All posts tagged "Mississippi"
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Illinois Counties Declare ‘Sanctuary’ Status For Gun Owners
CHICAGO (AP) â Several rural Illinois counties have taken a stand for gun rights by co-opting a word that conservatives associate with a liberal policy...
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J.J. Williamson Shares Life In The South And Going To An HBCU
Comedian J.J. Williamson and Tom have two things in common. They’re both country boys and HBCU alums and they are very proud of it. “Yah...
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Alabama Mayor Says Her Small Town Smells Like Rotting Corpses
Containers that were loaded with tons of sewage sludge in Parrish, Ala. More than two months after the so-called “Poop Train” rolled in from...
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Gun Rights Supporters Are Okay With Unloaded Rifles At Rallies
Craig Larson, right, of Fort Collins, Colo., and another protester who refused to identify himself waving signs during a pro-gun rally Organizers are encouraging...
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Bernie Sanders Struggles With New Path To Black Voters
Jackson Mayor Chokwe Antar Lumumba, left, listens as Sen. Bernie Sanders JACKSON, Mississippi (AP) â As Bernie Sanders contemplates making another president bid in...
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Kansas Water Park Indictment Highlights Lax State Regulations
TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) â Ken Martin remembers a Travel Channel episode about the world’s tallest waterslide. The Richmond, Virginia-based amusement-park safety expert said he was...
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NBC Doc Focuses On Images Of Civil Rights Movement
NEW YORK (AP) — Gruesome images of a lynched Emmett Till were seared into the minds of many black Americans in 1955 and helped lead...
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Sentencing Nears For Ex-NFL Running Back’s Killer
UPDATE: Ronald Gasser has been sentenced to 30 years in prison for the road-rage shooting death of former NFL running back Joe McKnight. GRETNA, La....
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Mississippi Could Test How Soon State Can Restrict Abortion
Pam Miller, of Pro Life Mississippi, walks along the fence surrounding as she attempts to counsel a person entering the Jackson Women’s Health Organization...
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Florida House Debates School Safety Bill
The Rally in Tally protesters chant after marching to the Florida Capitol for the Rally in Tally in Tallahassee, Fla., Feb 26, 2018. PARKLAND, Fla....
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Rep. John Lewis To Be Honored At Civil Rights Museum
JACKSON, Miss. (AP) â The first time John Lewis traveled to Mississippi in 1961, he was arrested and jailed with other Freedom Riders, black...
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Red Flags Missed In Florida School Shooting
Parents wait for news after a reports of a shooting at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Fla., on Wednesday, Feb. 14, 2018....
