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Some Mississippi residents still without water after three weeks

By Leah Willingham, Associated Press

Fewer than 5,000 water customers were still without service Friday afternoon in Mississippi's capital city of Jackson. Public Works Director called the development "positive progress."…

Mississippi governor to sign bill limiting transgender athletes' ability to compete

By Emily Wagster Pettus, Associated Press

Mississippi Gov. Tate Reeves says he'll sign a bill to ban transgender athletes from competing on girls’ or women’s sports teams in the state’s schools and universities.

Water crisis continues in Mississippi, weeks after cold snap

By Jeff Martin, Leah Willingham, Emily Wagster Pettus, Associated Press

Mississippi's largest city is still struggling with water problems, more than two weeks after winter storms and freezing weather ravaged the system.

Mississippi's Christone 'Kingfish' Ingram on a blues revival

By Tom Casciato

The blues is a quintessentially American art form, yet one whose early masters have mostly passed away. The genre relies on each succeeding generation to renew and reinvigorate it. In Clarksdale, Mississippi, 21-year-old guitarist Christone “Kingfish” Ingram is taking up…

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WATCH: Christone 'Kingfish' Ingram performs 'Before I'm Old'

By Joshua Barajas, Tom Casciato

The 21-year-old guitarist and singer has been bringing the blues to a new generation of fans.

Mississippi approves flag with magnolia, 'In God We Trust'

By Emily Wagster Pettus, Associated Press

It replaces a Confederate-themed flag that state lawmakers retired months ago as part of the national reckoning over racial injustice.

Voters in some states unable to cast early ballots in person

By Summer Ballentine, Associated Press

More than 21 million voters across the U.S. have taken advantage of early in-person voting amid record-breaking early turnout, according to Associated Press elections research.

Mississippi justices reject broad absentee voting during pandemic

By Emily Wagster Pettus, Associated Press

Mississippi law does not allow absentee voting by all people who have health conditions that might make them vulnerable to COVID-19. That's according to a ruling from the state Supreme Court on Friday.

Hurricane Sally slows, gathering a deluge for the Gulf Coast

By Jay Reeves, Stacey Plaisance, Associated Press

Hurricane Sally is crawling toward the northern Gulf Coast at just 2 mph, a pace that's enabling the storm to gather huge amounts of water to eventually dump on land.

LIVE MAP: Track Hurricane Sally's path

Hurricane Sally made landfall Wednesday morning near Gulf Shores, Alabama, as a Category 2 storm, pushing a surge of ocean water onto the coast and dumping torrential rain that forecasters said would cause dangerous flooding.