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Mississippi DEI law hit by federal judge: Classrooms granted a temporary shield for free expression – Times of India

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A federal judge has delivered a significant rebuke to Mississippi’s controversial law curtailing diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) initiatives in public schools, citing constitutional concerns and the potential suppression of free expression. US District Judge Henry Wingate issued a preliminary injunction on Monday, granting temporary protection to educators, students, and academic staff while a broader…

Mississippi executes Vietnam vet, longest-held death row inmate, for 1976 murder

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Mississippi carried out the execution of Richard Gerald Jordan on Wednesday, nearly 50 years after he was convicted of kidnapping and murdering Edwina Marter. Jordan, 79, was the United States’ longest-serving death row inmate. He died by lethal injection at the Mississippi State Penitentiary in Parchman at 6:16 PM. Jordan, a Vietnam War veteran who…

One of the Weather World’s Biggest Buzzwords Expands Its Reach

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For people on the West Coast, atmospheric rivers, a weather phenomenon that can bring heavy rain or snow from San Diego to Vancouver, are as common a feature of winter as Nor’easters are in Boston. Like those East Coast storms, “atmospheric river” can feel like a buzzword — more attention grabbing than just “heavy rain,”…

The Pandemic Is Not the Only Reason U.S. Students Are Losing Ground

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There was once a time when America’s lowest-performing students were improving just as much as the country’s top students. Despite their low scores, these students at the bottom made slow but steady gains on national tests for much of the 2000s. It was one sign that the U.S. education system was working, perhaps not spectacularly,…

Who’s Afraid of Lab-Grown Meat?

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Curious to try a lab-grown chicken sandwich? Don’t look to satiate your craving in Mississippi, which earlier this week moved to ban so-called cultivated or cell-derived meat. The proposed ban, unanimously passed by the House of Representatives, carries a $500 fine and up to three months in jail for anyone growing or selling such products…

Severe weather system moves east, tornadoes in Texas and Mississippi kill 2, injure 6

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HOUSTON: 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 Mississippi. Strong storms moving across the Southeast are expected to continue producing “gusty, damaging winds,” hail and tornadoes through Sunday,…