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First ever person to be diagnosed with autism dies aged 89-years-old

Donald Triplett was the first person to have been diagnosed with autism spectrum disorder in the 1940s, he died peacefully at his home in Mississippi after a period of extended illness

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Best things to see on a US road trip from Nashville to New Orleans - with soul, rock and jazz

Paul Henderson goes on a magical musical tour through southern USA, from the country clubs of Nashville to the sultry soul of Mississippi, then onto all that jazz of New Orleans

Daily Mirror

State supreme courts issued 257 opinions from May 29-June 11

State supreme courts issued 257 opinions from May 29-June 11. The Supreme Court of Appeals of West Virginia led the field with 27 opinions issued, followed by Mississippi with 20 and Delaware with 19. The last two weeks’ 257 opinions account for 9% of the year-to-date total of 3,013. West…

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Mississippi community workers battle maternal mortality crisis - Roll Call

Mississippi struggles with high rates of C-sections, maternal mortality, with mammoth disparities between Black and white mothers.

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'A circus': Mississippi Supreme Court Justice decries efforts to keep him in lawsuit

Mississippi Supreme Court Chief Justice Mike Randolph says efforts to attach him to a lawsuit challenging a new state law are a “circus” with “no legal precedent in U_S_ history.”

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The Mississippi police officer who shot an 11-year-old is now suspended without pay

The move by the Indianola Board of Aldermen comes nearly a month after 11-year-old Aderrien Murry was left seriously injured after being shot in the chest by the officer after calling 911.

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Mississippi police officer who shot 11-year-old boy suspended without pay

A Mississippi police officer who shot and wounded an unarmed 11-year-old Black boy in the child’s home has been suspended without pay

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American football prospect, 18, tragically killed in 'farm accident'

American football prospect and Arkansas Razorbacks commit Dion Stutts has died at just 18 years of age after he was involved in a suspected ATV accident on a farm in Mississippi

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Mississippi police officer who shot 11-year-old boy suspended without pay

A Mississippi police officer who shot and wounded an unarmed 11-year-old Black boy in the child’s home has been suspended without pay

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Mississippi state senator arrested for drink driving in Alabama

McLendon was released on a released on a $2,500 bond.

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Elvis Presley’s cousin Brandon lifts Democrats hope of ‘sleeper’ win in Mississippi governor’s race

Mississippi is tough political territory for Democrats

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60 years ago, Medgar Evers became a martyr of the Civil Rights Movement

On June 12, 1963, Evers was assassinated at his home in Jackson, Miss., by a Ku Klux Klan member. While other leaders pushed for equality across the U.S., Evers focused on his native Mississippi.

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60 years after Medgar Evers' murder, his widow continues a civil rights legacy

It's been 60 years since civil rights leader Medgar Evers was murdered outside his Mississippi home

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Mississippi civil rights lawyer arrested filming traffic stop, attorney says

A Mississippi civil rights lawyer has been arrested while filming a traffic stop conducted by officers from a police department she is suing in federal court

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Elvis Presley’s cousin lifts Democrats’ hope of ‘sleeper’ win in Mississippi governor’s race

Mississippi is tough political territory for Democrats

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Presley gets Mississippi Democratic nod for governor without party primary, after court ruling

Utility regulator Brandon Presley is now uncontested for the Democratic nomination for Mississippi governor this year

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Mississippi Court Rejects Tort Claim Over Wife's Leaving Husband "Without Any Notice or Warning"

The court also concludes that there is no separate "verbal assault" tort in Mississippi, and that falsely telling spouse "I love you" generally isn't actionable fraud.

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Voting activist killed during Freedom Summer in Mississippi believed country should be integrated

Stephen Schwerner doesn’t remember how he learned that his younger brother Michael was missing in Mississippi along with colleagues Andrew Goodman and James Chaney

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Black man shot in the mouth by Mississippi deputy to file federal civil rights lawsuit

A Black man who was shot in the mouth by a Mississippi sheriff's deputy and a second man have announced that they will file a federal civil rights lawsuit against a Mississippi sheriff’s department

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LGBTQ+ pride flags at VA facilities in Mississippi draw GOP criticism, protests

All the Republicans in Mississippi’s congressional delegation are demanding that the Veterans Administration remove an LGBTQ+ pride flag from the Biloxi National Cemetery

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Spartans offer 2025 Mississippi 4-star RB Akylin Dear

Michigan State football is the latest big-time program to extend a scholarship to one of the top running backs in the country

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Mississippi harms free speech by requiring state permits before protests, lawsuit says

A new lawsuit says a Mississippi law will restrict free speech by requiring people to obtain permission from state law enforcement officials for any protest near state government buildings in the capital city of Jackson

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All candidates for Mississippi House of Representatives District 3 Republican primary complete Ballotpedia’s Candidate Connection survey

All three candidates running in the August 8, 2023, Republican primary election for Mississippi House of Representatives District 3—Jonathan Dantzler (R), Jim Estrada (R), and Dennis Nowell (R)—completed Ballotpedia’s Candidate Connection survey. These survey responses allow voters to hear directly from candidates about what motivates them to run for office.

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The Ballot Bulletin: Ballotpedia’s Weekly Digest on Election Administration, June 2, 2023

Texas Gov. Greg Abbott (R) signed three election bills into law this week as the state continues to have the highest rate of election-related legislative activity this year.

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Mississippi absentee ballot law harms voters with disabilities, lawsuit says

A lawsuit is seeking to block Mississippi’s new restrictions on absentee ballots

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