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Archives: 2018
White restaurant manager admits enslaving disabled black worker
Bobby Paul Edwards admitted to forcing an intellectually disabled man to work at this S.C. restaurant without pay
Soldier who drove armored vehicle through the streets says he was following orders
The complaint said Yabut had glassy eyes and dilated pupils, which the trooper wrote were indicative of opioid use.
Maben woman diagnosed with rare eye cancer
Starkville teacher and mom, Meaghan Johnson, was diagnosed with Ocular Melanoma over a year ago.
Girl graduates from kindergarten after losing foot in lawnmower accident
And on June 6, with the help of a walker and her dad, she proudly marched with her class during their graduation ceremony
Jeanette Smith, Hattiesburg civil rights leader, dies at 78
The former Jeanette Musgrove grew up in Soso and moved to Hattiesburg in 1959. Her funeral is Wednesday in Soso.
Rare orange lobster found by supermarket workers
A rare orange lobster was discovered by supermarket workers in Westboro, Massachusetts.
Police: Mississippi 9-year-old is shot to death in own home
The city’s assistant police chief, Michael Merchant, says an investigation suggests the younger child accidentally shot his brother.
Report: Ark. man admits contracting HIV to infect others
A 25-year-old man said in court Monday that he had intentionally contracted HIV so that he could infect others, reports the Arkansas Democrat-Gazette.
Rise in suicides “more than a mental health issue,” CDC says
Just days after the tragic death of fashion icon Kate Spade, which the medical examiner confirmed Thursday was a suicide, new government research sheds light on a disturbing increase in suicides in the United States. The report from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention shows that suicide rates have risen dramatically across most of the country in the past…
U.S. asylum seekers wait days and weeks at Mexican border
Lawyers say asylum seekers at the Nogales, Arizona, crossing are camping out up for five days to make a claim.
NBA team president abruptly resigns after probe of Twitter accounts
Bryan Colangelo resigned Thursday as president of basketball operations for the Philadelphia 76ers.
Boil Water notice issued in Noxubee County
This affects the Shuqualak-Butler Water Association.
Body identified in Pontotoc County investigation
The bodies were sent to the state crime lab in Pearl, after they were discovered inside a home on Toxish Road.
Couple killed in Ariz. shooting spree were friends with suspect
A motive in the couple’s killing remains unknown.
Video shows rats in bag of Burger King buns
After a woman posted a video of rats running through a bag of Burger King buns, health officials temporarily shut down the Wilmington, Delaware location.
Ruling on Kate Spade’s death released by medical examiner
New York City’s chief medical examiner has ruled fashion designer Kate Spade’s death a suicide by hanging.
RFK Jr. reflects on his father’s life and the circumstances of his death
“He saw America as an exemplary nation…That we should know the difference between leadership and bullying, that we should try to promote democracy,” he said.
Wilbur Ross says Trump admin. has reached “definitive agreement” with ZTE
The Trump administration has walked a fine line, stressing that any ZTE deal is separate from ongoing trade negotiations with China.
Noxubee County shooting suspect arrested in Memphis
The shooting happened June first, near the Lowndes-Noxubee County line. Investigators say an SUV was shot more than a dozen times.
Newly released video shows Las Vegas shooting from above
LAS VEGAS — Screams and pleas for help, descriptions of people falling amid rapid gunfire, and breathless questions about what to do next emerged Wednesday in 911 audio made public by Las Vegas police. The release came eight months after the deadliest mass shooting in modern U.S. history. “Shots fired! Shots fired! Hurry!” a woman screams, crying as a dispatcher…
Gayle King reflects on Oprah's legacy: “There's nobody like her”
“CBS This Morning” co-host Gayle King was with Oprah Winfrey when the media mogul got her first look at the “Watching Oprah” exhibit at the National Museum of African American History and Culture in Washington, D.C. on Wednesday. King, Oprah’s best friend, said the exhibit was “a great trip down memory lane.” But what’s really a “game-changer” for Winfrey is…
After parent demand, monitors at Stoneman Douglas reassigned
PARKLAND, Fla. – One day after the father of one of the students killed by a gunman at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School on February 14 demanded that two campus monitors who were at the school on the day of the shooting be removed, the district has reportedly reassigned them. On Wednesday, Broward County Public Schools released a statement saying…
Police: Men threw hatchet at black teen, yelled racial slurs
NORTH BROOKFIELD, Mass. — Police in Massachusetts are searching for suspects who allegedly threw a hatchet at a black teen and yelled racial slurs at him. WHDH-TV reports the 14-year-old was stepping off his school bus in North Brookfield on Tuesday when two masked men in a passing car yelled at him and threw the hatchet at his head. The…