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Mississippi county OKs contracts for Emmett Till statue

A Mississippi county has approved contracts for a sculptor to make and install a bronze statue of Emmett Till

The Independent UK

Cookie-mergency: Girl Scout goodies are in short supply

LOS ANGELES — Chocolate milk in Maine. Cream cheese in New York City. Granite for headstones in Mississippi.

Los Angeles Times

How One Man Sparked An ‘Evolution And Revolution’ In Meteorology

John A. Peoples Jr. led the push to make Jackson State University a cutting-edge institution, starting with meteorology.

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A Federal Lawsuit Challenges Blatantly Unconstitutional Anti-Crime Checkpoints in Jackson, Mississippi

"You can't treat everyone like a criminal to find the criminals," an outraged driver says. In Jackson, apparently you can.

Reason

Mississippi commemorates wade-ins that integrated beaches

Mississippi has unveiled a new historical marker commemorating the “wade-ins” that led to integration of its Gulf Coast beaches

The Independent UK

Mississippi police roadblocks violate rights, lawsuit says

A new class-action lawsuit says police in Mississippi’s capital city are violating people’s constitutional rights by using roadblocks in majority-Black and low-income neighborhoods to try to catch crime suspects

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Anti-Crime Checkpoints in Jackson, Mississippi, Blatantly Violate the Fourth Amendment

To "get wanted individuals off the streets," police are stopping drivers without any evidence that they have broken the law.

Reason

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Six-year-old boy killed and brother among four injured in drive-by shooting at Mississippi basketball court

The boy killed was identified as Oterrious Marks in a GoFundMe campaign set up by his mother, Kyoukius Washington

The Independent UK

Income-tax phaseout up for debate in long-poor Mississippi

Mississippi is accustomed to being first in worsts

The Independent UK

FDA issues warning for Family Dollar stores after 1,100 rodents found at Arkansas facility

The states impacted include Alabama, Arkansas, Louisiana, Mississippi, Missouri and Tennessee

The Independent UK

Full House Resorts Appoints John Ferrucci As COO

Full House Resorts Inc (NASDAQ:FLL) has appointed John Ferrucci to the newly-created position of Senior Vice President and Chief Operating Officer (COO). Ferrucci will oversee the company's efforts to open The Temporary at American Place until a permanent general manager is selected, continue to serve as General Manager of Silver Slipper Casino Hotel…

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Nissan, Infiniti Announce Two New US-Made EVs Coming In 2025

Nissan says the $500 million investment for EV production will preserve and upskill nearly 2,000 jobs at the Canton, Mississippi assembly plant.

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Mississippi prison staff suspended for failing to report a double murderer had escaped until a day later

This is Wilson’s third jail break

Chicago Tribune

The documentary ‘Fannie Lou Hamer’s America’ took more than 10 years to make. The activist’s words continue to inspire

CHICAGO — How much do you really know about civil rights activist Fannie Lou Hamer?

Salon

Love Putin, MAGA heads? Then join him!

A modest proposal: Chunks of Florida, Alabama and Mississippi can join Putin's faux-NATO group. It's a win-win!

The Independent UK

Escapee captured, some Mississippi prison staff suspended

A Mississippi inmate who escaped from prison during the weekend was captured Tuesday

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Interior secretary tours civil rights sites in Mississippi

Interior Secretary Deb Haaland says she's honored to hear from people involved in civil rights in Mississippi

The Guardian - US

American Reckoning: shining a light on civil rights-era cold cases

A new documentary recalls the many forgotten victims of Jim Crow violence and white terrorism whose cases are being rediscovered after half a century

The Independent UK

Mississippi city dedicates statue of Apollo 13 astronaut

A city on the Mississippi Gulf Coast has unveiled a statute to honor an Apollo 13 astronaut who grew up there

The Guardian - UK

I’ll fight to overturn US ban on my ‘Queer Bible’, says British author

Former model Jack Guinness caught up in furore over Mississippi mayor’s attempt to withhold funding for library until ‘homosexual materials’ are withdrawn

The Guardian - US

Black FedEx driver shot at by white men draws parallels to Ahmaud Arbery case

D’Monterrio Gibson was delivering packages in Mississippi when he was allegedly attacked by Brandon and Gregory Case

Daily Mirror

Dad's fury as school suspends daughter for 'inappropriate' hoodie and leggings

Clint Fore, from Harrison County, Mississippi, in the US, was left furious that his 11-year-old daughter Shiloh was suspended from school after it was claimed her leggings and hoodie violated the dress code

Benzinga

Mississippi's Electricity Supplier Walks Back Remarks About Cutting Power To Marijuana Facilities

Mississippi’s main supplier of electricity Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA) recently announced plans to

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