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September 14, 2016

Appeals court to rehear Missouri execution drug dispute

An appellate panel that ordered Missouri to reveal its supplier of lethal injection drugs is giving the state another chance to make its case to shield that information.

September 9, 2016

Attorney: Suit against Confederate emblem not a lost cause

An attorney says he's not surrendering his legal battle to erase the Confederate battle emblem from the Mississippi flag.

September 9, 2016

Former Mississippi officer pleads not guilty to manslaughter

A former Mississippi police officer is pleading not guilty to manslaughter in an October shooting that sparked community protests.

September 9, 2016

Firefighter killed when truck rolls over on way to emergency

Authorities say a firetruck in Mississippi crashed while responding to a call, killing one firefighter and injuring two others.

September 9, 2016

Hearing for Mississippi officer accused in shooting death

A former Mississippi police officer is scheduled to appear in court Friday after he was indicted in the October 2015 shooting death of a black man.

September 9, 2016

Judge hits out at Confederate emblem as he dismisses flag lawsuit

A federal judge Thursday dismissed a lawsuit that sought to have the Confederate battle emblem on the Mississippi flag declared an unconstitutional relic of slavery.

September 8, 2016

Lawyer: Former Mississippi officer indicted in 2015 shooting

A lawyer says a former Mississippi police officer has been indicted in the October 2015 shooting death of a black man.

September 7, 2016

Navy training aircraft crashes at Naval Air Station Meridian

An aircraft has crashed at Naval Air Station Meridian while undergoing a training flight.

September 7, 2016

Mississippi officer back at work weeks after fatal shooting

A white police officer is back at work in northeast Mississippi, weeks after a grand jury declined to indict him in the shooting death of a black man who ran from a traffic stop.

September 6, 2016

Wife: Accused man left home days before 2 nuns were killed

The wife of a Mississippi man charged with killing two nuns says she and her husband argued and he left their home a few days before Sisters Paula Merrill and Margaret Held were found stabbed to death in a nearby town.