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Hyde-Smith wins runoff, becomes first woman elected to Congress in Mississippi

Republican U.S. Sen. Cindy Hyde-Smith won a divisive Mississippi runoff Tuesday, surviving a video-recorded remark decried as racist ...

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Louisiana votes to end non-unanimous verdicts

A constitutional amendment to end non-unanimous jury verdicts in Louisiana was approved Tuesday by the state’s voters — ...

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Hyde-Smith, Espy in runoff; Wicker wins re-election

Mississippi’s U.S. Senate special election is headed to a runoff, and the state’s voters will either elect a ...

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Mississippi man pleads guilty to misusing money rather than paying mother’s medical bills

A Mississippi man has pleaded guilty to spending his mother's money on himself, rather than paying her medical ...

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Mississippi child hit by truck while boarding school bus

A state trooper says a north Mississippi child has life-threatening injuries after being hit by a truck while ...

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Missing class ring found 32 years later in neighboring state

A Louisiana man has been reunited with his high school class ring that went missing 32 years ago.

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Thought to be long gone in Mississippi, Choctaw horses find a connection

Six foals sired by a cream-colored stallion called DeSoto scamper across a pasture in southwest Mississippi — the ...

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Mississippi officials investigate toddler found dead in oven

A grandmother is being questioned after her dead granddaughter was found inside a heated oven in a Mississippi ...

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‘Unimaginable destruction’: Hurricane Michael smashes rows of houses

The devastation inflicted by Hurricane Michael came into focus Thursday with rows upon rows of homes found smashed ...

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New Orleans house collapses during renovation; all 11 workers hurt

New Orleans officials say 11 construction workers were injured when a one-story house collapsed during renovations.

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Ex-teacher indicted on charge of enticing a minor for sex

A former high school math teacher in Mississippi has been indicted on a charge that she enticed a ...

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Testimony at Quinton Tillis trial: Dying woman named different person as attacker

Prosecutors in Mississippi insist they're trying the right man for an awful crime, the killing of a woman ...

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Trump holding Mississippi rally for Sen. Cindy Hyde-Smith in Southaven

President Donald Trump will hold a rally next week in northern Mississippi, urging voters to support an appointed ...

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Chris McDaniel seeks foothold in 2nd US Senate race in Mississippi

Tea party favorite Chris McDaniel nearly dethroned a Mississippi political icon four years ago, never conceding his Republican ...

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Florence is nation’s second wettest storm, behind Harvey

Hurricane Florence was the nation's second rainiest storm in 70 years, a top rainfall meteorologist calculated.

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30 months for former sheriff’s sergeant in inmate assault in Louisiana jail

Federal authorities say a former sergeant with a Louisiana sheriff's office has been sentenced to 30 months in ...

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Retrial begins for man accused in woman’s burning death

Prosecutors said Tuesday that evidence will show a man killed a Mississippi woman by setting her on fire, ...

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Wheel equipment maker to spend $8 million to expand, hire 60 in Durant facility

A manufacturer of wheel alignment and balancing systems will spend $8 million to expand a Mississippi plant, hiring ...

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Louisiana prosecutor: Mom asked girlfriend to burn 6-month-old baby

A Louisiana prosecutor says a mother accused in her infant son's death asked her girlfriend to kill the ...

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Jury selection begins in retrial over Panola County woman’s burning death

Jury selection begins Monday in a retrial of a man accused of killing a Panola County woman by ...

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