As lone star ticks spread across the Southeast, Mississippi residents face a growing risk of tick-borne illness and alpha-gal syndrome, a tick-related allergy that can cause reactions to red meat.
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Data from Mississippi’s air quality monitoring stations shows an upward trend over the past decade in moderate or worse pollution days in southeast Mississippi, increasing the risk that Mississippians will develop respiratory conditions.
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The United States and Iran reached an initial agreement Monday that would extend their shaky ceasefire and lead to the reopening of the Strait of Hormuz, but significant challenges remain to ending the war, including whether Israel will continue its offensive in Lebanon.
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Michael J. Highfield writes about what factors have an effect on mortgage interest rates and what factors are more limited.
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An Alabama man facing the death penalty by nitrogen gas was spared Thursday as the U.S. Supreme Court refused to set aside a lower-court ruling that found the method unconstitutional.
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Rising gas prices pushed inflation to its highest level in three years last month, a headache for the Federal Reserve and a potential political challenge for the Trump administration as midterm elections near.
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The U.S. military said Tuesday it has begun strikes against Iran following the crash of a U.S. Army Apache helicopter off the coast of Oman that President Donald Trump has blamed on Iran.
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Nearly 50 years after Elvis Presley’s death, a gaggle of young boys and teens in his hometown of Tupelo, Mississippi, keep his legacy alive.
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The Walter Anderson Museum of art in Ocean Springs is launching the free Fisheye Film Festival from June 11-13, featuring films, workshops and discussions.
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The Mississippi State Board of Cosmetology and Barbering is accepting public comments through June 22 on temporary rules that could shape health, safety and business standards across the industry.
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Immigration and Customs Enforcement will no longer report deaths of detainees who have recently been released from its custody, in a change that could obscure the full human cost of the Trump administration’s mass detention policies.
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Residents in Beaumont, Mississippi, have to rely on themselves when it comes to staying active. The area has no local gym or fitness centers.
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The House for the first time Wednesday approved a war powers resolution that would halt the U.S. military action against Iran, defying President Donald Trump as a handful of Republicans joined with Democrats to end the three-month-long conflict that has reordered politics at home and abroad.
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A new medical facility planned for Highland Parkway could give Pearl River County residents closer access to sleep studies, specialty care and medical equipment.
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The Supreme Court on Tuesday allowed Alabama to use a congressional map favoring Republicans in this year’s elections, blocking a lower court ruling that the redistricting plan intentionally discriminates against Black people.
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Brian Tang writes about why investing in hurricane forecasting technology is worth the cost.
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Mike Leach, whose last stop was heading Mississippi State University football before his death in 2022, is among the nominees for the 2027 College Football Hall of Fame class.
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The City of Pascagoula, Mississippi, has opened applications for the Mayor’s Youth Council which will give students a look at the town’s most important institutions.
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Nathan Schneider writes about Pope Leo XIV’s writings on artificial intelligence and what concerns Leo shared about the industry’s effect on society.
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A federal judge on Friday temporarily blocked President Donald Trump’s administration from processing or paying any claims through a new $1.776 billion settlement fund for the Republican president’s allies who believe they were victims of a weaponized government.
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Mississippi voting rights advocates say they are preparing for a longer fight over redistricting after Gov. Tate Reeves canceled a special session that had been expected to focus on new electoral maps.
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Mark E. Wildmon and Kenneth V. Anthony write about why homeschooling has continued to grow in popularity even after the end of the COVID pandemic.
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The Supreme Court on Thursday ruled for Terry Pitchford, a Black death row inmate in Mississippi who argued there was racial bias in the makeup of the jury that convicted him.
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The Justice Department has opened an investigation into E. Jean Carroll, the advice columnist whom Donald Trump was found liable for sexually abusing in 1996.
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North Lamar Water Association in Lamar County, Mississippi, stopped adding fluoride to its drinking water, joining a growing list of Mississippi water systems ending fluoridation.
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Susan Radzilowski writes about the challenges transgender youth face in finding gender-affirming care and the burdens created by making it illegal.
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An Associated Press investigation found that at least 10 detainees, all men, have died by suicide since President Donald Trump took office in January 2025, a pace that far exceeds the growth in the detainee population.
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Pope Leo XIV called Monday for robust regulation of artificial intelligence and for its developers to work for the common good rather than profit, issuing a sweeping manifesto on safeguarding humankind as the technology impacts everything from work to war.
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President Donald Trump said Saturday that a deal with Iran on the war, including opening the Strait of Hormuz, but the proposal has drawn criticism from top Republicans, including U.S. Sen. Roger Wicker of Mississippi.
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Tulsi Gabbard resigned as President Donald Trump's director of national intelligence on Friday, saying she needed to step away as her husband battles cancer. She is the fourth Cabinet official to depart during Trump’s second term.
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