A federal judge ordered special elections after earlier ordering the state to redraw the electoral map used to select justices, concluding the current configuration dilutes the power of Black voters.
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4 dead and 12 injured in a shooting after Mississippi homecoming game
The small town of Leland, Miss., was rocked by the shooting, which took place late Friday.
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The long recovery on the Mississippi Gulf Coast, ‘ground zero’ for Hurricane Katrina
While much of the focus marking 20 years since Hurricane Katrina is on New Orleans, where federal levees failed and flooded the city, the historic storm also decimated the Mississippi Gulf Coast.
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70 years after Emmett Till’s murder, Mississippi museum acquires gun used to kill him
It’s been 70 years since Emmett Till, a Black teenager visiting relatives in Mississippi, was killed by white men because he whistled at a white woman. Now the gun used in his death is in a museum.
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ID lost to Hurricane Katrina is returned 20 years later
Twenty years after Hurricane Katrina crashed into Louisiana and Mississippi, surprises continue to surface. A washed-up ID and how a park ranger found its owner is a moment of joy in the tragedy.
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Tariffs have businesses bracing for change in Trump country
President Trump’s tariff policy is creating uncertainty for places like Tupelo, Miss. with a manufacturing-dependent economy. It’s in a conservative county where Trump got nearly 70% of the vote.
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DOJ investigates Mississippi sheriff’s office following ‘Goon Squad’ torture case
Last year, two Black men were beaten and tasered by six officers in a no-warrant house raid. Since then, the Justice Department said it got more complaints regarding similar instances by the deputies.
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Med schools face a new obstacle in the push to train more Black doctors
Schools like the University of Mississippi School of Medicine are trying to recruit more Black students. But they face a swell of Republican opposition to diversity, equity, and inclusion efforts.
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Here’s what’s holding back Medicaid expansion in Mississippi and other Southern states
More than a million people could get health care if these states would pass laws expanding Medicaid. Most residents want the expansion but entrenched politics stands in the way.
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Police shot Nakala Murry’s young son. Now, she could lose custody of her kids.
Nakala Murry spoke exclusively to NPR about a petition that references the May 2023 shooting of Aderrien Murry. She said the move “caught her off guard.”
