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March 9, 2021

Mississippi

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Mississippi road signs for Lynyrd Skynyrd plane crash site

November 22, 2020 The Associated Press

GILLSBURG, Miss. — Lynyrd Skynyrd, the rock band famous for “Sweet Home Alabama” and “Free Bird,” now has highway signs pointing to the site of the Mississippi plane crash that claimed the lives of some […]

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Zeta soaks Southeast after swamping Gulf Coast; 6 dead

October 30, 2020 The Associated Press

ATLANTA — Millions of people were without power and at least six were dead Thursday after Hurricane Zeta slammed into Louisiana and made a beeline across the South, leaving shattered buildings, thousands of downed trees […]

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Final 2 Mississippi flag proposals: Shield vs. magnolia

August 27, 2020 Emily Wagster Pettus, Associated Press

JACKSON, Miss. — As Mississippi replaces its former flag that had the Confederate battle emblem, five proposals were literally run up a flagpole Tuesday. A group then narrowed the choice to two designs: One with […]

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Public ideas for Mississippi flag: Magnolias, stars, beer

August 3, 2020 Emily Wagster Pettus, Associated Press

JACKSON, Miss. — Magnolias, stars, guitars, the cross, beer cans, crawfish, a Gulf Coast lighthouse, Elvis Presley and even Kermit the Frog appear on proposals the general public submitted for a new Mississippi flag. Mississippi […]

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Group seeks ideas for Mississippi flag without rebel emblem

July 13, 2020 Emily Wagster Pettus, Associated Press

JACKSON, Miss. — A state agency said Monday that the public can submit proposals for a new Mississippi flag, using two requirements in state law: The designs cannot include the Confederate battle emblem, and they […]

Business

Google selects Mississippi site for 1st US operations center

July 11, 2020 The Associated Press

SOUTHAVEN, Miss. — Google’s first U.S. operations center is coming to northwest Mississippi. The company announced Thursday it will lease a new 60,000-square-foot facility in Southaven, Mississippi, near Memphis, Tennessee. Google expects the site, which […]

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Mississippi lawmakers vote to remove rebel emblem from flag

June 28, 2020 Emily Wasger Pettus, Associated Press

JACKSON, Miss. — Mississippi will surrender the Confederate battle emblem from its state flag, more than a century after legislators embedded it there following the Civil War. Mississippi’s House and Senate voted in succession Sunday […]

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Barr to prosecutors: Look for unconstitutional virus rules

April 27, 2020 Michael Balsamo, Associated Press

WASHINGTON, D.C. — Attorney General William Barr on Monday ordered federal prosecutors across the U.S. to identify coronavirus-related restrictions from state and local governments “that could be violating the constitutional rights and civil liberties of […]

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