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Mississippi failed to protect inmates in three prisons because it does not adequately supervise incarcerated people, control contraband or investigate harm and misconduct, the U.S. Justice Department said Wednesday.

Mississippi's prisons are falling apart, run by gangs, and riddled with sexual assaults, a Justice Department report says.

Yampil the black bear almost died in eastern Ukraine, said the Five Sisters Zoo near Edinburgh, which is raising funds to rehome him.

Yampil the black bear almost died in eastern Ukraine, said the Five Sisters Zoo near Edinburgh, which is raising funds to rehome him.