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Michael Corey Jenkins stands outside Taylor Hill Church in Braxton, Miss., March 18, 2023. The police shooting of Jenkins, who sustained critical injuries after he says a deputy put a gun in his mouth and fired, led the Justice Department to open a civil rights investigation into the Rankin County Sheriff's Office. Deputies said Jenkins was shot after he pointed a gun at them. (AP Photo/HG Biggs)

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Deputies accused of shoving guns in mouths of 2 Black men
By MICHAEL GOLDBERG - Associated Press/Report for America
Mon,03/27/23-2:00AM , 4,770 Reads
BRANDON, Miss. (AP) — Several deputies from a Mississippi sheriff’s department being investigated by the Justice Department for possible civil rights violations have been involved in at least four violent encounters with Black men since 2019 that left two dead and another with lasting injuries, an Associated Press investigation found.
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People worship on the steps of the Rolling Fork United Methodist Church, right, as damage is visible to surrounding properties, Sunday, March 26, 2023, in Rolling Fork, Miss. Emergency officials in Mississippi say several people have been killed by tornadoes that tore through the state on Friday night, destroying buildings and knocking out power as severe weather produced hail the size of golf balls moved through several southern states. (AP Photo/Julio Cortez)

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Churches provide solace in tornado-ravaged Mississippi Delta
By MICHAEL GOLDBERG - Associated Press
Sun,03/26/23-5:11PM , 950 Reads
ROLLING FORK, Miss. (AP) — As a deadly tornado tore through the lower Mississippi Delta, the Rev. Mary Stewart clung to a door in the hallway of her Rolling Fork home, shielding herself from the branches and chunks of debris that came flying through her shattered windows.
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Christi Webb, executive director of Family Resource Center for Families First for Mississippi, welcomes the crowd of visitors following the ceremonial ribbon cutting at the Families First Resource Center in April 2018, in Fulton, Miss. Webb pleaded guilty Thursday, March 16, 2023, in federal court to stealing government funds intended to help needy families in one of the poorest states in the U.S. (Adam Armour/The Northeast Mississippi Daily Journal via AP)

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Ex-Nonprofit head pleads guilty in Mississippi welfare fraud
By MICHAEL GOLDBERG - Associated Press/Report for America
Thu,03/16/23-6:33PM , 723 Reads
JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — The former director of a Mississippi nonprofit organization pleaded guilty Thursday in federal court to stealing government funds intended to help needy families in one of the poorest states in the U.S., court documents show.
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Mississippi Republican Gov. Tate Reeves speaks during a news conference on Feb. 28, 2023, in Jackson, Miss. Reeves signed a bill Tuesday, March 14, 2023, that will restrict electric car manufacturers from opening dealerships in the state unless they work with a franchisee, defying calls to veto the legislation from some lawmakers in his party. (AP Photo/Rogelio V. Solis, File)

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Electric car stores will be restricted in Mississippi
By MICHAEL GOLDBERG - Associated Press/Report for America
Tue,03/14/23-7:15PM , 943 Reads
JACKSON, Miss (AP) — Mississippi Gov. Tate Reeves signed a bill Tuesday restricting electric car manufacturers from selling vehicles in person unless they open franchised dealerships.
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