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With a pen stroke, Mississippi drops Confederate-themed flag

JACKSON, Miss. (AP) - With a stroke of the governor’s pen, Mississippi is retiring the last state flag in the U.S.

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Baptists and Walmart criticize Confederate-themed Mississippi flag

JACKSON, Miss. - The Confederate-themed Mississippi flag drew opposition Tuesday from two big forces in the culturally conservative state: Southern Baptists and Walmart.Walmart said it will stop displaying the Mississippi flag while the state debates whether to change the design.

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Mississippi faces reckoning on Confederate emblem in flag

JACKSON, Miss. – The young activists who launched a protest movement after George Floyd’s death are bringing fresh energy to a long-simmering debate about the Confederate battle emblem that white supremacists embedded within the Mississippi state flag more than 125 years ago.Anti-racism protests have toppled Confederate statues and monuments across the United States in recent days, and even NASCAR banned the display of the rebel flag. But Mississippi has been a holdout for years in displaying the emblem in the upper-left corner of its banner.Republican Gov.

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Auditor: Favre received welfare money for no-show speeches

JACKSON, Miss. – A nonprofit group caught up in an embezzlement scheme in Mississippi used federal welfare money to pay former NFL quarterback Brett Favre $1.1 million for multiple speaking engagements but Favre did not show up for the events, the state auditor said.

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Teen receives scholarship honoring 'The Hate U Give' author

JACKSON, Miss. – A Mississippi teenager with a talent for writing is receiving a full-ride college scholarship named for the author of “The Hate U Give.”

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Easter storms sweep South, killing at least 12 people

JACKSON, Miss. – Severe weather has swept across the South, killing at least six people in Mississippi, six more in Georgia and damaging hundreds of homes from Louisiana into the Appalachian Mountains. Many people spent part of the night early Monday sheltering in basements, closets and bathroom tubs as sirens wailed to warn of possible tornadoes.

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Mississippi State coach Mike Leach apologizes for tweet

JACKSON, Miss. – Mississippi State football coach Mike Leach has apologized on social media for posting a tweet that drew criticism from Bulldogs players and an assistant professor at the school before it was deleted.

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