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Plane crash, union vote are top stories for Mississippi in 2017

JACKSON (AP) — A military plane crashed in the Mississippi Delta, Nissan employees rejected a union and regulators ...

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South braces for deep freeze into new year

Potentially life-threatening cold spread across the Deep South on Saturday, as forecasters issued winter weather advisories in multiple ...

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Medicaid up for big debates in Mississippi Legislature

Mississippi legislators in 2018 are expected to bicker over Medicaid, a government health insurance program that consumes a ...

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$191M Powerball ticket claimed

A $191 million Powerball jackpot has been claimed in Louisiana, with the state lottery describing the award as ...

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Man detonates pipe bomb in NYC subway, injuring 4

NEW YORK (AP) — A man with a pipe bomb strapped to his body with Velcro and zip ...

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Former Louisiana governor gravely ill with cancer

Former Gov. Kathleen Blanco is undergoing treatment for cancer in her liver, she announced Sunday, describing it as ...

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Gunman opens fire in Texas church, killing multiple people

A man opened fire inside of a church in a small South Texas community on Sunday, killing multiple ...

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Driver dead, officer shot after police chase on I-55

Authorities in Mississippi say an officer has been shot and a suspect is dead after a highway standoff ...

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Metal detectors reveal explosive device in south Mississippi

Authorities say an explosive device found in south Mississippi could date back to the World War II era.

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Attorney: Louisiana private investigator tried to hack into Trump tax returns ‘out of sheer curiosity’

A Louisiana private investigator accused of trying to illegally obtain Donald Trump's tax returns says he is a ...

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Plan seeks to help Jackson schools without state takeover

A new commission will look for ways to improve Mississippi's second-largest school district instead of putting it under ...

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Ticket sold in Louisiana wins $191 million Powerball jackpot

A winning Powerball jackpot ticket worth more than $191 million has been sold in Louisiana.

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Georgia election server wiped after suit filed

A computer server crucial to a lawsuit against Georgia election officials was quietly wiped clean by its custodians ...

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Burning cross in Mississippi is under investigation

Authorities in Mississippi are looking into what led someone to burn a cross.

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More oil than initially believed spilled off Louisiana coast

The Coast Guard says the amount of oil discharged into the Gulf of Mexico off Louisiana's coast last ...

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Jury deadlocks in trial over burning death

A Mississippi judge has declared a mistrial after a jury failed to reach a unanimous verdict in the ...

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Monkeys run loose in neighborhood

Residents of a quiet town in southwest Ohio swear they're not seeing things when they tell people monkeys ...

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AP analysis: Small cities struggle with youth, guns

When the shots rang out — “pop, pop, pop,” and then a thunder roll of gunfire — Maria ...

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Autopsy planned in death of LSU student; fraternity hazing investigated as possibility

An autopsy was planned Friday on the body of a Louisiana State University student whose death police are ...

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Graduation requirements may change for Mississippi high schools

Mississippi high school students could see new requirements for graduation beginning with the class of 2022.

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