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Aug 11 2025 // CANTON, Miss. (AP) — Jeff Goodwin, director of the Mississippi state auditor’s compliance division, was congenial while describing to Canton officials how the office has taken $352,000 of the city’s revenue...
Nov 3 2025 // The recent escape of several research monkeys after the truck carrying them overturned on a Mississippi interstate is the latest glimpse into the secretive industry of animal research and the processes that allow key...
Oct 15 2025 // The Mississippi Supreme Court this month declined to reconsider its 2024 decision to uphold almost $15 million in punitive damages and attorney fees against USAA in one of the longest-running claims disputes to come out of...
Aug 11 2025 // Two people working on powerlines near the Mississippi River died Thursday when their helicopter hit the lines, crashed into a barge and sparked a fire that belched plumes of black smoke, officials said.The helicopter crew...
Oct 30 2025 // A federal judge in Mississippi has admitted that his staff used artificial intelligence to draft a flawed court order, after months of speculation and an inquiry from a U.S. senator.U.S. District Judge Henry T. Wingate...
Nov 7 2025 // Bristol Myers Squibb reached a $239 million settlement of claims that former Celgene shareholders were defrauded about prospects for the psoriasis drug Otezla, and multiple sclerosis treatment now known as Zeposia.A...
Mar 11 2025 // Judges for the 5th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals raised questions this week about the high court’s qualified-immunity doctrine, which critics say has long protected bad law enforcement officers.The 5th Circuit panel...
Nov 7 2025 // An explosion at a hydrogen and nitrogen product manufacturer in Mississippi on Wednesday caused an ammonia leak and forced nearby residents to evacuate, officials said.Mississippi Gov. Tate Reeves said in a post on the...
Dec 9 2024 // When hurricanes hit coastal areas, property insurers often breathe a sigh of relief when much of the damage appears to be the result of storm surge and flooding – losses that aren’t covered by most...
May 22 2025 // More than two months after a tornado demolished his Mississippi home, Brian Lowery still sifts through the rubble, hoping to find a tie clip his mother gave him, made from the center stone of her wedding band.“I...
Dec 18 2024 // It’s a question that has cropped up in state courts only on rare occasions: If the owner or officer of a subcontractor firm opts out of workers’ compensation coverage for himself, can he then sue the general...
Dec 16 2024 // GULFPORT, Miss. (AP) — The largest seafood distributor on the Mississippi Gulf Coast and two of its managers have been sentenced on federal charges of mislabeling inexpensive imported seafood as local premium fish, weeks...
Apr 9 2025 // A judge has dismissed a lawsuit by former Mississippi Gov. Phil Bryant that claimed a local news outlet defamed him in public comments about its Pulitzer Prize-winning reporting on the misspending of $77 million in federal...
Dec 30 2024 // HOUSTON (AP) — A strong storm system threatened to whip up tornadoes in parts of the U.S. Southeast on Sunday, a day after severe weather claimed at least two lives as twisters touched down in Texas and...
Jan 13 2025 // BYHALIA, Miss. (AP) — A north Mississippi police officer whose pursuit ended in a crash that killed three people has been suspended from duty without pay.Byhalia aldermen voted on Wednesday to suspend William Langham,...
Feb 13 2025 // The Mississippi Senate passed a bill Thursday that would eliminate diversity, equity and inclusion programs from the state’s universities, a priority elevated by Republican President Donald Trump.Senate Republicans...
Feb 26 2025 // A Mississippi city dropped its lawsuit Monday against a newspaper that had its editorial criticizing local leaders removed by a judge in a case that sparked widespread outrage from First Amendment advocates.The city of...
Mar 28 2025 // MS&AD Insurance Group Holdings Inc. announced it will merge two of its non-life insurance company subsidiaries – Mitsui Sumitomo Insurance Co. Ltd. and Aioi Nissay Dowa Insurance Co. Ltd.This merger will establish a...
Jul 9 2025 // This edition of International People Moves details appointments at RiverStone International and MS Reinsurance.A summary of these new hires follows here. RiverStone Taps Enstar’s Brockman as Group CEO, Succeeding...
Mar 31 2025 // MS Amlin, the Lloyd’s global re/insurer, announced the opening of an Australian branch office in Sydney, subject to Lloyd’s approval.Leading the branch office is Matt Botfield who has been named head of...