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U.S. forces launched additional strikes on Iranian targets Sunday as hostilities resumed around the Strait of Hormuz, U.S. Central Command said. Centcom said the strikes hit “dozens of targets at multiple locations with precision munitions” to “degrade Iran’s ability to continue attacking international shipping.”
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A tractor-trailer crash on a highway in Mexico’s Jalisco state on Sunday left at least 10 people dead and about 10 injured, officials said. Four U.S. citizens suffered minor injuries and were taken to a Guadalajara hospital, Jalisco civil protection authorities told Reuters.
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Stefon Diggs, a free agent after one season with the New England Patriots, said on his YouTube channel that no team has a better No. 2 receiver. He continues to look for a new NFL home amid cleared legal scrutiny.
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Caitlin Clark reached 600 career assists in a WNBA-record 72 games as the Indiana Fever overwhelmed the defending champion Las Vegas Aces 109-75 on Saturday in Las Vegas.
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The Tyrannosaurus rex fossil known as “Gus” will be auctioned Tuesday at Sotheby’s in New York. Auction estimates put the price at about $30 million, the auction house said.
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Museums across the country are staging special exhibits tied to the World Cup as the tournament reaches its final stretch, Bradley Blackburn reports.
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An organization is building hundreds of smaller soccer pitches across the United States as World Cup interest rises, Michael George reports. He shows how the effort has changed a New Jersey school near MetLife Stadium.
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Sheriff Jordan Powell said a man and woman were found dead early Sunday, July 12, and the person believed responsible is jailed. Details remain limited as deputies investigate.
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A blaze at the Delta Fuel headquarters in downtown Natchez drew multiple emergency agencies, Adams County Sheriff Travis Patten told WJTV.
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Amalgamated Transit Union Local 1208 says workers will begin a strike at 4 a.m. Monday after failing to reach a deal with contractor MV Transportation and alleging unfair labor practices.
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Jackson police say a man was shot in the 100 block of Forest Hill Drive on July 12 and later died at a local hospital.
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Charlotte and Terry Leonard have visited 58 of Mississippi’s 92 county seats, raising banners and praying to promote positivity and faith across the state.
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Brian Hadad reports Mississippi State celebrated Ace Reese’s first-round selection while several top recruits went undrafted, allowing them to join campus.
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President Donald Trump’s publicized intervention in a World Cup disciplinary case and his announced visit to the 2017 opening of the Two Mississippi Museums prompted criticism, according to an account of both episodes.
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A photo project by Daniella Zalcman documents items made by incarcerated workers — from college dorm mattresses to library shelving — and highlights pay and labor practices in state prison industries, according to The Marshall Project.
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The Mississippi Department of Transportation said in a social-media post that July is Vehicle Theft Prevention Month and urged drivers to lock their vehicles, citing a National Highway Traffic Safety Administration estimate that one vehicle is stolen every 48 seconds.
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Conor McGregor’s highly anticipated comeback at UFC 329 was halted seconds into the fight against Max Holloway due to an apparent knee injury, leading to a TKO loss.
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Dana Chandler was convicted of killing Mike Sisco and Karen Harkness in Topeka in 2002 after three trials, ending a nearly two-decade legal battle.
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The National Weather Service in Memphis, Tennessee, said it canceled a severe thunderstorm watch while a few strong storms remained over north Mississippi. The agency asked residents to report conditions and to watch for receding floodwaters.
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The U.S. military carried out a third round of strikes Saturday, U.S. Central Command said, after Iran said the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps struck a Cyprus-flagged container ship and closed the Strait of Hormuz.
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