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'Mississippi miracle': Kids' reading scores have soared in Deep South states

Mississippi, Alabama and Louisiana have seen a promising turnaround in their student reading scores after passing a series of similar literacy reforms

The Independent UK

Democrat pledges ethics package in his challenge of Mississippi GOP governor

A Democrat running for Mississippi governor says he will push legislators to enact an ethics package that includes limits on campaign donations, frequent disclosure about lobbyists’ spending and a ban on former state officials quickly becoming lobbyists

The Independent UK

I Worked for Hodding Carter III at a Small-Town Mississippi Newspaper

He didn't pay much, we fought a lot, and he was one of the best bosses I ever had.

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3 judges who chipped away abortion rights to hear federal abortion pill appeal

Three appeals court judges with a history of supporting restrictions on abortion will hear arguments May 17 on whether a widely used abortion drug should remain available

The Independent UK

Mississippi removes hurdle to child care for low-income single parents

Single parents in Mississippi will no longer face a policy that made it difficult for them to receive help paying for child care

The Independent UK

1 lawsuit over appointment of Mississippi judges dismissed, another case still alive

A Mississippi judge has dismissed one lawsuit that challenges a new law dealing with appointment of judges in the majority-Black capital city of Jackson and the surrounding county

The Independent UK

The blues returns to Mississippi's Parchman Prison Farm

Mississippi's Parchman Farm was once one of the country's most notorious prisons. The University of Mississippi has introduced college-level classes to offer inmates education - including the blues.

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Guitarist Eric Bibb: Ridin’ the eternal wave of the blues

Blues guitarist and singer Eric Bibb has always been on the move. The tour for his 35th album Ridin’ has already taken him to Australia and France, a place where he spent time as a young musician. Travelling is part of his DNA as is exploring musical history from Mali…

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Order temporarily blocks appointed judges in mostly Black city and county in Mississippi

A federal judge has temporarily blocked the appointment of four state court judges in the majority-Black county that is home to Mississippi’s capital city

The Independent UK

Hodding Carter III, State Department spokesman during Iran hostage crisis, dies at 88

Carter was a Mississippi journalist and civil rights activist who as State Department spokesman informed Americans about the Iran hostage crisis and later won awards for his televised documentaries.

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Mum, 26, brings home extremely rare 'miracle' quintuplets after months in hospital

The mum from Purvis, Mississippi, had braced herself to spend her first Mother's Day in hospital months after giving birth to a boy and four girls. Quintuplets are extremely rare and can pose serious health problems for the mum and children alike

Daily Mirror

Rasheem Carter: Family of Black man 'lynched' in Mississippi share footage of fourth set of remains

WARNING: DISTRESSING VIDEO: A fourth set of remains has been found near the location where parts of Rasheem Carter's body were found earlier this year in Taylorsville, Mississippi

Daily Mirror

Pat McAfee Announces That Brett Favre Has Withdrawn Lawsuit Against Him

The sports personality shared the news of the dismissed case at the start of his show Thursday.

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Favre ends lawsuit after sportscaster McAfee apologizes over 'stealing from poor' remark

Retired NFL quarterback Brett Favre is ending his lawsuit against sportscaster Pat McAfee after McAfee publicly apologized for his previous on-air statements that Favre had been “stealing from poor people in Mississippi” in a welfare misspending case

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'Affront to democracy,' Mississippi resident says of appointing judges where most are elected

Three residents of Mississippi’s capital city say their rights are undermined by a new state law that would create a court inside Jackson with judges who are appointed

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Mississippi ex-governor threatens to sue news site over welfare fraud comments

Former Mississippi Gov. Phil Bryant has given notice that he will sue a news organization unless it apologizes for statements he said some of its employees made in connection to misspending of welfare money

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2 set for trial in shooting at FedEx driver in Mississippi

A trial date has been set for two white men in Mississippi who are accused of chasing and shooting at a Black FedEx driver who had dropped off a package at a home

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Deputies in civil rights probe accused of sexual assault

An attorney says Mississippi sheriff's deputies already being investigated for possible civil rights violations after allegedly placing a gun in a Black man's mouth and firing it attempted to sexually assault him and a second man during the same encounter

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Photos of 2023’s 39th overall pick Jonathan Mingo

23 photos of 2023's 39th overall pick Jonathan Mingo

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‘These spaces are depicted with trauma porn’: Tyriek White on his acclaimed public housing novel

We Are a Haunting, the Mississippi-by-way-of-New-York writer’s debut novel, tells of rent, eviction and ghosts in the projects

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Mississippi Gov. cosplays Clint Eastwood

"We're back," Reeves writes in the caption for the clip of him as Eastwood, gunning down "Mexican bandits"

The Independent UK

Federal officials unveil flood plan for Mississippi Delta

Federal officials have presented a proposal to further control flooding in the Mississippi Delta

Daily Mirror

Four inmates escaped troubled prison through a hole in roof before going on the run

Four inmates who escaped Raymond Detention Center in Mississippi are thought to have escaped through the ceiling to the roof where Hinds County Sheriff Tyree Jones said police believe "they possibly camped out on the roof"

The Independent UK

Mississippi ex-governor to release texts in welfare scandal

Former Mississippi Gov. Phil Bryant says he will release all of his text messages related to a welfare fraud investigation, including money spent for a university volleyball arena

The Independent UK

Sheriff: Last of 4 escaped Mississippi prisoners found

A Mississippi sheriff says the last of four prisoners who escaped from a prison last month has been found at a home about 20 miles from the prison

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