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Three suspects charged in staged lynching of Tasia Fortune

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Latest: Mississippi police: Tasia Fortune death was staged homicide in drug dispute

In early August 2026, the body of 29-year-old Tasia Fortune, a mother of four and Kentucky native, was discovered hanging from a tree behind a vacant home in the Road of Remembrance neighborhood of Jackson, Mississippi.

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Death of jazz singer Cassandra Wilson

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Latest: Cassandra Wilson, two-time Grammy-winning jazz singer, dies at 70

Grammy-winning jazz singer, songwriter, and producer Cassandra Wilson has died at the age of 70. According to her manager and the Hinds County Coroner, she passed away peacefully at her home in her native Jackson, Missis

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Fifth Circuit ruling on Jackson water contamination lawsuit

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Latest: Fifth Circuit rules clean water is not a constitutional right

The U.S. Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals has upheld the dismissal of a class-action lawsuit brought by residents of Jackson, Mississippi, regarding lead-contaminated drinking water. In an en banc ruling in Sterling v. Cit

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