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One note is all it takes: The unbelievable story of B.B. King

BB King left behind the racism of rural Mississippi to become the King Of The Blues. Here's his incredible story in his own words…

Louder

Brickbat: 940 Days in the Hole

In Mississippi, Sinatra Jordan spent 940 days in jail without a trial after being accused of shooting at Capitol Police… The post Brickbat: 940 Days in the Hole appeared first on Reason.com.

Reason

All-Star outfielder Chet Lemon passes away at 70

All-Star outfielder Chet Lemon passes away at 70. The Mississippi native played for the Chicago White Sox and Detroit Tigers.

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Who Is Jimmy Wayne Carwyle? Jennifer Aniston's Stalker Rammed Into Her Home's Gate

A Mississippi man, Jimmy Wayne Carwyle, was apprehended after allegedly ramming his car into Jennifer Aniston's Los Angeles property gate, claiming the actress was his wife.

International Business Times UK

April storms that killed 24 in US made more severe by burning fossil fuels – study

Study finds human-caused climate change made four-day rainfall across central Mississippi valley 40% more likely

The Guardian - US

Man who police say crashed into Jennifer Aniston's front gate is charged with stalking and vandalism

Prosecutors say a Mississippi man who harassed Jennifer Aniston for two years then crashed his vehicle through the front gate of her home has been charged with felony stalking and felony vandalism

The Independent UK

‘A safe haven from racial violence’: Sinners shows the importance of juke joints

Ryan Coogler’s smash hit horror focuses on the opening of a juke joint, a one-time mainstay in Black southern culture

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‘Food is medicine’: Mississippi grocery store revitalizes its majority-Black town with fresh produce

Through a new food-access initiative, J’s Grocery provides its Clarksdale community with hard-to-come-by crops

The Guardian - US

Mississippi Man Accused of Kidnapping Young Girls After Killing Their Mom Finally Gets Trial Date

David Callihan has been deemed competent to stand trial for the murder of a mother and fatal kidnapping of her young daughters in Lousiiana and Mississippi.

Latin Times

Mississippi sets an execution date for a man who's been on death row since 1976

The Mississippi Supreme Court has scheduled the execution for the state's longest-serving death row inmate for June 25

The Independent UK

A mom vanished after her nightshift at a bar. Cops now say the man she was seeing is her killer

Brett Huntley Keel, 37, of Pass Christian, Mississippi has been charged with murder in the death of 38-year-old Joyce Gomez

The Independent UK

US Supreme Court declines review of Mississippi death row inmate's convictions in killings of 8

The U.S. Supreme Court has declined to review a Mississippi death row inmate’s convictions for the slayings of eight people, including his mother-in-law and a deputy sheriff

The Independent UK

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‘A sweeping catastrophe’: 20 years after Hurricane Katrina, a photo exhibit honors Mississippi victims

Hurricane Katrina: Mississippi Remembers captures the grief and resilience of survivors in the Magnolia state

LiveScience

Giant 'sea dragon' fossil could be largest mosasaur ever discovered in Mississippi

Researchers may have discovered Mississippi's largest ever mosasaur after pulling a Cretaceous-aged fossil out of a riverbed south of Starkville.

Guitar World

“Chess was cussin' when I got to the session with Muddy. But when he heard me, he just sat there with his mouth open”: Leonard Chess wanted to cash in on the folk boom, and asked Muddy Waters to bring him an old acoustic bluesman. He brought him Buddy Guy

Knowing his Mississippi roots, Chess essentially wanted Waters to find for him his own Robert Johnson. Waters had other ideas

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The Independent UK

Mayor of Mississippi's capital city fights for third term despite federal bribery indictment

The mayor of Mississippi’s capital city, who’s under indictment on federal bribery and conspiracy charges, is fighting to keep his job

The Independent UK

Two Mississippi Capitol cops indicted for manslaughter after shooting of Black man during traffic stop

Police officers are accused of unreasonably using gunfire against a 25-year-old during a 2022 traffic stop

The Guardian - US

The great Mississippi tops list of most endangered rivers amid fears over Trump rollbacks

Cuts to disaster agency and deregulation of fossil fuels, plus rise of water-guzzling datacentres, highlighted in new report

The Independent UK

'Sinners’ mixes blues, vampires and the Mississippi Delta into Ryan Coogler’s 1st original film

Filmmaker Ryan Coogler has made his first truly original film in “Sinners,” which opens in theaters nationwide Friday

The Guardian - US

‘Tornado tortoise’ reunited with its family a month after deadly US storms

Central Mississippi Turtle Rescue facilitated viral reunion after pet Myrtle was brought to organization with injuries

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Ryan Coogler's family history influenced vampire horror Sinners

'Black Panther' director Ryan Coogler has revealed the "seed" of his new 1930s set horror movie 'Sinners' was sown with the relationship he had with his late uncle.

Reason

Mississippi Is Ditching Its Income Tax. Other States Should Follow.

The poorest state in the nation just passed bold tax reform that empowers workers, attracts investment, and simplifies the system. It’s a model worth copying.

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