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04.03 / 20:39

UPS Waters Parke Refugees Fishing Wildlife rights Mining company can't tap water needed for Okefenokee wildlife refuge, US says

Okefenokee Swamp and its vast wildlife refuge, setting up a new battle with a mining company seeking permits to withdraw more than 1.4 million gallons daily for a project that critics say could irreparably harm one of America's natural treasures. In a letter obtained by The Associated Press, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service tells Georgia state regulators that federal law prohibits diverting water from the Okefenokee National Wildlife Refuge in quantities that would harm its function as a protective habitat for native animal and plant species.

01.03 / 08:55

SEC Action coinbase security Kraken Amicus prevention State Attorneys General Question SEC’s Authority in Kraken Lawsuit

A group of state attorneys general has challenged the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission’s (SEC) authority in the ongoing lawsuit against the cryptocurrency exchange Kraken.

29.02 / 13:56

community Universities 2020 Department Courts volleyball stake Mississippi ex-governor expected stake in firm that got welfare money, says woman convicted in fraud

A person who previously pleaded guilty in a welfare misspending case in Mississippi is making new allegations about former Gov. Phil Bryant

27.02 / 04:29

FIVE CEO SpaceX cover Courts rights US court tries to bring SpaceX lawsuit against US labour board back to Texas

SpaceX's lawsuit claiming a US labour board's structure is unconstitutional, after a judge in Texas granted the agency's request to send it to California. A panel of the New Orleans-based 5th US Circuit Court of Appeals in a brief order said the Los Angeles federal court should not have processed the transfer last week, days after the appeals court paused it pending an appeal by SpaceX.

27.02 / 00:59

Aware CEO 2020 reports Family Dollar Stores agrees to pay $41.6M for rodent-infested warehouse in Arkansas

that its Arkansas distribution center shipped FDA-regulated products to more than 400 Family Dollar stores in Alabama, Missouri, Mississippi, Louisiana, Arkansas, and Tennessee. According to the plea agreement, the company began receiving reports in August 2020 of mouse and pest issues with deliveries to stores.

26.02 / 16:21

Fox WhatsApp reports mountaineering US weather forecast: Tornadoes predicted, 44 million under severe thunderstorms threat

Midwest and Great Lakes region face the possibility of large hail and tornadoes amid the severe weather threat, as per a Fox Weather report. A significant risk of severe thunderstorms looms over a vast area, encompassing more than 44 million individuals from the mid-Mississippi Valley to the southwestern Great Lakes. This threat is projected to persist from late Tuesday afternoon into the evening and overnight hours, as per the Fox Weather report.

22.02 / 21:45

UPS Research Bill President poverty country reports Georgia has the nation's only Medicaid work requirement. Mississippi could be next

After years of refusing to expand Medicaid, some of Mississippi’s Republican leaders now say they are open to the policy

21.02 / 23:27

Sustainability Food show Department sanitizer Investigations US company accused of illegally hiring children to clean meat processing plants

U.S. authorities have accused another sanitation company of illegally hiring at least two dozen children to clean dangerous meat processing facilities

20.02 / 13:51

markets Provident Target CEO Duke wellness reports CenterPoint to sell Louisiana, Mississippi natgas assets for $1.2 billion

(Reuters) — CenterPoint Energy (NYSE:CNP) said on Tuesday it would sell its natural gas assets in Louisiana and Mississippi for $1.2 billion to Bernhard Capital Partners, as the electricity and gas utility plans to focus on its regulated business.

17.02 / 14:03

Citi Manufacturing Death President shooting country Courts The $50 Device That Turns Handguns Into Automatic Weapons

Sheriff’s Deputy Jeremy Malone’s life ended moments after he pulled over a car without license plates by a Dollar General store in rural Mississippi last month. The driver pulled out a pistol illegally modified with a small device known as a Glock switch, which made it capable of fully automatic gunfire, according to police. Malone, a 44-year-old father of three, was killed instantly in a barrage of bullets.

11.02 / 23:17

UPS Fox Patterson reports Investigations US weather forecast: Tornado warning for Houston, other parts of Texas

Tornado warning for southeastern Texas, encompassing areas like Houston. The watch indicates the potential for a couple of tornadoes, along with the risk of large hail and destructive winds, as per a Fox report. Severe thunderstorms are forecasted to occur from southeastern Texas to parts of the lower Mississippi Valley and central Gulf Coast states on Sunday. These storms bring the possibility of large hail, damaging wind gusts, and tornadoes as potential threats, the report says.

09.02 / 17:40

UPS Provident Bill band electronic rights Sporting Alabama lawmakers push sweeping gambling bill that would allow lottery and casinos

A group of Alabama lawmakers has unveiled a sweeping gambling bill that could authorize a state lottery and 10 casinos across the conservative Deep South

28.01 / 05:49

UPS FIVE Death Research Experts Pharmaceuticals Why execution by nitrogen gas is so controversial

ON JANUARY 25TH Kenneth Eugene Smith became the first person anywhere to be executed by nitrogen hypoxia. He was convicted in 1989 of murdering Elizabeth Sennett, the wife of a preacher from Alabama, on her husband’s orders. The state had first tried to execute him, by lethal injection, in November 2022, but botched the procedure.

27.01 / 09:23

Provident Man hospital information reports Department Investigations Mother arrested for murder after her son’s body found behind fake wall

Mississippi has been arrested and charged with first-degree murder after her 42-year-old son was found dead in a wooden box behind a false wall in his mother’s home.Police in Gulfport, Miss. learned throughout the course of their investigation that Jerri Lynn Roby, who also goes by the last name Isreal, was previously “convicted of murder in Florida around 1995,” the Gulfport Police Department wrote in a statement.The investigation began in late Dec 2023 after out-of-state relatives of the family called 911 to report Isreal’s son, John Allen Gaither, missing, Gulfport police spokesperson Jason DuCré told CNN.

27.01 / 09:20

Provident Death President reports Department Courts rights Alabama will help bring nitrogen asphyxiation executions to other states

By Jonathan Allen

26.01 / 03:45

UPS FIVE Google Parke Schools Traffic Amazon's AWS to invest $10 billion for two data centers in Mississippi

Mississippi, its latest capacity expansion amid growing demand for cloud services as more firms adopt new artificial intelligence technologies. Businesses are doubling down on AI development and majority of that traffic is expected to be managed on the cloud infrastructure from Amazon Web Services (AWS), Google Cloud and Microsoft's Azure — the top three vendors globally.

24.01 / 23:25

Provident Waters Analysis Parke Refugees Wildlife performer Company seeking to mine near Okefenokee will pay $20,000 to settle environmental violation claims

The company seeking permits to mine minerals just outside the Okefenokee Swamp's vast wildlife refuge has agreed to pay a $20,000 fine to Georgia environmental regulators

24.01 / 04:45

Fighting President Justice Department prevention Courts rights Mississippi restrictions on medical marijuana advertising upheld by federal judge

A federal judge has dismissed a lawsuit filed by the owner of a medical marijuana dispensary who says state regulations that forbid him from advertising in most media amount to censorship

23.01 / 17:57

UPS Progressive Waters Universities show cover reports Latest EPA assessment shows almost no improvement in river and stream nitrogen pollution

The EPA’s newest assessment of water quality and nutrient pollution in U.S. rivers and streams shows almost no progress on cutting the nitrogen pollution that comes primarily from farm chemical runoff

23.01 / 14:24

UPS Booking Sustainability Cummins Trade PACCAR beats quarterly profit, revenue estimates on demand for newer truck models

(Reuters) — PACCAR Inc (NASDAQ:PCAR) beat estimates for fourth-quarter profit and revenue estimates on Tuesday, on sustained demand for its fuel-efficient truck models.

21.01 / 17:47

Extreme CBS country consequences reports Deadly winter weather keeps icy grip across much of the US

By Steve Gorman

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