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Nine men accused of breaking out of a New Orleans city jail in May after slipping through a hole behind a toilet and scaling a barbed wire fence pleaded not guilty to escape charges on Wednesday.

A former Georgia sheriff’s deputy has been sentenced to 16 months in federal prison for repeatedly punching a Black detainee whose beating by guards was recorded by a jail security camera nearly ...

Three men who were reported missing while fishing and swimming on a sandbar in the Mississippi River have been found dead near Memphis, Tennessee, authorities said Wednesday.

Kayline Hamilton Jr. Posted: July 24, 2025 COLUMBUS — Kayline Hamilton Jr., 46, died July 14, 2025, at Baptist Memorial Hospital-Golden Triangle. Funeral services will be at 11 a.m. Saturday, at ...

The group filed an emergency application Monday, days after the 5th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals said the Mississippi law could take effect. While NetChoice has sued other states over age ...

Eight children at a church near Harvard University where a French youth choir was holding a concert suffered seizure-like symptoms and were taken to hospitals, officials said.

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Lashanda Sheehy Posted: July 24, 2025 STARKVILLE — Lashanda Monique “Shonda” Johnson Sheehy, 52, died July 19, 2025, at Baptist Hospital in Jackson. Funeral services will be at 2 p.m ...

Tony Coleman Posted: July 24, 2025 WEST POINT — Tony Coleman, 47, died July 14, 2025, in Lee County. Funeral services will be at 3 p.m. Sunday, at Lower Prairie Creek M.B. Church in Pheba, with ...

Egypt Cooper Posted: July 24, 2025 COLUMBUS — Egypt Arianna Cooper, 20, died July 20, 2025. Funeral services will be at 2 p.m. Saturday, at Dowdle Funeral Home in Millport, Alabama, with the Rev ...

Deborah Owen Posted: July 25, 2025 In Loving Memory of Deborah Patricia Owen November 1, 1959 – July 17, 2025 It is with heavy hearts that we announce the passing of Deborah Patricia Owen, who ...