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NAACP threatens to sue Elon Musk's xAI over pollution in Mississippi
There are five data center projects in Mississippi, including xAI. Such data centers are popping up all over the South, driven by the artificial intelligence boom.
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7mKamala Harris says 'Mississippi matters' at Columbus rally for Scott Colom
Former Vice President Harris campaigns for Democrat Colom in Columbus just days before President Donald Trump is scheduled to campaign in Corinth for Sen. Cindy Hyde-Smith.
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9mSenatobia officer put himself in harm’s way before fatally shooting 1-year-old Kohen Wiley, experts say
Multiple experts who reviewed video footage of the police shooting in Senatobia said officers unnecessarily escalated the encounter and put themselves in harm's way in the moments before one of them fired into a car, killing 1-year-old Kohen Wiley.
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6mUMMC's new cancer center aims to expand access to life-saving care in Mississippi
The University of Mississippi Medical Center broke ground Thursday on a cancer center officials say will help improve outcomes for patients in a state with some of the nation’s highest cancer mortality rates.
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7mFamily of toddler fatally shot by Senatobia police is shown unredacted footage by Mississippi officials in private screening
The family of Kohen Wiley, the 1-year-old boy fatally shot by the Senatobia police this summer, gathered with state officials Thursday to view unredacted footage of the confrontation, two days after leaked clips were published by a local news outlet and widely circulated on social media.
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13mFilmmaker explores Mississippi's lack of public defenders in 'The Dead Zone'
About 80% of defendants in Mississippi require a public defender, yet it's one of just five states that lack a statewide public defender system, filmmaker writes.