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Three children inside home during deadly Olive Branch shooting
3+ hour, 54+ min ago (356+ words) OLIVE BRANCH, Miss. " A home in Olive Branch, Mississippi is at the center of what police say was a domestic dispute that left one man dead and a woman injured after a shooting Friday, according to the Olive Branch Police…...
A Reflecting Pool that has long enticed visitors now gains police scrutiny under Trump
6+ hour, 59+ min ago (109+ words) One thing it's generally not: a strictly enforced police zone. Entering the pool has always been illegal, but, in general, the most someone wading into the water might expect is a direction from a police officer to get out. The…...
Jackson Academy's Caden Moss commits to Ohio State Football
15+ hour, 54+ min ago (239+ words) Jackson Academy Five-Star Offensive Lineman Caden Moss commits to the Ohio State Buckeyes. Moss chose the Buckeyes over Ole Miss, LSU, Oregon, Kentucky, and Tennessee. He says "You know what, you're going to get out of it. You got to…...
Harvey Weinstein's California rape conviction upheld, but court says he must be resentenced
16+ hour, 15+ min ago (699+ words) Harvey Weinstein appears in Manhattan Supreme Court Thursday, June 25, 2026 in New York. (Steven Hirsch/New York Post via AP, Pool) A three-judge panel from California's 2nd District Court of Appeal unanimously issued the decision, saying his trial judge did not violate…...
Double heat dome coming to US: Will it affect Mississippi?
1+ day, 4+ hour ago (403+ words) (NEXSTAR) " Two heat domes are preparing to join forces, sending temperatures soaring around the U. S. next week. The first heat dome is developing in the southwest while the second is forming over the subtropical Atlantic, said Jeff Berardelli, chief meteorologist at…...
Touring Trump's Washington: How the president is putting his imprint on the nation's capital
1+ day, 7+ hour ago (1180+ words) But visitors to Washington will find that the city is undergoing tremendous change, courtesy of President Donald Trump's takeover makeover. Since returning to office 17 months ago, Trump has demonstrated a continuing fixation with the District of Columbia. The Republican president…...
Australia plans to strengthen laws banning children from social media
1+ day, 7+ hour ago (552+ words) Australian e-Safety Commissioner, Julie Inman Grant appears before the Environment and Communications Legislation Committee at Parliament House in Canberra, Australia, Thursday, Oct. 17, 2024. (Mick Tsikas/AAP Image via AP) Observers said on Friday the government was responding to evidence that the…...
Native Americans commemorate victory at Little Bighorn with horse races, dance and song
1+ day, 22+ hour ago (1030+ words) Reenactments will illustrate the battle. Horse riders from the Cheyenne River Reservation in South Dakota and elsewhere are traveling hundreds of miles to the Crow Agency area in Montana to mark the occasion. Families are being encouraged to share their…...
Judge rules against effort to create majority-Black De Soto County districts
2+ day, 5+ hour ago (415+ words) U. S. District Judge Glen H. Davidson ruled Wednesday that the plaintiffs in Harris v. De Soto County did not provide enough evidence that De Soto County district maps were drawn to intentionally dilute Black voting power. In ruling for De Soto County, Davidson…...
Couple accused of explicit Facebook video with infant
2+ day, 5+ hour ago (239+ words) MEMPHIS, Tenn. " A man and woman are accused by Memphis police of making a sexually explicit video with an infant nearby and posting it to Facebook. Taviyunna Burse, 23, is in jail charged with indecent exposure, child neglect and tampering with…...