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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.

Mississippi group narrows new flag design options down to five

By Emily Wagster Pettus, Associated Press

A group recommending a new Mississippi state flag has chosen five final designs — three with a magnolia blossom, one with a magnolia tree and one with a shield that has wavy lines representing water.

Why Mississippi’s top health official is warning against in-person school

Mississippi is a coronavirus hot spot, with confirmed cases per 100,000 residents and positive test rates among the highest in the U.S. The state is seeing increased hospitalizations and deaths, too, at a time when schools are beginning the academic…

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Mississippi’s only federally recognized Native American tribe bears brunt of state’s outbreak

By Leah Willingham, Associated Press

COVID-19 has ripped through Mississippi Band of Choctaw Indian families. Almost 10% of the tribe’s roughly 11,000 members have tested positive for the virus. More than 75 have died.

Mississippi civil rights figure Charles Evers dies

By Emily Wagster Pettus, Associated Press

Charles Evers, the older brother of slain civil rights leader Medgar Evers and a longtime figure in Mississippi politics, has died in Mississippi.

Mississippi sees big virus outbreak in state legislature

By Emily Wagster Pettus, Associated Press

Mississippi is seeing the biggest outbreak of COVID-19 among legislators in any state. At least 1 in 7 Mississippi legislators has tested positive.

Mississippi retires former state flag to museum

By Emily Wagster Pettus, Associated Press

Mississippi officials are having a ceremony to relegate the former state flag to history. The gathering Wednesday comes a day after Republican Gov. Tate Reeves signed a new law removing official status from the last state banner in the U.S.

WATCH: Mississippi governor signs bill to remove Confederate emblem from state flag

By Emily Wagster Pettus, Associated Press

The Republican governor signed the bill Tuesday afternoon, just two days after legislators passed it. Amid protests over racial injustice, Mississippi was under increasing pressure to lose a symbol that many see as racist.