary of one of Natchez's oldest connections with civilization.

Miss. Puts $2M into Effort to Keep Military Bases

Mississippi's officials can tell you that defending the state's military bases from closures can get expensive.

Big Retailers Back Safety Accord in Bangladesh

Some of the world's largest retailers have agreed to a first-of-its-kind pact to improve safety at some of Bangladesh's garment factories following a building collapse that killed more than 1,100 …

Gov't Probe Obtains Wide Swath of AP Phone Records

The Justice Department secretly obtained two months of telephone records of reporters and editors for The Associated Press in what the news cooperative's top executive called a "massive and unprecedented …

Both Sides Condemn Convicted Pa. Abortion Doctor

Dr. Kermit Gosnell considered himself a pioneering inner-city doctor who helped desperate women get late-term abortions, but a Philadelphia jury called him a murderer who killed three babies after they …

Angelina Jolie Says She Had Double Mastectomy

Angelina Jolie says that she has had a preventive double mastectomy after learning she carried a gene that made it extremely likely she would get breast cancer.

Top IRS Official Didn't Reveal Tea Party Targeting

Congress was not told tea party groups were being inappropriately targeted by the Internal Revenue Service, even after acting agency Chief Steven Miller had been briefed on the matter.

AP IMPACT: Wind Farms Get Pass on Eagle Deaths

It happens about once a month here, on the barren foothills of one of America's green-energy boomtowns: A soaring golden eagle slams into a wind farm's spinning turbine and falls, …

Police: Man, 19, Sought in N.O. Parade Shootings

New Orleans police and federal authorities were searching early Tuesday for a young man who is suspected of opening fire at a Mother's Day parade in New Orleans, wounding 19.

The 182 Percent Loan: How Installment Lenders Put Borrowers in a World of Hurt

Installment loans can be deceptively expensive. World Finance and its competitors push customers to renew their loans over and over again, transforming what the industry touts as a safe, responsible …

Jackson is a Playful City; Natron Mill; Small Business Optimism; Disaster Loans

On Monday, May 13, Gov. Phil Bryant visited Natron Wood Products, which announced that it is preparing to build a plywood mill in Louisville that will create more than 200 …

Jim Hood

The office of Mississippi's Attorney General Jim Hood has long been an advocate for victims of crime in the state. As such, Hood and his team of attorneys write and …