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The Commerce Department said the economy expanded at a 1.5% annual rate April through June as strong consumer spending was offset by a surge in imports; the Fed’s preferred inflation gauge remained above the central bank’s 2% target.
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Meridian Community College and data center developer Compass will start a 14-week training program to prepare workers for a $10 billion data center campus near Meridian, the partners said. Full scholarships are available for the first cohort.
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The families of Nolan Xavier Wells and two other Black teenagers who died this year are demanding justice amid questions about the circumstances of their deaths.
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The Rankin County Sheriff’s Department said in a Facebook post that Jordan McQueary completed training and will serve as a school resource officer, despite a 2022 video that showed him punching an inmate and breaking the man’s jaw, Mississippi Today reported.
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The University of Mississippi has filed lawsuits against two former players who transferred to LSU, alleging they failed to pay owed fees under signed agreements. The school seeks over $950,000 in total.
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Mississippi State will play at LSU in October for the first time in four years, and Jon Blau of The Advocate joined Brian Hadad’s podcast to preview what the episode described as one of college football’s most interesting teams.
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Brian Hadad and Carlo Barone revisited Mississippi’s high school Class of 2016, saying it was led by three elite players and included unexpected standouts and notable misses.
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A Magnolia Tribune column warned that more than 27% of Mississippi students missed at least 10% of last school year and urged community and legislative action to improve attendance.
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Dr. Anthony Fauci repeatedly refused to answer questions about COVID-19, invoking the Fifth Amendment during a partisan Senate committee hearing, shielding himself from potential perjury charges.
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The Tennessee Valley Authority is giving $50,000 to the University of Mississippi to help replant trees lost in Winter Storm Fern, the university said Wednesday. Ole Miss estimates about 11% of its Oxford campus tree canopy was lost in the storm.
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