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February 28, 2024

Mississippi bill would close 3 of 8 state universities, but lawmakers say it's unlikely to pass

Lawmakers in the Mississippi state House and Senate say they are unlikely to pass a bill closing three of eight universities based on enrollment and economic impact, among other factors.

February 28, 2024

$1 million worth of stolen goods discovered near Georgia's Savannah seaport

Authorities have reportedly discovered pallets of stolen cargo valued at an estimated $1 million in a Rincon, Georgia, warehouse, just outside the busy port city of Savannah.

February 28, 2024

Laken Riley tried to reach 911 during deadly encounter, Athens police confirm

22-year-old Georgia nursing student Laken Riley tried calling 911 during suspected illegal immigrant attack on University of Georgia campus in Athens last week.

February 28, 2024

Mississippi man gets over 3 years for racist, homicidal threats made on Snapchat

Christian Blake Bunyard, 21, has been sentenced to over three years in prison for using Snapchat to make threats to rape, shoot and kill.

February 28, 2024

Dem Sen Duckworth looks to put Republicans on record with forced IVF vote

Sen. Tammy Duckworth will attempt to force a vote Wednesday on her bill to protect in vitro fertilization (IVF) procedures in the wake of Alabama's controversial Supreme Court ruling.

February 28, 2024

Suspected Louisiana killer recaptured after jail escape, faked seizure and pepper spraying deputy: sheriff

A Louisiana jail inmate suspected of murder who escaped custody on Sunday was recaptured Tuesday and found at a hotel in New Orleans, authorities said.

February 28, 2024

ABC News president calls Trump's mugshot comments about Black voters 'as racist as they come'

ABC News president Kim Godwin blasted former President Trump after he recently claimed that his indictments and mugshot have been "embraced" by the Black community.

February 28, 2024

Bill legally defining antisemitism passes Florida Senate

The Florida Senate unanimously passed a bill on Wednesday that, if enacted, would establish a formal definition of antisemitism under state law.

February 28, 2024

Startling video shows Florida alligator lunging at couple riding in golf cart

A Florida woman recorded a video that showed an alligator charging at a couple who was riding in a golf cart in Ave Maria this month. The golf cart nearly capsized into a pond.

February 28, 2024

West Virginia man who killed girlfriend's 4-year-old son to serve life in prison with no parole

Walter Richardson of West Virginia was sentenced to life in prison without the possibility of parole in the death of his girlfriend's 4-year-old son, to which he pleaded no contest.