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Hanukkah begins Thursday: What to know about the festival
(AP) — Hanukkah — also spelled Chanukah or other transliterations from Hebrew — is Judaism’s “festival of lights.” On eight consecutive nightfalls, Jews gather with ...
The Associated Press, Author at Daily Leader
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Lawsuit seeks $5M for black former delivery driver who says white men shot at him in Brookhaven
(AP) — A black former delivery driver in Mississippi who says two white men shot into his work van and then pursued him in a ...
by The Associated Press, Wednesday, November 29, 2023 1:59 pm
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Mississippi Republican Gov. Tate Reeves wins 2nd term, defeating Democrat Brandon Presley
(AP) — Mississippi Republican Gov. Tate Reeves won a second term Tuesday in the conservative state where his party dominates. Reeves defeated challenger Brandon Presley, ...
by The Associated Press, Wednesday, November 8, 2023 8:01 am
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Only debate of Mississippi governor’s race brings insults and interruptions from Reeves and Presley
(AP) — Mississippi Republican Gov. Tate Reeves and Democratic challenger Brandon Presley insulted and spoke over each other several times Wednesday night in their only ...
by The Associated Press, Thursday, November 2, 2023 8:34 am
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Mike Johnson, a staunch conservative from Louisiana, is elected House speaker with broad GOP support
(AP) — Republicans eagerly elected Rep. Mike Johnson as House speaker on Wednesday, elevating a deeply conservative but lesser-known leader to the seat of U.S. ...
by The Associated Press, Wednesday, October 25, 2023 2:00 pm
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Mississippi GOP governor says his plan would aid hospitals; Democrat pushes for Medicaid expansion
(AP) — Mississippi Republican Gov. Tate Reeves released a proposal Thursday aimed at helping some of the state’s financially struggling hospitals, even as the Democrat ...
by The Associated Press, Friday, September 22, 2023 8:46 am
State/National News
Mississippi Democrats name Pinkins as new nominee for secretary of state, to challenge GOP’s Watson
(AP) — Mississippi Democrats on Thursday named attorney Ty Pinkins as their new nominee for secretary of state to replace a candidate who left the ...
by The Associated Press, Friday, September 8, 2023 11:03 am
State/National News
Mississippi Democrats given the go-ahead to select a new candidate for secretary of state
(AP) — Mississippi’s governor and attorney general have approved a secretary of state candidate’s withdrawal from the race due to illness, allowing the state Democratic ...
by The Associated Press, Thursday, September 7, 2023 11:55 am
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Black delivery driver loses FedEx job, more than a year after he said white men attacked him
(AP) — A Black FedEx delivery driver who says two white men shot at and chased him in Mississippi in 2022 has now been fired ...
by The Associated Press, Monday, August 21, 2023 6:10 pm
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Mississippi’s new laws go into effect today covering moms, pecan theft, online porn
JACKSON — Mississippi is enacting dozens of new laws, including those to increase support for mothers of newborns, tighten restrictions on voting, designate a state ...
by The Associated Press, Saturday, July 1, 2023 8:00 am
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