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Cat on the lam: Pet caught after weeks on the run at airport

BOSTON (AP) — A family’s beloved pet cat that’s been dodging airport personnel, airline employees, and animal experts since escaping from a pet carrier at Boston’s Logan International Airport about three weeks ago was finally caught Wednesday. “Whether out of…

Mississippi AG: No prosecution plan in Emmett Till lynching

JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — Mississippi’s top legal official has no plan to prosecute the white woman whose accusation set off the lynching of Black teenager Emmett Till nearly 70 years ago, an aide said Friday following revelations about an unserved arrest warrant…

House votes to restore abortion rights, Senate odds dim

By FARNOUSH AMIRI and MARY CLARE JALONICK Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) - The House has voted to restore abortion access nationwide. It's Democrats' first legislative response to the Supreme Court’s landmark decision overturning the constitutional right to abortion. But the…

MBI investigating officer involved shooting in Forrest County

JACKSON, Miss. – The Mississippi Bureau of Investigation (MBI) is investigating an officer involved shooting that occurred on Thursday, July 14, 2022, in Forrest County, on South Chancellor Avenue, near the Troop J substation in Hattiesburg, Mississippi. MBI is currently…