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'She Would Never Climb That, Ever, Ever': Family Seeks Justice in Slaying of Mother Found Hanging in a Tree

Mississippi authorities have arrested Jarques Ratliff after 29-year-old Tasia Fortune's death was classified as a homicide, but police have released few details and expect further arrests.

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Black mom accused of stealing diapers at Mississippi Walmart. Then police shot into the car and killed her 1-year-old

It began with an alleged shoplifting call.

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Police chief fired over racist texts after fatal shooting of a toddler in Mississippi

Fired Chief Harold Vanderford routinely used racist language in text messages, including writing that he hoped his neighbors heard him shouting slurs at home

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Jackson State University pursues top research status

Professor Kamal Ali and his team at Jackson State University are developing sensors to study oysters' responses to environmental changes

The Independent UK

Former mayor of Mississippi’s capital pleads guilty to bribery and fraud

Chokwe Antar Lumumba had previously called FBI sting while mayor of Jackson a ‘political prosecution’

The Guardian - US

ICE Detention of Babies and Toddlers Increased Tenfold Under Trump Administration, New Data Shows

The agency has held 25 Babies and Toddlers Per Day on Average After Trump Returned to Office

Latin Times

Jackson State’s new president will get leadership training for a role previously marked by turmoil

Jackson State University’s new president will receive a year of leadership training as she transitions into the role

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Reeves establishes Mississippi office for Rural Health Transformation Program funds

Gov. Tate Reeves has announced the creation of an office to manage federal funds for improving rural healthcare in Mississippi

The Independent UK

Suspect arrested after fire damages synagogue once bombed by KKK

The blaze broke out shortly after 3 a.m. Saturday.

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Mississippi Man Executed For 1993 Rape and Murder Claims To Be 'At Peace' In Final Words: 'I'll Be In Heaven'

Charles Crawford, 59, spent more than three decades on death row after he kidnapped, sexually assaulted and murdered 20-year-old Kristie Ray, a community college student in northern Mississippi. He has now been executed

Latin Times

The Fall of Favre: the making – and unmaking – of a flawed NFL gunslinger

A new documentary explores how the legend of one of the league’s greatest quarterbacks endures, despite the multiple scandals that have engulfed him

The Guardian - US

Mississippi orders deletion of race and gender databases in state libraries

Library commission says state ‘in dire shape’ and has ‘had a reconsideration of everything with regard to’ Doge

The Guardian - US

How mega-polluters take advantage of billions in green loans

Some of the world’s biggest polluters are reaping billions of dollars through a lax form of green finance, a new investigation by The Examination has found

The Independent UK

5 Years After Giving Birth, a Mississippi Mother Was Arrested for a Felony Based on a Postnatal Drug Test

Brandy Moore, who stopped using meth midway through her pregnancy, was charged with "aggravated domestic violence" because she decided not to have an abortion.

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Jailing the Brett Favre welfare scandal reporter would be an awful shame

This is a systematic dismantling of the free press in Mississippi. There's no other way to describe it.

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Hall-of-Famer Brett Favre's Defamation Lawsuit Against Hall-of-Famer Shannon Sharpe Thrown Out

From yesterday's Fifth Circuit decision in Favre v. Sharpe, by Judge Leslie Southwick, joined by Judge Kyle Duncan and Judge Jeremy Kernodle (E.D. Tex.): Brett Favre … was named three times as the NFL's Most Valuable Player, had a Super Bowl victory, and was selected for the NFL Hall of…

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Corpse photos and jokes about assault: Inside the Mississippi ‘Goon Squad’ WhatsApp chat

The so-called ‘Goon Squad’ came to national attention in January 2023, after deputies in Rankin County Sheriff’s Office were accused of brutally torturing two Black men

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Sheriff Who Presided Over Violent 'Goon Squad' Tries To Play Dumb

"Nobody's ever reported that to me," Rankin County Sheriff Bryan Bailey said after his deputies admitted to brutalizing innocent people.

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Mississippi Sheriff Insists He Was Oblivious to His Drug Warriors' Long Pattern of Brutality

Years before a federal case shined a light on the problem, Rankin County Sheriff Bryan Bailey should have known something was amiss.

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Guardian US announces hires to race and equity team

The Guardian US today announced the hirings of Adria Walker and Melissa Hellmann to the Guardian US’s Race and Equity team, which is led by deputy editor Lauren N. Williams, who joined the publication this past spring to spearhead its coverage of race, identity, and inequality.

Reason

Hall-of-Famer Brett Favre's Defamation Lawsuit Against Hall-of-Famer Shannon Sharpe Thrown Out

Passes are parabolas, "you've got to be a sorry mofo to steal from the lowest of the low" was hyperbole.

Ballotpedia

Reeves, Presley, and Gray running in Mississippi gubernatorial election

Incumbent Tate Reeves (R), Brandon Presley (D), and Gwendolyn Gray (independent) are running in the general election for governor of Mississippi on Nov. 7, 2023.

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Previewing Mississippi’s gubernatorial election

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Mississippi governor’s brother suggested that auditor praise Brett Favre during welfare scandal

As Brett Favre became ensnared in media attention for his connection to Mississippi’s sprawling welfare scandal, Gov. Tate Reeves’ brother suggested the state official investigating the case praise the retired NFL quarterback

The Independent UK

News outlet asks court to dismiss former Mississippi governor's defamation lawsuit

A local news outlet that helped expose a wide-reaching public corruption scandal has filed its legal defense against a defamation lawsuit brought by former Mississippi Gov. Phil Bryant

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