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The domestic violence experienced by Native American women makes headlines…
But a 2016 report from the National Institute of Justice found that 4 in 5 Native American men have experienced some form of domestic violence in their lifetime, too.
GREENWOOD — Imagine a murder trial in which there is no body, no murder weapon, and the prosecution’s star witness is suffering from such severe mental illness that the trial has to be postponed repeatedly.
GoFundMe began as a place to support social and similar causes, but now families battling diabetes are using the fundraising platform as a last-ditch attempt to cover the skyrocketing price of their life-saving drugs and supplies.
What started as a normal doctor’s appointment for Kaitlyn Wright quickly morphed into something more ominous.
My hands trembled as my fears grew. The bright fluorescent lights blinded my eyes. A loud creak sounded from the door as the doctor entered.
A fireball rushed inside the Up Stairs Lounge and raced through the bar, and the flammable decor and patrons’ polyester clothing.
With workers sick and workforces depleted, two Mississippi poultry plants have permission to ratchet up processing line speeds to increase production during the pandemic — at the risk, union leaders say, of worker safety in one of the country’s most dangerous industries.
As darkness descends on her home in Chunky, Marcy Mills reflects on her father’s final days.
“It broke my heart to know he had been in that room, lying there in silence, alone for around 10 days and nights. Can you even begin to imagine what mental torture that must have been?”
MAGEE — As Gregg Gibbes walked through the doors of his new hospital in April 2019, he faced a frightening yet all-too-possible future: The facility he had been tasked with leading was at risk of shutting down and taking hundreds of jobs with it, and leaving Simpson County without an essential source of medical care.