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Welfare scandal sharpens contrasts in long-poor Mississippi

Temporary Assistance for Needy Families is supposed to help some of the poorest people, and Mississippi has long been one of the poorest states in the U.S. But a welfare misspending scandal in Republican-led Mississippi has ensnared high-profile people, including retired NFL quarterback Brett Favre

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Scots man accused of shooting wife dead in USA faces life in Mississippi jail

Wayne Fraser, from Aberdeenshire, is set to stand trial next month for allegedly killing his wife.

Daily Record

From Yazoo to the NFL: For cousins Kenny Gainwell and Fletcher Cox, it started in the Mississippi mud

YAZOO COUNTY, Miss. — A cacophony of barking, baaing, and neighing reverberates across an acre of farmland that represents the backyard of Kenny Gainwell’s trailer home. Standing in the middle of his family’s yard, the second-year Eagles running back is sporting a beat-up pair of team-issued Nike trainers. The once-white…

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Burst pipes in Jackson, Mississippi, are just the latest of the city's water woes

Officials have been struggling for months to patch up an "old, crumbling system" while planning for a more permanent fix.

WEKU

Even Mississippi lawmaker feels strain of Jackson water woes

Frigid weather that has upended infrastructure across the Deep South has stopped the water distribution in Mississippi's capital city from producing adequate pressure

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Appeals court halts federal takeover of Mississippi jail

Mississippi’s largest county has won a legal victory in its effort to stave off a rare federal takeover of a jail

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A deep freeze is breaking pipes and creating a water crisis across the South

The problems stemming from burst water pipes were happening in large, troubled water systems such as Jackson, Miss., where residents were required over Christmas to boil water.

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Winter freeze strains pipes, water infrastructure in US South

US city of Jackson, Mississippi, is once again under a boil-water advisory after months of unsafe drinking water.

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Boil water order issued in Mississippi capital amid freeze

City officials in Jackson, Mississippi, say residents must boil their drinking water due to water lines bursting in the frigid temperatures

The Independent UK

Water pressure 'fluctuating' in Jackson amid frigid weather

Officials in Jackson, Mississippi, say the city’s water system is experiencing “fluctuating” pressure on Saturday afternoon amid frigid temperatures

The Independent UK

$600M designated for struggling water system in Mississippi

The federal government will put $600 million toward repairing the troubled water system in Mississippi’s capital city — a project that the mayor has said could cost billions of dollars

The Independent UK

Mississippi lawsuit challenges state’s legislative districts

The Mississippi State Conference of the NAACP and five Mississippi voters filed a lawsuit in federal district court on Dec. 20 challenging the state’s newly enacted legislative district map. The suit alleges that the boundaries the legislature enacted in March 2022 violate the 1965 Voting Rights Act and “illegally dilute…

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Brought 'to the brink' by the pandemic, a Mississippi clinic is rebounding strong

The pandemic brought many small town health clinics to the brink. But health care providers say the crisis also led to more awareness of the health disparities that have long existed in rural America.

WEKU

One of Mike Leach’s Last Acts Saved a Starkville Restaurant

As the town said goodbye to the Mississippi State coach, one local owner shared a personal story.

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NAACP sues Mississippi over legislative redistricting plan

A new lawsuit says Mississippi is perpetuating a legacy of racial discrimination with a legislative redistricting plan

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2022's US climate disasters, from storms and floods to heat waves and droughts

The year 2022 will be remembered across the U.S. for its devastating flooding and storms – and also for its extreme heat waves and droughts.

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Man who threatened to kill CDC head pleads guilty to charges

A Mississippi man who threatened to kill Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Director Rochelle Walensky has pleaded guilty to making threats in interstate commerce

The Independent UK

Mississippi officials: Woman and officer shot each other

Officials now say that a Mississippi police officer shot and killed a woman even as the woman was fatally shooting the officer and his partner in the parking lot of a Gulf Coast motel on Wednesday

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Families shattered by tornadoes in Louisiana and Mississippi

A storm system that spawned dozens of reported tornadoes from east Texas to the Florida Panhandle was all but done with the South on Thursday after killing at least three people and uprooting families across Louisiana, where some homes were blown into pieces

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Commentary: Corporate America thrives where abortion is protected

Gina Raimondo doesn't “know why any woman would want to live in a state that criminalizes full access to health care.” The assertion by the 40th U.S. Secretary of Commerce is especially relevant after the Supreme Court's 6-3 ruling on Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization in June that upheld…

Evening Standard

Thomas Edwin Loden Jr: Man who carved ‘I’m sorry’ onto chest after raping and murdering teen is executed in Mississippi

Thomas Edwin Loden Jr was put to death by lethal injection on Wednesday night, becoming the second inmate executed in the state in 10 years

The Independent UK

Ex-Marine says he’s ‘deeply remorseful’ as he’s executed in Mississippi for rape and murder of girl

Loden was found lying on the streets in 2000 with ‘I’m sorry’ carved on his chest

Daily Mirror

Executed Thomas Loden 'complained of having too much syrup' during huge last meal

An official at Mississippi State Penitentiary told how Thomas Edwin Loden Jr “was really up and in good spirits and he has a full belly” after being given a last meal before his execution

Daily Mirror

Thomas Loden says sorry and tells family 'I love you' in Japanese before execution

Thomas Edwin Loden Jr said that he had tried to do a “good deed every single day” since killing 16-year-old girl Leesa Marie Gray, in his final words before he was given a lethal injection in Mississippi

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Inside Zach Arnett’s Abrupt Ascension at Mississippi State

Arnett’s sudden promotion after Mike Leach’s death is unexpected, but it was only a matter of time before the 36-year-old nabbed a head coaching job.

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