Mississippi
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Thousands of students are in quarantine, university ethics professor resigns over his school's COVID-19 policy
In Mississippi, 20,000 students from 800 schools are in quarantine, after being exposed to the virus, and a professor explains why he will no longer teach at his university.
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America's most (and least) obese states
A new survey from WalletHub has measured the fattest states in America using 29 metrics that included diabetes cases and healthcare costs. Mississippi ranks as the worst overall and Utah the best.
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Mississippi ICE Raids Separate Mom From Her Breastfeeding Baby Girl
The mother "had this lost look," an immigrant rights advocate told The Clarion Ledger after a visit. "She doesn't know what tomorrow will bring."
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Mississippi pizzeria praised for offering free pizza to immigrants and refugees: 'You are valued here'
A Mississippi pizza restaurant is offering free pizza to immigrants and refugees in the wake of ICE raids.
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Weeping Girl Left Abandoned By ICE Pleads With 'Government' To 'Let My Parents Be Free'
"Don't leave the children with cryingness," sobs devastated 11-year-old Magdalena Gomez Grigorio.
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New Emmett Till Memorial Will Be Made Bulletproof, Group Says
A photo recently circulated of three University of Mississippi students posing with guns beside a bullet-pocked sign honoring the lynching victim.
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18-year-old pilot and pageant queen dies in plane crash: 'Flying was her love and her passion'
Elizabeth "Lake" Little recently received her private pilot license and was set to compete in the Mississippi Miss Hospitality pageant this month.