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JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — Four words on Mississippi's license plates have sparked a federal lawsuit. American Atheists, the Mississippi Humanist Association and three nonreligious state residents filed a lawsuit Tuesday against the state over its “In God We Trust” license plate.

JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — Thousands of people in Louisiana and Mississippi remained without power a day after storms rolled through the region. More than 21,000 customers in Louisiana were without power early Monday, according to PowerOutage.us , which tracks outages nationwide.

TUNICA, Miss. (AP) — The state of Mississippi has approved its first wind turbine facility to generate electricity in the Mississippi Delta, the Mississippi Public Service Commission announced Wednesday.

Johnny Cash receives Mississippi Country Music Trail marker May 16, 2021 GMT FILE - In this Sept. 17, 1997, file photo, singer Johnny Cash testifies on Capitol Hill before the House Judiciary Committee hearing on copyright infringement in Washington. The Man in Black is about to get his own day in Arkansas. The Arkansas House on Tuesday, April 20, 2021, gave unanimous final approval to a bill that would make Feb. 26 "Johnny Cash Day," sending it to Gov. Asa Hutchinson, who plans to sign it. (AP...

STARKVILLE, Miss. (AP) — A federal judge has dismissed a civil lawsuit a fitness gym filed against a Mississippi city claiming the city violated business owners’ rights when it forced non-essential businesses to close to help mitigate the spread of COVID-19.

Four people killed when plane crashes into Mississippi home By JANET McCONNAUGHEYMay 6, 2021 GMT A small plane crashed into a Mississippi home, killing one of the home’s four occupants and three Texas residents who were flying to a university graduation ceremony, authorities said Wednesday. A National Transportation Safety Board investigator was en route to Hattiesburg, about 90 miles (145 kilometers) southeast of the Mississippi capital of Jackson, to investigate Tuesday’s crash, which cau...

Ecolab to close its Mississippi facility next year May 13, 2021 GMT COLUMBUS, Miss. (AP) — A company that’s been making surgical instruments and equipment in Mississippi since 2007 announced plans to close its facility next year. Ecolab, based in St. Paul, Minnesota, will close its facility in Columbus by mid-2022, said spokesman Roman Blahoski, The Commercial Dispatch reported. “The pandemic impacted our surgical business, due to the broad cancellation of elective surgical procedures dur...

JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — Environmental Protection Agency officials met with Jackson leaders Tuesday to discuss severe issues with the water system in Mississippi's capital city. They said fixing the system will take years and cost millions of dollars, but for now, it's OK for people to drink the water...

Mississippi close to having most-restrictive abortion law By JEFF AMY and SARAH MEARHOFFMarch 9, 2018 GMT JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — Mississippi lawmakers on Thursday passed what would be the nation’s most restrictive abortion law, making the procedure illegal in most cases after 15 weeks of pregnancy. The state’s only abortion provider pledged to sue, and the attorney general said he expected a tough legal battle ahead. Lawmakers in the Republican-controlled Legislature appeared to not only e...