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The Latest Breaking News from Mississippi

Georgia football offers top recruit in Mississippi

Jimothy Lewis, a member of the class of 2024, has received a scholarship offer from the Georgia Bulldogs.

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Two-year-old drowns in Mississippi resort pool

Swimming pool was packed with guests, and a lifeguard was on duty, police say

The Independent UK

On my radar: Eva Rothschild’s cultural highlights

The Irish artist on a thrilling Mexican novel, a lovable comedy about two Cork misfits, and some devastating Mississippi blues

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Woman mortified as people compare her to 'Ross from Friends' after fake tan fail

A woman was left in stitches after she applied too much fake tan - and people online have compared her look to Ross Geller from Friends who once made the same mistake

Daily Mirror

Abortion-friendly states prep for more patients if Roe falls

Reproductive rights advocates are planning to open new abortion clinics or expand the capacity of existing ones in states without restrictive abortion laws

The Independent UK

Period poverty activism has stirred lawmakers to action

For many years, Laila Brown, a 16-year-old from Vicksburg, Mississippi, and her peers had conversations about the stigma of periods and the lack of period products at school. After learning about “period poverty,” or inadequate access to menstrual hygiene products and education, Brown and her older sister, Asia, 21, wanted…

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Mississippi woman, 20, charged with capital murder for allegedly throwing baby onto road

Makaylia Shaylynn Jolley, 2, has been charged in connection with the death of Khalysie Lashay Jolley

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Mississippi's pro-life "hypocrisy"

Mississippi cuts Medicaid coverage just 60 days after birth, leaving women to "die," expert says

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Abortion in Mississippi is already limited to a single clinic. If Roe v Wade falls, it could soon be outlawed entirely

The "Pink House" in Jackson has been fighting for safe, legal abortion for more than a decade. It's now at the centre of a once-in-a-generation legal stoush, with consequences that will shake the foundation of American life.

ABC News

Jackie Calmes: Republican 'pro-life' advocacy ends with a child's birth

From red-state capitals to Washington, Republican politicians are conceding what's been obvious for decades: Their "pro-life" advocacy ends with a child's birth.

Los Angeles Times

How the ‘pro-life’ movement killed Roe v Wade

Powerful legal groups, conservative Christian activists and right-wing figures shaped an anti-abortion agenda in the hands of the US Supreme Court, Alex Woodward reports

The Independent UK

Brett Favre solicited welfare money from the poorest state in the nation and it’s time to pay up

Brett Favre’s involvement in a $77 million welfare scam is just another example of how Mississippi continues to fail its most vulnerable people — and everyone involved should be held accountable.

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Convicted ex-friar won't be tried in 2nd sex abuse case

Mississippi prosecutors have dropped a second set of charges against a former Franciscan friar who was convicted last month of sexually abusing a student during the 1990s at a Catholic school

The Independent UK

A look at 3 common beliefs about the Supreme Court's upcoming abortion ruling

WASHINGTON — The leaked Supreme Court draft opinion overruling Roe v. Wade set off a political firestorm about the future of abortion.

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The Independent UK

Mississippi school board upholds firing over 'New Butt' book

A Mississippi educator fired for reading a children’s book called “I Need a New Butt!”

Daily Mirror

Psychedelic neon home for sale at £355,000 baffles house hunters with what's inside

Joseph Jarmusz, of Gautier, Mississippi, is selling the colourful house which is on the market for £355k and features bizarre mannequins in almost every room

The Guardian - UK

‘I became the abortion lady of Mississippi’: the mother of seven who devoted her life to the pro-choice cause

Raised a fundamentalist Christian, Laurie Bertram Roberts grew up believing abortion was evil. Then a pregnancy put her life at risk – and she was denied the termination she desperately needed

The Guardian - US

Mississippi school district upholds teacher’s firing for reading I Need a New Butt! to kids

Toby Price, an assistant principal who plans to pursue an appeal with the chancery courts of Mississippi, was fired in March

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Ex-NFL star Brett Favre, WWE’s ‘Million Dollar Man’ sued over $20m in misspent Mississippi welfare funds

State officials trying to recover money intended for the poorest citizens of one of the nation’s poorest states.

Reason

More SCOTUS Leaks To Politico: Alito's Majority Still Holds Five, And No Other Draft Opinions Have Been Circulated Yet

These leaks from a "conservative" look designed to quell controversy.

The Independent UK

How the ‘pro-life’ movement killed Roe v Wade

Powerful legal groups, conservative Christian activists and right-wing figures shaped an anti-abortion agenda in the hands of the US Supreme Court, Alex Woodward reports

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Mississippi sues Brett Favre and 3 wrestlers over welfare misspending

The Mississippi Department of Human Services sued retired NFL quarterback Brett Favre and three former pro wrestlers along with several others to try to recover millions of misspent welfare dollars.

The Guardian - UK

First Thing: White House accuses Putin of ‘revisionist history’

US plans extra $40bn aid package for Ukraine amid concern over Russian missiles striking Black Sea port. Plus, Andy Warhol’s Marilyn Monroe sells for $195m

The Independent UK

John Grisham: ‘Non-lawyers who write legal thrillers often get things so wrong’

Ahead of his appearance at the Santa Fe Literary Festival, the bestselling author talks to Kevin E G Perry about the real-life moment that inspired ‘A Time to Kill’, why innocent people are still being locked up, and what aspiring thriller writers need to get right in chapter one

The Independent UK

Mississippi sues Favre, wrestlers, over welfare misspending

The Mississippi Department of Human Services is suing retired NFL quarterback Brett Favre, three former pro wrestlers and several other people and businesses to try to recover millions of misspent welfare dollars that were intended to help some of the poorest people in the nation

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