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Can this PGA Tour event find another sponsor before next season? The pressure is on

As the 12th and final year of sponsorship for Wayne Sanderson Farms at Mississippi's only PGA Tour event is nearing an end, there is no better way to find a new sponsor than to show off at this year's tournament. Wayne Sanderson Farms' run as a full ...

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Residents of a small Mississippi town respond to a scathing Justice Department report on policing

A Justice Department report on the police department in Lexington, Mississippi, has found a stunning pattern of racially disparate policing and harassment

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Dad of Mississippi Teen Who Shot Teacher Mom in Face Hopes She 'Finds Jesus,' Says He Still Loves His Daughter

Carly Gregg, 15, was sentenced to life in prison without parole after she was found guilty of first-degree murder

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Justice Department Says a Small Mississippi Town Ran a Dickensian Debtor's Prison

Federal investigators say police in Lexington, Mississippi, used illegal searches, excessive force, and kept residents in jail when they couldn't pay off old fines.

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Police in small Mississippi city discriminate against Black residents, Justice Department finds

A Justice Department investigation has found that police in a majority Black Mississippi city discriminate against Black people, use excessive force and retaliate against people who criticize them

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Justice Department Report Reveals Civil Rights Abuses In Mississippi

Justice Department investigation uncovers discrimination, excessive force, and retaliation in Lexington Police Department in Mississippi.

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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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Garland says officers' torture of 2 Black men was betrayal of community they swore to protect

Attorney General Merrick Garland says the prosecution of six former law enforcement officers who tortured two Black men in Mississippi is an example of the Justice Department's action to build public trust after it is violated

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Ex-Jets host who accused Brett Favre of sending lewd photos has unsympathetic response to star’s diagnosis

Retired NFL quarterback recently revealed he had been diagnosed with Parkinson’s disease

The Independent UK

Photos: LPGA star Ally Ewing through the years

Ally Ewing called herself a "little Mississippi girl." But nothing about her accomplishments was small.

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No Legal Duty to Remove or Update Accurate Report of Arrest, Even After Charges Were Dismissed

From Holt v. Gray Television, Inc., decided Friday by Chief Judge David Proctor (N.D. Ala.): This action arises from Plaintiff's… The post No Legal Duty to Remove or Update Accurate Report of Arrest, Even After Charges Were Dismissed appeared first on Reason.com.

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Brett Favre Discloses Parkinson's Diagnosis Amid Welfare Scandal

Brett Favre discloses Parkinson's diagnosis during welfare scandal testimony, advocates for reform in federal welfare system.

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Retired NFL quarterback Brett Favre says he has Parkinson's disease

Retired NFL quarterback Brett Favre told a congressional committee Tuesday that he has been diagnosed with Parkinson’s disease

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Attorneys say other victims could sue a Mississippi sheriff's department over brutality

Attorneys for two Black men who were tortured by Mississippi law enforcement officers say they expect to file more lawsuits on behalf of others who say they were brutalized by officers from the same sheriff’s department

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Judge dismisses lawsuit to protect dolphins along the Mississippi Gulf Coast after dozens were killed

A federal judge has dismissed a lawsuit that sought to protect dolphins along Mississippi's coast from harm by a spillway used for flood control

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Brett Favre to appear before US House panel looking at welfare misspending

Retired NFL quarterback Brett Favre is scheduled to appear before a congressional committee examining how states are falling short on using welfare to help families in need

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Mississippi mayor says a Confederate monument is staying in storage during a lawsuit

A Confederate monument that was removed from a courthouse square in Mississippi will stay in storage while a lawsuit over its future is considered

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Justice Department Investigates Mississippi Sheriff's Department For Civil Rights Violations

Justice Department investigates police brutality in Rankin County Sheriff's Department after violent attack on two Black men.

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Justice Department opens civil rights probe into sheriff's office after torture of 2 Black men

The U.S. Justice Department has opened a civil rights investigation into a Mississippi sheriff’s department whose officers tortured two Black men

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Mississippi Town Removes Confederate Monument After Decades Of Controversy

Confederate monument in Grenada, Mississippi removed after years of controversy and division, relocated to a secluded area behind a fire station.

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A Mississippi Confederate monument covered for 4 years is moved

A Mississippi town has taken down a Confederate monument that stood since 1910

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Mississippi high court rejects the latest appeal by a man on death row since 1994

The Mississippi Supreme Court has denied the latest appeal by a man who has been on death row for 30 years

Louder

"The sun will rise and fall, and BB King will play the blues": The incredible life of BB King

BB King was the greatest bluesman the world has ever seen. We look back at his life, with a little help from his friends

Latin Times

Escaped Mississippi Inmate and Prison Employee Arrested After Crashing Getaway Car

An escaped inmate and the prison employee who helped him flee are back in police custody facing felony charges, according to a report.

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Parasitic 'horror' wasp that bursts from a fly's abdomen like an 'Alien' xenomorph discovered in Mississippi backyard

Scientists accidentally discover new species of wasp that lays eggs inside living, adult fruit flies, which then burst from the hosts' abdomens while they're still alive.

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