The US has nearly 56,000 structurally deficient bridges — here are the states...
The American Road & Transportation Builders Association released their 2017 Bridge Report which outline the 55,710 bridges in the US classified as "structurally deficient." The bridges are not all...
View ArticleAt least 3 dead and several injured after train collides with charter bus in...
BILOXI, Miss. (AP) — Officials have confirmed at least three fatalities and several injuries after a train collided with a charter bus in Biloxi, Mississippi.Biloxi city spokesman Vincent Creel says...
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An 'anti-choice center' has opened across the street from Mississippi's last...
(Mic) — Being the last remaining abortion clinic in Mississippi, Jackson Women's Health Organization is already in a pretty precarious position. And now, there's a new bully on the block — literally....
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Police say 8 people were killed in a Mississippi shooting
BROOKHAVEN, Miss. (AP) — Authorities in Mississippi said Sunday that a suspect is in custody after eight people were killed in a shooting, including a sheriff's deputy.Mississippi Bureau of...
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'He loved me enough to take some bullets for me': 18-year-old dies shielding...
BROOKHAVEN, Miss. (AP) — It was after midnight when a gunman burst into the living room of a southern Mississippi home where young people were playing video games.Caleb Edwards, 15, said the man — whom...
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Nate makes landfall at the mouth of the Mississippi River as a Category 1 storm
NEW ORLEANS (AP) — Hurricane Nate came ashore at the mouth of the Mississippi River on Saturday and pelted the central Gulf Coast with wind and rain as the fast-moving storm steamed toward the...
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Photos show Hurricane Nate's destruction in the Gulf Coast and Central America
Hurricane Nate flooded the Gulf Coast as it made landfall in the US over the weekend.The center of the storm first hit land at the mouth of the Mississippi River, then again near Biloxi,...
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Suffering from an infection, the senior senator from Mississippi won't return...
WASHINGTON (AP) — Mississippi Sen. Thad Cochran is continuing to grapple with a urinary tract infection that has delayed a planned return to Washington.The GOP veteran, 79, has been absent from...
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Trump visited Mississippi's new civil rights museum amid protests
President Donald Trump visited a newly opened museum on the civil rights movement in Jackson, Mississippi on Saturday.His presence triggered protests by Jackson residents, many of whom argued that the...
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Mississippi could become the first US state to have 2 official flags because...
A bill in the Mississippi House of Representatives proposes a two-flag solution to the state's debate over the use of a Confederate symbol in its current official flag. Republican Rep. Greg Snowden...
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Another top Republican has announced he will resign from Congress
Mississippi Republican Thad Cochran announced he will resign from the Senate on April 1, after months of poor health issues.Cochran's departure opens up another Senate election in Mississippi in...
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Trump keeps wading into hot Republican primary battles to back the...
President Donald Trump keeps wading into contentious Republican Senate primaries.This is not typical of a president.He has endorsed the establishment candidate in Mississippi, Alabama, and Nevada over...
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Cindy Hyde-Smith set to become first woman to ever represent Mississippi in...
Mississippi's Agriculture Commissioner Cindy Hyde-Smith could become the first woman to represent the state in Congress. Mississippi Gov. Phil Bryant is expected to appoint Hyde-Smith to replace...
View Article'We’re investigating this as a hate crime': Black church in Mississippi...
A black church in Mississippi was burned and spray-painted with "Vote Trump" and authorities said on Wednesday they were probing the incident as a hate crime committed one week before the U.S....
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Historically black Mississippi church burned, spray-painted with 'Vote Trump'...
A historically black church in Greenville, Mississippi, was burned and spray-painted with the words “Vote Trump” late Tuesday evening.Firefighters and police officers responded to an emergency call at...
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The Trump administration could boost the 'personhood' movement among abortion...
The push to confer full “personhood” status on every fertilized human egg has been rejected by voters and lawmakers in state after state, including deep-red Mississippi.But activists are cautiously...
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Suspect in 'Vote Trump' vandalism and burning of black Mississippi church...
Mississippi authorities arrested a man Wednesday in the burning of an African-American church that was also spray-painted with the words, "Vote Trump."Andrew McClinton of Leland, Mississippi, was...
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A strong tornado killed at least four people in southern Mississippi
(Reuters) - A strong tornado killed at least four people in southern Mississippi and left many others trapped in their homes after touching down in the hours before sunrise on Saturday, state officials...
View ArticleThe Mississippi River is larger than you think
The Mississippi River is a giant river that provides abundant resources. But, how big is it, exactly? This animated map shows the scale of the Mississippi River and its drainage system in...
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Mississippi may bring back firing-squad executions
Concerned by recent court challenges and practical constraints that make execution by lethal injection increasingly precarious, Mississippi is taking preemptive action.The state legislature introduced...
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