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Protesters drive through Mississippi to urge reopening state

Jackson, Miss. — Dozens of Mississippi motorists drove around downtown Jackson on Saturday, honking horns and encircling the Governor’s Mansion in an effort to get Gov. Tate Reeves to fully reopen the

April 26, 2020

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Mississippi shows wide racial gap in impact of coronavirus

Jackson, Miss. — Numbers released Wednesday show the stark disparity in how the new coronavirus is affecting black and white Mississippians, reflecting longstanding health problems in a state where African Americans are

April 8, 2020

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Mississippi working to expand hospital capacity for virus

Jackson, Miss. — Mississippi Gov. Tate Reeves said Monday that hospitals in the state have about 3,000 beds, and projections show that almost 400 more beds will be needed when the state

April 8, 2020

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Reeves wins governor race

Jackson, Miss. (AP) — Republicans are keeping their hold on the governorship in Mississippi, despite facing the best-funded Democrat to run for the position in more than a decade. Lt. Gov. Tate

November 5, 2019

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Justice Dept. reopens Emmett Till murder investigation

BIRMINGHAM, Ala. (AP) — The federal government has reopened its investigation into the slaying of Emmett Till, the black teenager whose brutal killing in Mississippi shocked the world and helped inspire the

July 12, 2018

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Two Oxford veterans home employees arrested on manslaughter charge

JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — Two former employees of a Mississippi veterans home have been charged with manslaughter in the 2017 death of a 93-year-old World War II veteran. Police charged 25-year-old Jeanne

July 10, 2018

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