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Mississippi (MS; 20th - December 10, 1817; population - 2,961,279 2020) state capital - Jackson, largest city - Jackson.

30.09.2023 23:04
A former "Family Feud" contestant convicted of wife's murder speaks out: "I'm innocent. I didn't kill Becky."
Josh Jones and Laura Keck have prosecuted hundreds of cases, but no case has troubled them quite like the murder of Becky Bliefnick . Josh Jones : You put yourself in the mind of Becky Bliefnick in the last moments of her life, the fear that she had to be feeling ... You can't walk out of that hous...



30.09.2023 19:23
I was shocked to discover a vintage painting online that looks just like me - I had to buy it
Jenny Smith was shocked to find her doppelg?¤nger online - in a painting, that is. The mom-of-four was blown away by the discovery of a painted portrait that bared an uncanny resemblance to her curly red locks and "large" forehead, and she became determined to get her hands on the mysterious artwor...



30.09.2023 12:00
College football Week 5 predictions: Colorado vs. USC, more picks vs. spread
The only three college football coaches in the country (Nick Saban, Kirby Smart, Dabo Swinney) who have a higher salary than Lincoln Riley have won multiple national championships. The only three coaches in college football history (Knute Rockne, Frank Leahy, Urban Meyer) with a better career win p...



30.09.2023 07:46
BetMGM's Friday Special: $200 or $1.5K Insurance in Kentucky and Other States
Online Sports Betting Launches in Kentucky, Offering Exclusive Bonus Code for In-State Residents Kentucky residents can now participate in online sports betting through the newly launched platform, BetMGM. To incentivize new users, BetMGM is offering up to $1,500 in bonus bets if their first bet do...



30.09.2023 05:01
For Black Mothers, Birthing Centers, Once a Refuge, Become a Battleground
Gabrielle Glaze felt scolded and shamed when she delivered her first son in a Birmingham, Ala., hospital, forced to observe strict rules about lying stationary through her contractions and enduring countless cervical checks from "total strangers" who seemed disappointed by her body's progress. So w...

29.09.2023 20:42
US presidential race: what are the key dates?
Nine main Republican candidates are jostling to be their party's presidential nominee in the 2024 election, while President Joe Biden faces two long-shot challenges for the Democratic nomination. Here is a timeline of events between now and Election Day on Nov. 5, 2024. 2023 Oct. 15: Federal Electi...



29.09.2023 19:08
Underage drinking dangers: These are the states with the highest rates of teen alcohol use, study finds
Addiction expert urges parents to discourage underage drinking to prevent 'lifelong problems'. A new study done by addiction recovery resource Addiction Treatment Magazine has revealed the states that have the highest and lowest prevalence of underage drinking . Researchers looked at the number of...



29.09.2023 16:31
Judge will end former NFL star Michael Oher's conservatorship after 'Blind Side' fallout
A Tennessee judge will end former NFL star Michael Oher's conservatorship agreement with Sean and Leigh Anne Touhy, after he filed a lawsuit claiming he had been misled to believe he had been adopted. Shelby County Probate Court Judge Kathleen Gomes said Friday she'd terminate the agreement between...



29.09.2023 14:36
States with the highest STD rates revealed: ‘Out of control' epidemic
The US is in the midst of an "out of control" STD epidemic, with cases of syphilis, gonorrhea and chlamydia on the rise nationwide. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention says gonorrhea cases spiked by 28% across the country in 2021, while total syphilis cases soared by a staggering 74%. Ho...



29.09.2023 14:32
Legal Arrangement in 'Blind Side' Case Is Terminated
A probate judge in Memphis ended an unusual legal arrangement on Friday between Michael Oher, a former National Football League player and the subject of the hit movie "The Blind Side," and the people who took him in when he was a teenager, which had given them broad authority over Mr. Oher's affai...



29.09.2023 12:00
NC Central's Juan Velarde using his journey from Peru to the gridiron to inspire others
Velarde was among the players named to the Allstate Good Works Team for his work in the community. North Carolina Central University is not the blue-blood college football powerhouse team fans are likely to watch on Saturday afternoons as they match up against Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference and ot...



29.09.2023 11:00
How Liberty's Sabrina Ionescu became a deadly sharpshooter
Kelly Sopak doesn't know what happened to the extra Miramonte High School gym key. It could still sit on Sabrina Ionescu's keyring eight years later, he said jokingly. But the existence of that copy captured everything Sopak believed his best player could become. Sopak, who coached Ionescu from AAU...

29.09.2023 10:00
How to watch Alabama Crimson Tide vs. Mississippi State Bulldogs game
The Alabama Crimson Tide are packing up for their first SEC road game of the 2023 NCAA college football season when they face the Mississippi State Bulldogs this Saturday. Coming off a Week 4 victory over the Ole Miss Rebels, a strong second half surged the Tide forward thanks to the team's strong...



29.09.2023 09:54
Biden Administration to Offer Fewest Offshore Oil and Gas Leases in History
The Biden administration announced Friday it would lease a handful of spots in the Gulf of Mexico to oil companies for drilling over the next five years, a move that is likely to anger both climate activists and the fossil fuel industry. The administration said oil and gas companies would be able t...



29.09.2023 08:46
Battling a Water Crisis: Bottles, Barges and Maybe a Quarter Billion-Dollar Pipe
People in New Orleans are used to preparing for hurricanes and floods. So when they learned of a new threat - an infusion of salty water creeping slowly up the Mississippi River , threatening municipal drinking water supplies - they did what comes naturally: strip bottled water from grocery store s...



28.09.2023 20:06
Manhunt ends as suspect in South Carolina coast shooting is found dead
The circumstances surrounding the man's demise have yet to be disclosed. A search on the South Carolina coast for a man who shot and wounded two people, including a sheriff's deputy, has ended with the man dead, authorities said Thursday. No details were immediately given about the circumstances su...



28.09.2023 16:20
Manhunt after shootings close schools in South Carolina coastal area
SC search efforts have been concentrated on apprehending Ernest Robert Burbage III on Johns Island. The daylong search for a man who investigators say shot two people, including a sheriff's deputy, along the South Carolina coast led officials to close several schools Thursday. Deputies have been lo...



28.09.2023 12:18
Nebraska becomes latest red state to expand Medicaid to cover postpartum care
NE Gov. Jim Pillen issued an order that will provide low-income mothers a full year of Medicaid coverage. Lower-income new mothers will get a full year of Medicaid health care coverage in Nebraska under an order issued Wednesday by Republican Gov. Jim Pillen. The move makes Nebraska the latest in a...



28.09.2023 00:37
Family reunited with beloved pet spider monkey after 24-hour search with help from dogs, thermal cameras
A Mississippi family was reunited with their beloved pet spider monkey after dozens of volunteers joined in the 24-hour search and managed to track down the pesky primate with thermal cameras and hunting dogs. Cameron and Kaitlynn Cuevas, of Biloxi, adopted Kenzie two years ago when she was just si...



27.09.2023 05:01
The Sheriff, His Girlfriend and His Illegal Subpoenas
In 2014, Bryan Bailey, the sheriff of Rankin County, Miss., made what seemed like a series of routine requests of the local district attorney's office. He needed grand jury subpoenas, he said, to force the phone company to turn over records of calls and text messages for what he called a "confident...



27.09.2023 05:00
More women turning to firearms for self-defense to even the scales: Protecting 'the lives we love'
Women are the fastest-growing group of gun owners in America, data shows. It's no secret. Across America, crime continues to ravage communities , putting the innocent on high alert as they wonder how they might fend off attackers should they make their move. But some women are stepping up to the ch...



26.09.2023 22:01
Body found after 21-year-old goes missing from Mississippi riverboat birthday cruise: ‘This is very traumatic'
A body has been recovered in the Mississippi River near the area where a 21-year-old woman went missing while out on a riverboat birthday cruise, police said. Tamia Taylor disappeared following a party boat celebration for her 21st birthday on Sept. 9, where she was last seen mingling with partygoe...



26.09.2023 19:50
Tim McGraw extends 2024 ‘Standing Room Only Tour.' Get tickets now
Tim McGraw sold out. After announcing his 2024 ‘Standing Room Only Tour' featuring special guest Carly Pearce in early August, the legendary country performer had to add an additional 11 shows to his schedule to keep up with demand from fans. "You asked for it??¦ so we added more shows from coast t...



26.09.2023 17:08
John Mulaney announces 18-stop comedy tour for 2023: Get tickets today
Well, that escalated quickly. What started as a five-show, one-weekend tour with Pete Davidson and Jon Stewart in early September, has since become a full-fledged tour for John Mulaney . The five-time "Saturday Night Live" host just announced an additional 18 shows to his 2023 calendar he's calling...



26.09.2023 16:04
Billionaire Moguls and a Trillion Trees
At last week's Climate Forward event , I asked Bill Gates how he offsets his own substantial carbon footprint. Gates mentioned paying for direct air capture , funding heat pumps and installing solar panels. He also told me what he wasn't doing. "I don't use some of the less proven approaches," he s...



26.09.2023 14:49
Alabama inmate opposes being 'test subject' for new nitrogen execution method
MONTGOMERY, Ala. - An Alabama inmate would be the test subject for the "experimental" execution method of nitrogen hypoxia , his lawyers argued, as they asked judges to deny the state's request to carry out his death sentence using the new method. In a Friday court filing, attorneys for Kenneth Eug...

26.09.2023 10:27
U.S. Coast Guard captures video of critically endangered whales off Louisiana
Officers with the United States Coast Guard captured video footage over the weekend of one of the most endangered whales on the planet, after encountering three of the creatures off the Louisiana coast in the Gulf of Mexico. The footage shows three Rice's whales , enormous members of the baleen wha...



26.09.2023 10:23
Alabama inmate Kenneth Smith poised to be "test subject" for new execution method, his lawyers say
In a recent court filing, attorneys for Alabama inmate Kenneth Eugene Smith urged the Alabama Supreme Court to reject the state's request to carry out his death sentence using the untested method of nitrogen hypoxia. Smith's lawyers argued that the state's proposed protocol for nitrogen executions...

26.09.2023 09:50
Alabama inmate Kenneth Smith poised to be "test subject" for new execution method, his lawyers say
An Alabama inmate would be the test subject for an "experimental" execution method of nitrogen hypoxia, his lawyers argued, as they asked judges to deny the state's request to carry out his death sentence using the new method. In a Friday court filing, attorneys for Kenneth Eugene Smith asked the A...

26.09.2023 09:35
New Orleans' drinking water threatened as saltwater intrusion looms
Millions of Louisiana residents are facing a possible drinking water crisis as saltwater from the Gulf of Mexico threatens to contaminate the freshwater supply. The saltwater intrusion, caused by a severe summer drought that lowered the Mississippi River's water levels, could have serious consequen...



26.09.2023 05:00
Biden's Climate Corps, land grabs all part of promoting green tyranny at home and abroad
Americans must hold the line and fight back against Biden, AOC and other climate extremists. Four years ago, Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez , D-N.Y., introduced a resolution promising a "Green New Deal." At the time, it seemed more like a fringe dream from a far-left socialist than something that wo...



25.09.2023 17:57
Get tickets to Journey's 50th anniversary 2024 ‘Freedom Tour' with Toto
50 years in, the Journey journey is far from over. The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame group just announced their 50th anniversary ‘Freedom Tour' with special guest Toto that will send them to arenas all over North America from February through April 2024. That includes a stop at Rochester, NY's Blue Cr...



25.09.2023 11:46
GOP moves to axe USDA proposal pressuring public schools to adopt Biden admin's LGBTQ 'social experiments'
Republicans claim USDA rule proposal on sexual orientation, gender identity could threaten school lunches. FIRST ON FOX: Republicans in both chambers of Congress are moving to strike down a U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) rule proposal they say pressures schools to adopt the Biden administrat...



25.09.2023 11:32
States expand Medicaid programs to provide dental care to low-income adults
Many states have agreed to spend millions of dollars so its residents, who previously relied on charity, the ER, could get dental treatment. For months, Carlton Clemons endured crippling pain from a rotting wisdom tooth. He couldn't sleep, barely ate and relied on painkillers to get by. The 67-year...



23.09.2023 21:08
Saltwater in the Mississippi Threatens Water Supply in New Orleans
Drought-like conditions in the Midwest over the summer have created a growing water problem in the New Orleans area this fall. Water levels of the Mississippi River have dropped low enough to make the river less resistant to a mass of saltwater flowing north from the Gulf of Mexico. This circumstan...



23.09.2023 16:51
College Football Predictions: Alabama, Oregon State, and Florida favored in weekend matchups
In a surprising turn of events, the weekly "Ugly Underdog" column featured Wyoming on its cover after their valiant effort against Texas. The Longhorns, coming off an emotional win over Alabama, faced a challenging situational spot against the Cowboys. The game remained tied at 10-10 until Texas ma...



23.09.2023 15:30
Alabama vs. Ole Miss prediction: College football picks, odds
It's a huge Saturday in college football , with multiple games that will help decide both conference and playoff positioning. One of those games is Mississippi traveling to face Alabama with Nick Saban's crew laying around a touchdown. People are down on the Crimson Tide, and I get it. This isn't o...



23.09.2023 12:00
College football Week 4 predictions: Ohio State vs. Notre Dame, more picks vs. spread
College football and college basketball have traveled different paths for decades. Football has the most high-stakes regular season in American sports. Basketball has the greatest postseason ever created. Football is dominated by a handful of programs. Basketball is for any team with a dream. In th...



23.09.2023 06:30
The Exorcist, Chucky and new horrific haunts hit Universal Studios Orlando's Halloween Horror Nights
Look inside the 10 themed haunted houses at Halloween Horror Nights at Universal Studios Florida in Orlando. ORLANDO, Fla. - Universal Studios Florida has kicked off its annual Halloween Horror Nights event earlier this year with a "record-breaking" 48-day lineup of after-hour scares. Fox News Digi...



23.09.2023 03:27
Deion Sanders, Colorado under microscope this weekend against Oregon
It's college football's version of Super Saturday. There will be six games featuring two top-25 opponents this Saturday, and that doesn't even include the ACC showdown between Clemson and fourth-ranked Florida State in Death Valley. It's a fascinating day, which starts with the Florida State-Clemso...



22.09.2023 22:22
Family of National Guard recruit questions training on hot day that led to coma
The stepfather of a recruit training with the Mississippi National Guard is asking why military personnel forced his stepson to exercise in blistering temperatures last month, leading to heatstroke and a coma. Colby Maury-Rice, 18, was training at Camp Shelby near Hattiesburg, Mississippi, on Aug....



22.09.2023 21:52
Louisiana governor plans to request federal emergency declaration over saltwater intrusion threatening water
The governor already issued a state of emergency declaration Sept. 5. Louisiana Gov. John Bel Edwards said the state is days away from requesting a federal emergency declaration related to the saltwater intrusion of the Mississippi River that threatens drinking water. "I can tell you in the next co...



22.09.2023 18:38
At least 35% of adults in nearly half the US are obese, new CDC data shows
Obesity is becoming more prevalent in a growing number of states, according to new data from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention . The information shows that in 22 states in 2022 at least 35% of adults were obese - an increase from 19 states in 2021. The CDC noted that 10 years ago, ther...



22.09.2023 15:23
Obesity maps: CDC reveals which US states have the highest body mass index among residents
Certain regions, races and education levels had a higher prevalence of obesity: 'Urgent priority'. All U.S. states have an obesity rate among their residents of higher than 20%, which is at least one in five adults - and many exceed that. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) publish...



22.09.2023 15:14
Drought sparks drinking water concerns as saltwater creeps up Mississippi River
Louisiana residents who rely on river for drinking water warned of potential health risks in next few weeks. Drought across the midwestern and southern US has left the Mississippi River with such low water levels that saltwater from the Gulf of Mexico is creeping upriver in Louisiana , which could...



22.09.2023 07:20
Killing convicts with nitrogen is even worse than the lethal injection
Recently, the Department of Corrections of the state of Alabama announced it would try to execute death row prisoner Kenny Smith for a second time, this time with something they call nitrogen hypoxia. On November 17, 2022, Alabama tried and failed to execute Smith with lethal injection owing to an...



22.09.2023 03:40
Mississippi police department that caused mistrial has 'competency issues' in its investigations unit, expert says
The Mississippi police department that recently caused a mistrial in a case that drew national attention has "competency issues" in its investigations unit that impede the department's effectiveness, an independent investigator concluded. The city of Brookhaven hired William Harmening, a retired la...



21.09.2023 21:01
House Republican moves to protect gun owners' rights from 'radical left' national emergency declarations
Republican leaders, including Sen. Mike Braun of Indiana, have criticized Democratic New Mexico Governor Michelle Lujan Grisham for attempting to issue a national health emergency to address gun violence. In response, Braun and fourteen other GOP leaders introduced a bill called the Protecting the...



21.09.2023 16:04
GOP leaders push to protect gun owners and prevent Biden from declaring health emergency over gun violence
GOP leaders blast New Mexico governor for trying to issue national health emergency over gun violence. FIRST ON FOX: Sen. Mike Braun, R-Ind., and fourteen other GOP leaders introduced a bill Thursday to prevent the White House from declaring gun violence a national health emergency to enact gun con...



21.09.2023 13:58
Number of babies in Mississippi born with syphilis grew tenfold since 2016
A number of factors contribute to heightened rates of syphilis, which can be transmitted to a fetus from the mother. The number of babies born with syphilis in Mississippi has increased more than tenfold since 2016, amid US-wide growth in cases of the potentially fatal but entirely preventable dise...

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