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Lawmakers push bills to ban cellphone use in schools
At least 33 states and Washington, D.C. require school districts to ban or restrict cellphones usage among students in schools. Mississippi could be next.
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14mOne year after Leland mass shooting, no indictments, only questions
Leland has marked a year since a homecoming block party in the heart of downtown erupted in gunfire, claiming the lives of eight people and leaving grieving families and the community to process the tragedy. Families of the victims and residents returned to Main and Fourth Streets on the Oct. 11 anniversary of the nation’s […]
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7mNew video shows chaotic moments before Senatobia police shot toddler
Newly released video shows the chaotic moments before a Mississippi police officer fired into a car outside a Senatobia Walmart in June, killing 1-year-old Kohen Wiley.
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4mChuck Schumer PAC spends $1.2 million for Scott Colom as pundits say Hyde-Smith lead is waning
Some national pundits and prognosticators say races in deep-red states including Mississippi are becoming more in play as Trumps approval ratings tank and consumer prices continue to rise.
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9mWicker urges US-Ukraine deal as Trump strains ties with Zelenskyy and eases up on Russia
Relations between the U.S. and Ukraine appear to be at a new low, threatening to tip the balance of the war to Russia's favor and imperil America's security interests across the globe.
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7mDuring brain drain research, New Yorker finds reasons to remember Mississippi
"What happens in Mississippi does not stay contained behind a state line; it ripples throughout the rest of the country. The case for staying in this cultural wellspring is easily made," intern writes.