We don't have the National Hurricane Center's predictions yet, but the forecasts that have already come out suggest the Gulf Coast should start preparing for an 'extraordinarily active' season, according to Louisiana's climatologist Jay Grymes.
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For any students interested, I'll upload policies regarding free speech on MS campuses here: documentcloud.org/projects/prote…

An infamous Miami cop joins Ron DeSantis’ paramilitary force (via Ana Ceballos )

miamiherald.com/news/state/flo…

A St. Louis native, Carter took a journey down South on his way to NPR, getting his start in radio at Jackson State University. Now, the 25-year radio veteran looks to the future of Tiny Desk. Find out more on MPBOnline.org/News at bit.ly/4b1imsO

A new monthslong project by the WLRN investigative team.

$18 million were pledged to fix this 50 year old co-op in one of Miami's poorest neighborhood. Now that money's dried up, and the renovation is halted. What happened at Town Park Village?

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College students in Mississippi are protesting for Palestine, too. Great coverage from Molly Minta 🐟

This bike lock is/was available for sale on campus via Columbia's Public Safety department under their 'Crime Prevention Discount Bike, Locker and Laptop Lock Program'.

See their flier with a discount here: publicsafety.columbia.edu/sites/default/…

🚨BREAKING: Louisiana lawmakers are considering adding mifepristone and misoprostol — medications that induce an abortion — to the Controlled Substances Act.

I've never heard of a state attempting to do this before.

wwno.org/public-health/…

Portland State University said it will close its campus today as protesters have taken over a library building.

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New Interview: I talked to Elliott Abrams about his long career in Washington, his record in Latin America, his role in the Iran-Contra scandal, the situation in Gaza, and the contradictions in how America views matters of human rights. newyorker.com/news/q-and-a/e…

HAPPENING NOW: protesters have occupied Jackson square park. The gates are locked shut and police are present. Balloons and letters from a proposal earlier are now separating the two lines.

Mississippi Communities United for Prosperity (MCUP) and 3 Communities 1 Common Agenda (3C1CA) are working with technical assistance from the EPA on designs for a nature park on City property in NE Jackson. Architects from Spackman Mossop Michaels (SMM) presented draft designs.

#OnThisDay in 1964, civil rights activists started the Mississippi Freedom Democratic Party to challenge Mississippi’s all-white regular delegation to the Democratic National Convention.

The regulars had already adopted this resolution: “We oppose, condemn and deplore the Civil…

Sister of #Mississippi man who died after police pulled him from car rejects lawsuit settlement with the city of Jackson (from The Associated Press) apnews.com/article/89eca2…

According to an agenda for tomorrow’s Jackson City Council meeting, the city will be settling all financial claims in a civil suit brought by Bettersten Wade Robinson, the mother of Dexter Wade

“Some people drink coffee. Some drink energy drinks. We drink mate.”

And only in (Inter) Miami story by La Profesora Michelle Kaufman miamiherald.com/sports/mls/int…

What it's Like to Protest for Palestine in Ron DeSantis's Florida (via my former PantherNOW colleague Samuel Larreal)

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We have a collective responsibility to make sure the Safdie brothers see this story

Looks like trial attorney Ben Tonkin of main DOJ's Violent Crime and Racketeering Section and Assistant U.S. Attorney Samuel Stringfellow for the Northern District of Mississippi prosecuted all 37 cases.

All pled guilty to a range of charges by mid-October of 2023

Per DOJ, 37 gang members and associates -- most from Mississippi -- were sentenced in a large-scale racketeering and drug trafficking case in the state's northern district

DOJ says several were members of the Simon City Royals & Gangster Disciples, both in & out of MS prisons