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Slain man's mother decries plan to expand Mississippi police

The mother of a 25-year-old Black man who was shot to death by Mississippi Capitol Police last year is telling state lawmakers that she strongly opposes giving the state-run police department wider territory to patrol inside the majority-Black capital city of Jackson

The Independent UK

Syphilis rises by 900% in babies in just five years as mums with STI give birth

Medics in Mississippi, US, have reported a huge increase in congenital syphilis which is a highly infectious sexually transmitted infection amid a 900% increase in the infection

Daily Mirror

Bump stocks sales resume in Texas, Louisiana and Mississippi after ATF misses deadline to appeal reversal of ban

WASHINGTON — Gun shops are selling bump stocks again in Texas, Louisiana and Mississippi after federal regulators failed to appeal a ruling that lifted a ban imposed after a Las Vegas rampage left 58 people dead.

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Miss. GOP: No abortion ballot initiative

“It is almost like a dictatorship,” one Democratic lawmaker said in response to the GOP’s proposal

Salon

A look at this year’s voter registration deadlines

Welcome to the Friday, March 3, Brew.

Ballotpedia

Ex-wrestler pleads guilty again in Mississippi welfare fraud

A former pro wrestler has pleaded guilty to a federal charge tied to misspending of welfare money that was supposed to help needy families in Mississippi, one of the poorest states in the U.S. Brett DiBiase entered the guilty plea Thursday and faces up to five years in federal prison…

The Independent UK

Hero boy, 6, calls 911 and saves mum's life after finding her unconscious at home

Six-year-old Cornelius Fairley, from Picayune, Mississippi, US, quickly picked a phone and called for an ambulance after his mum Cornessia was found in a comatose state

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Nissan Expects To Qualify For Full US EV Tax Credits From 2026

The carmaker will build two sedans and two crossovers at its plant in Canton, Mississippi, all of which will qualify for the full $7,500 incentive.

InsideEVs

Mississippi could renew initiatives but ban them on abortion

Mississippi residents might get back the ability to enact public policy through statewide ballot initiatives

The Independent UK

Mississippi bans gender-affirming care for transgender youth

Mississippi Gov. Tate Reeves on Tuesday signed into law a bill banning gender-affirming care for minors, a move decried by LGBTQ rights advocates as a “devastating development” for transgender youth in the state.

Tribune News Service

Mississippi couple welcomes rare set of quintuplets including four identical girls

The pair welcomed their five children earlier this month

The Independent UK

Mississippi enacts ban on gender-affirming care for minors

Mississippi Republican Gov. Tate Reeves has signed a bill to ban gender-affirming care in the state for anyone younger than 18

The Independent UK

2023 NFL combine: Schedule, participants, and how to watch

A look at the full 2023 NFL Combine schedule, list of participants, ways to watch, and the New York Giants' press conference times.

USA Today Sports Media Group

Mississippi GOP governor now backs longer Medicaid for moms

Mississippi Gov. Tate Reeves is doing an abrupt about-face on an issue Democrats have been hammering him on this election year

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Black Mississippi capital distrusts plans by white officials

People in Mississippi’s majority-Black capital city say the mostly white state Legislature is trying to encroach on their rights of self-government

Tribune News Service

In Tennessee, a Medicaid mix-up might land you on a ‘most wanted’ list

Life was upended for LaShonia Ingram over the past year, and a shadow still follows her around.

Tribune News Service

Mark Story: Will the SEC be fair to Kentucky in coming football schedule changes?

LEXINGTON, Ky. — Even with the arrivals of Texas and Oklahoma to the Southeastern Conference moved up to 2024, Mitch Barnhart continues to make clear that Kentucky is still in favor of SEC teams staying at eight league football games played annually, not nine.

Chicago Sun-Times

When schools track female athletes’ menstrual history, it likely violates federal laws

Only four states — Mississippi, New Hampshire, New York and Oklahoma — and Washington, D.C., do not currently ask any questions about menstrual history on the sports pre-participation medical forms provided by their state athletic association.

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The Independent UK

Accused Mississippi mass shooter charged with capital murder

Authorities have announced an additional charge against the gunman who they say killed six people in a tiny rural community in northern Mississippi on Friday

The Independent UK

Mississippi Senate passes limit on transgender health care

The Republican-controlled Mississippi Senate has given final approval to a bill that would ban gender-affirming care in the state for anyone younger than 18

Reason

Brickbat: Masks Off

The Simpson County, Mississippi, school district has agreed to settle a federal lawsuit brought by the family of a then-third-grader barred from wearing a face mask with the phrase "Jesus Loves Me" on it. There was actually no policy against wearing such a mask when her principal told Lydia Booth…

The Independent UK

Man recounts home assault amid 6 fatal Mississippi shootings

A gunman authorities who authorities say killed six people in Mississippi busted into his ex-wife’s home, smashed her boyfriend in the head with the butt of a gun before shooting her in the head

Al Jazeera

Gunman kills ex-wife, five others in Mississippi shooting

The gunman fatally shot six people – including his ex wife – at multiple locations across a rural community.

Dynamite News

US: 6 People Killed In Series Of Shootings In Mississippi, Suspect Held

At least six people were shot dead in Tate County, Mississippi after a series of shootings on Friday. Read further on Dynamite News:

Bangkok Post

Man kills 6, including ex-wife, in rampage in US

A 52-year-old man armed with three guns went on a shooting rampage in a rural Mississippi county of the United States on Friday, killing six people, including his ex-wife, and shocking a community that had not seen such mass violence in more than two decades, authorities said.

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