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'Mississippi Burning' killer and former Ku Klux Klan leader dies in jail

EdgarRayKillen,aformerKuKluxKlanleaderwhowasconvictedforthe1964“MississippiBurning”killingsofthreecivilrightsworkers,hasdiedinprisonattheageof92.Killenwasservin

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Flooding as storm pummels US Gulf Coast

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Hurricane Nate makes landfall, FEMA provides aid to Louisiana

HurricaneNatemadelandfallnearthemouthoftheMississippiRiveronthesoutheasternLouisianacoastSaturdayevening,andfederalemergencyaidhasbeenputinplace.TheU.S.Departme

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Historical flooding ravages U.S. states, recovery to take long

​Waves of flood waters from the Mississippi River and many of its tributaries have ravaged several U.S. states from Illinois to Missouri, Arkansas and Oklahoma, with other downstream states such as Tennessee and Louisiana expected to see crests passing through until mid-January.

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1 dead after Mississippi campus shooting, shooter at large

​Local and federal law enforcement officials were searching a Mississippi university campus on Monday after an active shooter shot to death a male professor and left the campus on edge for hours.