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A Mississippi jury rules officers justified in fatal 2017 …

FILE - This photo of Ismael Lopez, left, and his wife Claudia, was shown to reporters during a news conference on July 28, 2017, in Memphis, Tenn. A Mississippi jury ruled on Thursday, Sept. 14, 2023, that two Southaven police officers had not violated Lopez's civil rights when they shot him, rejecting a lawsuit seeking money damages (AP Photo/Adrian Sainz, File).

Wilkinson County escapee captured

Tiny fish reintroduced where it disappeared 50 years ago

Matthew Wagner, a biologist from the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, releases threatened pearl darter fish, which haven't lived in the Pearl River system for 50 years, in the Strong River, a tributary of the Pearl River, in Pinola, Miss., Monday, July 31, 2023. Wildlife experts say a number of pollution and habitat problems likely contributed to the disappearance of the pearl darter from the Pearl River system. (AP Photo/Gerald Herbert)

Fiery crash scatters exploding propane bottles on highway

Six former officers plead guilty to state charges

Former Rankin County sheriff’s deputy Daniel Opdyke appears in the Rankin County Circuit Court in Brandon, Miss., Monday, Aug. 14, 2023. Opdyke is one of six white former Mississippi law officers that pleaded guilty to state charges on Monday for torturing two Black men in a racist assault. All six had recently admitted their guilt in a connected federal civil rights case. (AP Photo/Rogelio V. Solis)

MS Supreme Court won’t remove Favre from lawsuit

FILE - Former NFL quarterback Brett Favre speaks with reporters prior to his induction to the Mississippi Hall of Fame in Jackson, Miss., Aug. 1, 2015. The Mississippi Supreme Court said Wednesday, Aug. 9, 2023, that it will not remove Favre as a defendant in a civil lawsuit that seeks to recover millions of dollars of misspent welfare money meant to help some of the poorest people in the United States. (AP Photo/Rogelio V. Solis, File)

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Mississippi Gov. 2 GOP rivals in Tuesday’s primary

Republican Mississippi Gov. Tate Reeves leads his family to the podium to address supporters in Jackson, Miss., after winning the party primary Tuesday, Aug. 8, 2023. Reeves defeated two challengers for the party nomination. (AP Photo/Rogelio V. Solis)

How 6 Mississippi officers tried to cover up their …

FILE - An anti-police brutality activist looks back at the entrance to the Rankin County Sheriff's Office in Brandon, Miss., Wednesday, July 5, 2023, as the group called for the termination and prosecution of Rankin County Sheriff Bryan Bailey for running a law enforcement department that allegedly terrorizes and brutalizes minorities. Six white former law enforcement officers in Mississippi have pleaded guilty to a racist assault on Michael Corey Jenkins and his friend Eddie Terrell Parker, who are Black. (AP Photo/Rogelio V. Solis, File)

Mississippi governor ignores low-budget challengers …

Mississippi Republican Gov. Tate Reeves addresses the crowd at the Neshoba County Fair in Philadelphia, Miss., Thursday, July 27, 2023. Reeves faces two opponents in the party primary Aug. 8, as he seeks reelection. (AP Photo/Rogelio V. Solis)

White ex-officers in Mississippi plead guilty to …

The families of Michael Corey Jenkins and Damien Cameron sit together during the Justice Department's Civil Rights Division tour Thursday, June 1, 2023, in during a Jackson, Miss. Six white former law enforcement officers in Mississippi who called themselves the “Goon Squad” pleaded guilty Thursday, Aug. 3, 2023, to a racist assault on the two Black men in a home raid that ended with an officer shooting one man in the mouth. (AP Photo/Rogelio V. Solis, File)

Biden signs proclamation for Emmett Till monument

Graball Landing, the spot where Emmett Till's body was pulled from the Tallahatchie River just outside of Glendora, Miss., is photographed Monday, July 24, 2023. President Joe Biden is expected to create a national monument honoring Till, the Black teenager from Chicago who was abducted, tortured and killed in 1955 in Mississippi, and his mother Mamie Till-Mobley. Altogether, the Till national monument will include 5.7 acres of land and two historic buildings. The Mississippi sites are Graball Landing and the Tallahatchie County Second District Courthouse, where Emmett’s killers were tried. (AP Photo/Rogelio V. Solis)

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