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Brett Favre Discloses Parkinson's Diagnosis Amid Welfare Scandal

Brett Favre discloses Parkinson's diagnosis during welfare scandal testimony, advocates for reform in federal welfare system.

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Retired NFL quarterback Brett Favre says he has Parkinson's disease

Retired NFL quarterback Brett Favre told a congressional committee Tuesday that he has been diagnosed with Parkinson’s disease

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Attorneys say other victims could sue a Mississippi sheriff's department over brutality

Attorneys for two Black men who were tortured by Mississippi law enforcement officers say they expect to file more lawsuits on behalf of others who say they were brutalized by officers from the same sheriff’s department

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Judge dismisses lawsuit to protect dolphins along the Mississippi Gulf Coast after dozens were killed

A federal judge has dismissed a lawsuit that sought to protect dolphins along Mississippi's coast from harm by a spillway used for flood control

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Brett Favre to appear before US House panel looking at welfare misspending

Retired NFL quarterback Brett Favre is scheduled to appear before a congressional committee examining how states are falling short on using welfare to help families in need

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Mississippi mayor says a Confederate monument is staying in storage during a lawsuit

A Confederate monument that was removed from a courthouse square in Mississippi will stay in storage while a lawsuit over its future is considered

The Independent UK

Justice Department Investigates Mississippi Sheriff's Department For Civil Rights Violations

Justice Department investigates police brutality in Rankin County Sheriff's Department after violent attack on two Black men.

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Justice Department opens civil rights probe into sheriff's office after torture of 2 Black men

The U.S. Justice Department has opened a civil rights investigation into a Mississippi sheriff’s department whose officers tortured two Black men

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Mississippi Town Removes Confederate Monument After Decades Of Controversy

Confederate monument in Grenada, Mississippi removed after years of controversy and division, relocated to a secluded area behind a fire station.

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A Mississippi Confederate monument covered for 4 years is moved

A Mississippi town has taken down a Confederate monument that stood since 1910

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Mississippi high court rejects the latest appeal by a man on death row since 1994

The Mississippi Supreme Court has denied the latest appeal by a man who has been on death row for 30 years

The Independent UK

"The sun will rise and fall, and BB King will play the blues": The incredible life of BB King

BB King was the greatest bluesman the world has ever seen. We look back at his life, with a little help from his friends

Louder

Escaped Mississippi Inmate and Prison Employee Arrested After Crashing Getaway Car

An escaped inmate and the prison employee who helped him flee are back in police custody facing felony charges, according to a report.

Latin Times

Parasitic 'horror' wasp that bursts from a fly's abdomen like an 'Alien' xenomorph discovered in Mississippi backyard

Scientists accidentally discover new species of wasp that lays eggs inside living, adult fruit flies, which then burst from the hosts' abdomens while they're still alive.

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Storm Francine weakens to a tropical depression but threatens South with more flooding and tornadoes

Tornado warnings were issued for large parts of Florida and Alabama

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Francine weakens to tropical depression after slamming Louisiana

Authorities warn of ‘life-threatening’ flooding as downgraded storm moves over Mississippi, causing power outages.

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Tropical Storm Francine Weakens After Hitting Louisiana

Tropical Storm Francine, a Category 2 hurricane, caused power outages and flooding in Louisiana and Mississippi, prompting emergency declarations and feder...

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Francine weakens moving inland from Gulf Coast after hurricane winds cause blackouts

Francine has weakened to a tropical storm after slamming into Louisiana as a Category 2 hurricane, causing widespread power outages and sending a dangerous storm surge rushing into coastal communities

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Mississippi man found not guilty of threatening Republican US Sen. Roger Wicker

A jury has cleared a Mississippi man on a charge of threatening to kill Republican U.S. Sen. Roger Wicker during a confrontation with one of Wicker’s relatives

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How Democrats are making a mistake in rural America – by not showing up

Rickey Cole, 58, is a farmer and the former two-term chair of Mississippi’s Democratic Party. If anyone understands rural Mississippi voters – and their shift from the Democratic Party to the Republican Party – it’s Cole.

Latin Times

Bus on its way to Dallas crashes due to tire failure: 7 killed, including two children

Fatal victims have been identified, and bus company Autobuses Regiomontanos is under investigation.

The Independent UK

7 people killed in Mississippi bus crash were all from Mexico, highway patrol says

The seven people killed in a weekend bus crash in Mississippi were all from Mexico

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Seven Mexican Travelers Killed In Bus Crash Near Vicksburg

Devastating bus crash near Vicksburg, Mississippi, claims seven lives and leaves dozens injured. NTSB investigates tire failure as the cause.

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NTSB Investigates Fatal Bus Crash In Mississippi

NTSB investigates a tragic bus crash in Bovina, Mississippi, focusing on tire maintenance. Seven lives lost, dozens injured.

The Independent UK

Federal investigators start probe of bus crash in Mississippi that killed 7, injured dozens more

Investigators with the National Transportation Safety Board are at the scene of a bus crash in Mississippi that killed seven people and injured dozens of others

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