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FILE- In this 1955 file photo, Carolyn Bryant poses for a photo. A grand jury in Mississippi has declined to indict the white woman, Carolyn Donham, known as Carolyn Bryant, whose accusation set off the lynching of Black teenager Emmett Till nearly 70 years ago, despite revelations about an unserved arrest warrant and a newly revealed memoir by the woman, a prosecutor said Tuesday, Aug. 9, 2022.(AP Photo/Gene Herrick, File)
Grand Jury Declines to Indict Woman in Emmett Till Killing
  • 9 August 2022
A grand jury in Mississippi has declined to indict the white woman whose accusation set...
  • AP News
Grand Jury Declines to Indict Woman in Emmett Till Killing
FILE - In this May 2, 2010 photo, Institute of Marine Mammal Sciences researcher Justin Main takes photographs of a dead sea turtle on the beach in Pass Christian, Miss. Beach crews have found the first sea turtle nest on the Mississippi mainland in four years. A Harrison County Sand Beach crew that was cleaning up found what appeared to be turtle tracks just east of the Pass Christian Harbor, officials said. (AP Photo/Dave Martin, File)
1st Sea Turtle Nest Found on Mississippi Beach Since 2018
  • 8 August 2022
A Harrison County Sand Beach crew that was cleaning up found what appeared to be...
  • AP News
1st Sea Turtle Nest Found on Mississippi Beach Since 2018
Fred Everitt of Tupelo, Miss., is all smiles after his cat, "Bandit", alerted him in the middle of the night that two men were trying to break into the back door of his home, July 29, 2022, in Tupelo, Miss. (Thomas Wells/Northeast Mississippi Daily Journal via AP)
‘Guard Cat’ Credited with Preventing Would-Be Robbery
  • 3 August 2022
A Mississippi man said his pet cat helped prevent a robbery at his home, and...
  • AP News
‘Guard Cat’ Credited with Preventing Would-Be Robbery
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Mississippi School Board Upholds Firing over ‘New Butt’ Book
  • 13 May 2022
A Mississippi educator who was fired for reading a children’s book called “I Need a...
  • AP News
Mississippi School Board Upholds Firing over ‘New Butt’ Book
Stinky Shoppers Unoffended after Mississippi Store Bans Them
  • 16 September 2019
The Greenwood Commonwealth reports a convenience store has a sign on its door stating "Notice:...
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Stinky Shoppers Unoffended after Mississippi Store Bans Them
White Man Pleads Guilty to Burning Cross in Mississippi Town
  • 6 August 2019
Graham Williamson admitted that he and another man burned the cross to frighten and intimidate...
  • AP News
White Man Pleads Guilty to Burning Cross in Mississippi Town
Candidate: Woman Reporter Needs Chaperone to Cover Him
  • 12 July 2019
Robert Foster told the Associated Press that he won’t be alone with any woman other...
  • AP News
Candidate: Woman Reporter Needs Chaperone to Cover Him
Man Sentenced in Burning of Church Painted with ‘Vote Trump’
  • 2 May 2019
Investigators said Andrew McClinton belonged to the church that was vandalized and burned, Hopewell Missionary...
  • AP News
Man Sentenced in Burning of Church Painted with ‘Vote Trump’
Mississippi Flag Ordered Out of Park Near Statue of Liberty
  • 26 April 2019
The Mississippi flag includes the Confederate battle emblem in the upper left corner.
  • AP News
Mississippi Flag Ordered Out of Park Near Statue of Liberty
Mississippi Senator’s ‘Public Hanging’ Remark Draws Rebuke
  • 12 November 2018
Mississippi has a bitter history of racially motivated lynchings of black people.
  • AP News
Mississippi Senator’s ‘Public Hanging’ Remark Draws Rebuke
Did a Mississippi Democrat Propose a Law to Force Teachers to Recite the Ten Commandments?
  • 25 January 2018
The implications of a bill put forward by State Representative Credell Calhoun are unclear.
  • Fact Check
Did a Mississippi Democrat Propose a Law to Force Teachers to Recite the Ten Commandments?
At Least 16 People Killed in Military Plane Crash in Mississippi
  • 11 July 2017
The KC-130 refueling aircraft crashed into a field 85 miles north of Jackson, Mississippi on...
  • AP News
At Least 16 People Killed in Military Plane Crash in Mississippi
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