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A Mississippi teen unpacks how the Jackson water crisis impacts education

17-year-old Georgianna McKenny is the high school grand prize winner in NPR's fifth annual Student Podcast Challenge.

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Tornadoes clobber Mississippi. Hours later, its governor attends Republican fundraiser in Alabama

Mississippi Gov. Tate Reeves traveled to Alabama for a Republican fundraising event as people in his state were still reeling from death, injury and destruction from back-to-back storms

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Tornado In Mississippi Town Leaves One Dead, Dozens Injured

Louin, a small town of 275 people, was hit by a confirmed tornado causing catastrophic damage and power outages.

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Mississippi community workers battle maternal mortality crisis

JACKSON, MISS. — When Lauren Jones was pregnant with her first child, doctors overlooked a leak in her amniotic sac because her description of the symptoms didn’t strike them as cause for alarm.

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1 dead, nearly 2 dozen injured after multiple tornadoes sweep through Mississippi

Officials say multiple tornadoes swept through Mississippi overnight, killing one and injuring nearly two dozen

The Independent UK

Power outages continue across southern US; triple-digit heat wave grips Texas

More than 100,000 customers in the southern U.S. are still without power following damaging storms that have left residents searching for relief in sweltering temperatures

The Independent UK

Mississippi tornado kills one and injures 20 as 50MILLION under severe weather warnings

Multiple tornadoes tore through the state of Mississippi, resulting in one fatality and approximately 20 injuries - the storms brought not only tornadoes but also high temperatures and hail in some areas

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Donald Triplett, the 1st person diagnosed with autism, dies at 89

The Mississippi man known as "Case 1" was the first person to be diagnosed with autism. Triplett was the subject of a book and documentary titled In a Different Key and many medical journal articles.

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Mississippi GOP governor and Democratic challenger spar over crime, courts and trans care

Mississippi Republican Gov. Tate Reeves and the Democrat who is trying to unseat him this year, Brandon Presley, are trading barbs about crime, courts and transgender health care

The Independent UK

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

Daily Mirror

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

Daily Mirror

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

WEKU

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

The Independent UK

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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