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Court doors closed to NAACP suit over Black juror denials

A federal appeals court says the NAACP has no standing to sue a Mississippi prosecutor accused of routinely rejecting Black jurors in criminal cases

The Independent UK

A Mississippi sports anchor savagely torched the Cowboys during a weather report

Cowboys fans, it's best to look away from this one.

USA Today Sports Media Group

Hilarious moment woman freaks out when ostrich pokes its head through her car window

Chloe Benham, 22, visited Safari Wild Animal Park in Como, Mississippi, with her friend Stephen Malon when an ostrich poked its head through their window looking for food

Daily Mirror

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Amid abortion debate, clinic asks: Who's caring for moms?

The founder of a midwifery clinic in Mississippi's capital is trying to open the state's first birth center

The Independent UK

Eagles WR A.J. Brown gifts $25K to his high school football team during 7-on-7 camp

Philadelphia Eagles wide receiver A.J. Brown gifts $25K to his high school football team in Starkville, Mississippi during 7-on-7 camp

USA Today Sports Media Group

Sixteen Republican governors oppose Biden administration’s executive order regarding taxpayer-funded construction contracts

Sixteen Republican governors wrote a letter to President Biden on April 26, 2022, opposing his executive order to mandate project labor agreements (PLAs) on taxpayer-funded construction contracts exceeding $35 million. The letter was signed by governors from Arkansas, Florida, Georgia, Iowa, Mississippi, Missouri, Nebraska, New Hampshire, North Dakota, Oklahoma, South…

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ICYMI: Top stories of the week

We covered elections in seven states on Tuesday, including statewide primaries in California, Iowa, Mississippi, Montana, New Jersey, and New Mexico.

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Teachers Don’t Want Guns in Their Classrooms

In 1997, Joel Myrick, then an assistant principal at a Mississippi high school, used his personal pistol, which he kept in his truck, to stop a 16-year-old school shooter with a rifle. Even Myrick—one of the extremely rare cases of an armed teacher intervening in a school shooting—says that arming…

Texas Observer

MGM Resorts Sells Gold Strike Tunica Operations For $450M

MGM Resorts International (NYSE:MGM) has decided to sell the operations of Gold Strike Tunica to Cherokee Nation Entertainment Gaming Holdings LLC (CNE), a subsidiary of Cherokee Nation Businesses, for $450 million in cash. The company expects net cash proceeds after taxes and estimated fees to be about $350 million. For the twelve months…

Benzinga

UGA football offers top Mississippi recruit

The Georgia Bulldogs have offered a scholarship to defensive line recruit Kamarion Franklin, who is the best recruit in Mississippi

USA Today Sports Media Group

Heart of the Primaries 2022, Republicans-Issue 26 (June 9, 2022)

Welcome to The Heart of the Primaries, Republican Edition

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GOP incumbents on defense, and other takeaways from primaries - Roll Call

Tuesday's primaries saw some Republicans attacked as not being loyal enough to Donald Trump, but, overall, parties got matchups they wanted.

Roll Call

Black women have much at stake in states where abortion access may vanish

NASHVILLE, Tenn. — “Adulting” was not going great for Tia Freeman. She had lost her scholarship at the University of Tennessee and enlisted in the Air Force. As she finished training to be an analyst, she got pregnant despite being on birth control.

Tribune News Service

2022 Midterms: Seven state primaries shape US legislative races

Voters went to the polls in California, Iowa, Mississippi, Montana, New Jersey, New Mexico and South Dakota primaries.

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Jan. 6 committee Chair Bennie Thompson says the U.S. came close to losing democracy

Fighting for civil rights and three decades in the House have primed Mississippi's Bennie Thompson for the most high-profile moment of his career — leading this month's hearings on Jan. 6.

Roll Call

Seven questions about Tuesday's primaries in seven states - Roll Call

Nominees will be picked in primaries in California, Iowa, Mississippi, Montana, New Jersey, New Mexico and South Dakota

The Independent UK

Doctor named in abortion case has nothing to do with lawsuit

Dr. Thomas Dobbs has never gotten involved in political fights over reproductive health, but his name has become shorthand for a legal case that could end abortion rights in the United States

Benzinga

Bowman Expands In Gulf Coast Through Fabre Engineering Acquisition - Read More For Details

Bowman Consulting Group Ltd (NASDAQ:BWMN) has purchased Fabre Engineering, Inc., a provider of civil engineering and land surveying in Florida, Alabama, and Mississippi. Financial terms were not disclosed. Pensacola, Florida-based Fabre Engineering was founded in 1981 by Frank Fabre. It specializes in water, stormwater, wastewater solutions, airports, land use planning for private developers…

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Mississippi school gives "Monkey Award"

An elementary school in Batesville, Mississippi is under investigation for racism

Benzinga

Mississippi Medical Marijuana Application Requests Start Now, Huge Deal For Magnolia State

It may not seem like a big deal to the millions of Americans living in legal cannabis states, but Wednesday is huge for medical marijuana supporters in Mississippi. June 1 is the first day for medical marijuana patients to submit their applications for a card in the Magnolia State. Businesses will also be able to…

The Conversation

Most people support abortion staying legal, but that may not matter in making law

The Supreme Court is set to soon rule on the Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health case, nearly one month after a leaked draft majority opinion showed the court might uphold a Mississippi law that bans abortion after 15 weeks of pregnancy.

Ballotpedia

Marijuana legalization initiative qualifies for the South Dakota ballot

Welcome to the Tuesday, May 31, Brew.

The Independent UK

‘In some cases women are going to die’: Pink House Defenders fight to save Mississippi’s last abortion clinic

If Roe is scrapped, women in Mississippi will have to travel 1,000 miles to New Mexico for help, writes Andrew Buncombe in Jackson

Benzinga

Abortion Pills - The Next Battleground In USA

The United States Supreme Court has not yet released its judgment, limiting abortion rights significantly.

Zenger

All Hands On Wreck: Boaters Flee Terrifying Yacht Fire

Terrified boaters had to leap for safety when their luxury cruiser went up on a fireball off the coast of Mississippi.

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