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DESTIN, Fla. (AP) — Alabama coach Nick Saban says college football is not a business that operates like the NFL and warned that without more uniform rules on player compensation only the biggest spenders will compete for championships.
ATLANTA (AP) — A new reactor at a nuclear power plant in Georgia has reached its full power output for the first time and is scheduled to enter commercial operation within the next month. Georgia Power Co.
A Mississippi grand jury has indicted two former police officers on murder charges and another ex-officer on a manslaughter charge in the death of a Black man who was pinned down and repeatedly shocked with stun guns during a New Year's eve arrest. City officials in Jackson, Mississippi, released body camera footage Wednesday showing three officers struggling to handcuff Keith Murriel as he is shocked numerous times. The officers sought to arrest Murriel for allegedly trespassing at a hotel shortly before midnight last Dec. 31. Two of the former officers, who are Black, were indicted on s...
LEAKESVILLE, Miss. (AP) — The bodies of two teenagers reported missing after swimming in the Chickasawhay River in Mississippi have been found, authorities confirmed Tuesday. The teens, 15-year-old Sha'Cora Hayes and 19-year-old Azavein Hill, both of Wayne County, Mississippi, were reported missing Saturday after strong currents pulled them under while swimming, WDAM-TV reported.
A federal judge says he will not block a Mississippi school district from requiring a transgender girl to dress as a boy for high school graduation. U.S. District Judge Taylor McNeel filed his order late Friday after holding a hearing on a lawsuit that the American Civil Liberties Union filed on behalf of the 17-year-old girl against the Harrison County School District. The girl had chosen a dress to wear with her cap and gown Saturday at Harrison Central High School in Gulfport. Graduating boys are expected to wear white shirts and black slacks, while girls are expected to wear white dresses.