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Justice Department intervenes for struggling water system
JACKSON, Miss. ((DailyNews)) — The Justice Department made a rare intervention Tuesday to try to bring improvements in the beleaguered water system in Mississippi’s...
Favre asks to be dismissed from Mississippi welfare lawsuit
JACKSON, Miss. ((DailyNews)) — Retired NFL quarterback Brett Favre is asking to be removed from a lawsuit by the state of Mississippi that seeks...
Abortion ruling means more and riskier births in Mississippi
GREENWOOD, Miss. ((DailyNews)) — In Mississippi, where health officials expect 5,000 more births each year as a result of the Supreme Court ruling upending...
Dynamic Daniels, LSU, roar back on No. 7 Ole Miss, 45-20
BATON ROUGE, La. ((DailyNews)) — LSU quarterback Jayden Daniels’ dynamism has bamboozled defenses in back-to-back games.Daniels ran for three touchdowns and passed for two...
Day care workers charged, accused of scaring tots with mask
HAMILTON, Miss. ((DailyNews)) — Four people linked to viral video footage of Mississippi day care employees using a scary mask to frighten young children...
‘Change has come’: Mississippi unveils Emmett Till statue
GREENWOOD, Miss. ((DailyNews)) — Hundreds of people applauded — and some wiped away tears — as a Mississippi community unveiled a larger-than-life statue of...
EPA civil rights case targets Mississippi over Jackson water
JACKSON, Miss. ((DailyNews)) — The federal government is investigating whether Mississippi state agencies discriminated against the state’s majority-Black capital city by refusing to fund...
Congress probes Jackson water crisis as city and state spar
JACKSON, Miss. ((DailyNews)) — Congress is investigating the crisis that left 150,000 people in Mississippi’s capital city without running water for several days in...
Mamie Till depiction seen as tribute to Black female leaders
NEW YORK ((DailyNews)) — Gwen Carr sat up straight in her seat as she heard lines of dialogue delivered by the actor portraying Mamie...
Barges grounded by low water halt Mississippi River traffic
The unusually low water level in the lower Mississippi River is causing barges to get stuck in mud and sand, disrupting river travel for...