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The Latest Breaking News from Mississippi

Community with Confederate monument gets Emmett Till statue

A Mississippi community with an elaborate Confederate monument plans to unveil a larger-than-life statue of Emmett Till

The Independent UK

The EPA starts a civil rights probe into Mississippi's water woes

The agency said that it is investigating whether Mississippi state agencies discriminated against the state's majority-Black capital city by refusing to fund improvements for its failing water system.

WEKU

EPA starts civil rights probe into Mississippi water woes

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has announced it is investigating whether Mississippi state agencies discriminated against the state’s majority-Black capital city by refusing to fund improvements for its failing water system

The Independent UK

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Daycare workers caught on video chasing crying children in Halloween mask are charged with child abuse

Families quickly removed their toddlers from the Mississippi facility after seeing their children being taunted in the viral footage

The Independent UK

Commentary: How ‘welfare reform’ steals from the poor

In reverse Robin Hood stories across the nation, the rich are stealing from the poor. In the process, they’re revealing a social safety net that’s been cut to shreds by “welfare reform.”

Tribune News Service

Alabama vs Mississippi State Prediction, Game Preview

Alabama vs Mississippi State game preview, prediction, and breakdown for the Week 8 game on Saturday, October 22

USA Today Sports Media Group

Director: Mississippi does not track welfare program results

Mississippi’s scandal-plagued welfare program turns away most applicants for cash assistance

The Independent UK

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US Congress investigating Mississippi capital’s water crisis

House committees launch joint probe of recent crisis that left 150,000 Jackson residents without water for several days.

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Congress probes Jackson water crisis as city and state spar

Congress is investigating the crisis that left 150,000 people in Mississippi’s capital city without running water for several days in late summer

The Independent UK

‘Holy moly!’ drought-hit Mississippi River reveals 19th-century trading ship

Baton Rouge resident Patrick Ford discovers sunken Brookhill trading ship as lack of rainfall creates record-low water levels

The Guardian - US

Over 50% of Americans won’t have finalized election results until three weeks after the election

Welcome to the Monday, October 17, Brew.

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Mamie Till depiction seen as tribute to Black female leaders

A new biopic about the mother of Emmett Till, the 14-year old Black boy whose lynching in Mississippi in 1955 catalyzed the U.S. civil rights movement, is being promoted as a tribute to Black women and Black mothers who are continuing her legacy and fight for justice, equality and equity

The Independent UK

Barges stranded as Mississippi River water levels reach critical low

Major shipping delays and backlog of vessels after region experiences lack of rainfall in recent weeks

The Guardian - US

Michael Phillips: The women behind the new movie ‘Till’ knew they had to show a mother living through the unbearable

CHICAGO — Now in theaters, “Till” is the story of a mother, a mother’s son and the horrific 1955 lynching of 14-year-old Chicagoan Emmett Till, who was visiting relatives in Mississippi at the time of his murder.

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With the movie 'Till,' Mamie Till-Mobley's quest to educate the world about her son's lynching marches on

After 14-year-old Emmett Till was kidnapped, severely beaten and killed in the Mississippi Delta on Aug. 28, 1955, his mother, Mamie Till-Mobley, made the courageous decision to reveal her son’s corpse for all to see.

The Independent UK

Mississippi judge blocks private schools' tax-funded grants

A Mississippi judge has blocked a state law that put $10 million of federal pandemic relief money into infrastructure grants for private schools

USA Today Sports Media Group

Georgia football offers 5-star WR Caleb Cunningham

Can Georgia football continue its success recruiting in Mississippi?

Los Angeles Times

Review: Danielle Deadwyler’s performance holds you through the tragedy and injustice of ‘Till’

The opening shot of “Till” tells a wrenching story in miniature. On a bright day in 1955, Mamie Till-Mobley (Danielle Deadwyler) drives her son, Emmett (Jalyn Hall), to a department store in Chicago, hoping to pick up a few things before his upcoming trip to see their relatives down in…

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The Independent UK

'Community is hurting,' mayor says after officer is killed

A police officer has been shot to death in the Mississippi Delta city where she grew up, and several other people were injured by gunfire

Tribune News Service

Despite evidence, Brett Favre plays dumb in Mississippi welfare fraud case

Brett Favre is trying to save face despite an overwhelming amount of evidence that seems to contradict his pleas of ignorance.

Chicago Sun-Times

Brett Favre says he is being treated unfairly in Mississippi welfare case

“I have been unjustly smeared in the media,” Favre said in a statement to Fox News Digital, which was published Tuesday. “I have done nothing wrong.”

The Independent UK

Brett Favre says he's 'unjustly smeared' in welfare case

Retired NFL quarterback Brett Favre says he's being "unjustly smeared in the media" in connection to a Mississippi welfare scandal

The Guardian - US

Brett Favre says he is a victim of media smears in Mississippi welfare scandal

Former NFL star Brett Favre says he has been unjustly accused of wrongdoing in a welfare scandal in his home state of Mississippi

Tribune News Service

Movie review: 'Till' a powerful portrait of a mother who turned loss into meaningful action

The tragic story of Emmett Till is one of a face. The face of a 14-year-old boy, beaten and murdered in Mississippi, a battered and bloated face that his mother insisted be seen by the world. Chinonye Chukwu’s “Till” is a story of two faces: Emmett’s and that of his…

Tribune News Service

The film ‘Till’ focuses its gaze on the steely, grieving mother

Two white men were on trial in September 1955 for murdering Emmett Till, a 14-year-old Black teen who allegedly offended a white woman at a grocery store in rural Mississippi.

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