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Insider sues Mississippi sheriff's department for refusing to hand over public incident reports
Insider is investigating the deaths of five men who died in police custody or after confrontations …
Insider staff
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A year after death of a Mississippi man in police custody, Insider ramps up its probe into 1 county's practices
Insider requested records related to five deaths in one year connected to a single Mississippi sher…
Kenneth Niemeyer,Hannah Beckl…
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Police say missing Mississippi college student was last seen leaving his apartment in a robe and slippers
Jay Lee's father urged anyone with information about his son's disappearance to contact and police:…
Kenneth Niemeyer
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Mississippi's only abortion clinic asks state Supreme Court to let it to reopen, citing previous ruling
The Mississippi Supreme Court previously ruled that abortion was a guaranteed right in the state co…
Kenneth Niemeyer
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Mississippi sheriff whose deputies tortured Black people and called themselves the 'Goon Squad' wins reelection
Rankin County Sheriff Bryan Bailey won reelection after running unopposed. The NAACP had called for…
Kenneth Niemeyer
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A 1955 warrant in the Emmett Till case has been discovered, renewing calls from the family for an arrest
Relatives of Till are hoping that the document prompts a new investigation into his murder, which w…
John L. Dorman
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Man uses truck to repeatedly block entrance to Mississippi's only abortion clinic as tensions run high after Roe v. Wade ruling
The Jackson Women's Health Organization, the only abortion clinic in Mississippi, has vowed to rema…
Kenneth Niemeyer
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'I'm furious, I'm heartbroken, I'm shattered': Inside the Tulsa Women's Clinic on the day Roe fell
"I think it'll be decades before Oklahoma sees legal abortion again," said Tiffany Taylor's, the su…
Walt Hickey,Michael Noble Jr.
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Mississippi's only abortion clinic says it will keep providing abortions for at least 10 more days after the Supreme Court overturned Roe V. Wade
Diane Derzis, owner of the Jackson Women's Health Clinic, said she plans to open clinics in other p…
Kenneth Niemeyer
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A Mississippi public health official will forever be tied to the Supreme Court case that overturned Roe v. Wade. It's not clear how he feels about that.
Dr. Thomas Dobbs, the health official named on the Supreme Court ruling that overturned Roe V. Wade…
Kenneth Niemeyer
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Video shows how a catastrophic tornado nearly wiped out the town of Rolling Fork, Mississippi, leaving 23 dead across 3 states: ‘The loss will be felt in these towns forever’
At least 23 people were confirmed dead Saturday morning after a tornado ripped through Mississippi.…
Kenneth Niemeyer
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'It's unacceptable': A Black Mississippi mom slams school after teacher gave her son a 'monkey award' in class 'for entertaining others'
"I'm angry because I don't understand why my son got the monkey award when he received an award tha…
Taylor Ardrey
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How Martin Luther King Jr. Day became a federal holiday
A bill honoring Martin Luther King Jr. was first introduced in 1968, but it took 32 years for all 5…
Sonam Sheth
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A 12-year-old Mississippi boy died while playing a game of Russian Roulette, police say
Markelle Noah, 12, was found in an abandoned house in Jackson, Mississippi on Friday, the city's de…
Kenneth Niemeyer
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Mississippi cop who shot an 11-year-old in the chest after his mother called 911 for help will face no criminal charges
A grand jury in Mississippi declined to press charges against a police officer who shot Aderrien Mu…
Kenneth Niemeyer
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Police arrested a man in connection with several building fires, including Black churches, across Jackson, Mississippi
Police in Jackson, Mississippi arrested a man in connection with seven fires across the state's cap…
Kenneth Niemeyer
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The family of a Mississippi high school football player who died after being forced to practice in 103-degree heat is now suing the school district
A Mississippi family is suing their son's school district after he died when football coaches made …
Kenneth Niemeyer
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Graduate charged with murder of missing Mississippi college student appears in court
An alumnus is being arraigned on Wednesday for the murder of Jay Lee — a Mississippi college …
Kenneth Niemeyer
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Why did Democrats win the Kentucky governor's race but come up short in Mississippi? It was an election cycle of unique contrasts.
Gov. Andy Beshear ran up huge margins in metro areas across Kentucky. Such a feat is extremely diff…
John L. Dorman
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Mississippi daycare workers face child abuse charges after scaring children with a 'Scream' mask: police
Police say four women are facing felony child abuse charges after a viral video showing children be…