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SC Dad Probed for Abuse Before Child Murders

Timothy Ray Jones faces 5 counts of murder

(Newser) - Questions remain as to how a man once described by a therapist as "a highly intelligent, responsible father" could be accused of killing his five children . But as the New York Times reports, Timothy Ray Jones "was leading a fractured life fraught with feelings of betrayal, anxiety, and...

Cops: SC Dad Killed His 5 Kids
 Cops: SC Dad Killed His 5 Kids 
Sep 10, 2014 12:01 AM CDT

Cops: SC Dad Killed His 5 Kids

Timothy Ray Jones led police to bodies in garbage bags

(Newser) - Grim news from the South: Police in Mississippi say a South Carolina man has confessed to murdering his five young children, who were found in individual garbage bags buried near a highway in Alabama. Timothy Ray Jones, who had primary custody of the three boys and two girls ages 1...

Only Woman on US Marshals' Most-Wanted List Is Busted

Janet Killough Barreto was on lam for 5 years

(Newser) - Janet Killough Barreto, who apparently adopted multiple kids from Central America in the mid-2000s, was ultimately accused of abusing one of them to death and released on bond, reports the Columbian . But she was a no-show at her 2009 trial to face charges of manslaughter, child abuse and neglect, and...

Court: Mississippi Can't Close Only Abortion Clinic

Judges: state shouldn't force women to go elsewhere

(Newser) - A law that would have forced the only abortion clinic in Mississippi to close appears doomed after a federal court ruled against it once again. An appeals court panel decided 2-1 that State House Bill 1390, which requires abortion providers to have admitting privileges at local hospitals, would shift Mississippi'...

Man Flees From Police, Runs Into Police Academy

Roger Wayne Beasley Jr. faces multiple charges

(Newser) - It’s a classic case of "out of the frying pan and into the fire." Roger Wayne Beasley Jr., 30, was driving around Wednesday in Biloxi when a cop recognized him and remembered one very important thing—Beasley didn’t have a license, the police chief tells Mississippi'...

Pro-Cochran Super PAC Paid for Black Voter Drive

Mississippi Conservatives was the group's only source of money

(Newser) - In the run-up to Mississippi's Republican Senate primary, a group called All Citizens for Mississippi worked to get out the black vote. But the only donor to All Citizens for Mississippi was Mississippi Conservatives, a super PAC devoted to reelecting Republican incumbent Thad Cochran, the AP reports based on...

Baby &#39;Cured&#39; of HIV Now Has HIV
Baby 'Cured' of HIV
Now Has HIV
Jul 10, 2014 3:46 PM CDT

Baby 'Cured' of HIV Now Has HIV

It emerges again in Mississippi girl, now 4

(Newser) - For more than two years, it seemed too good to be true. And now it turns out that a Mississippi baby thought to have been cured of HIV wasn't cured after all, reports NBC News . The girl, now 4, tested positive last week and is back on antiretroviral drugs....

Thad Cochran Opponent: We'll Challenge Results

Chris McDaniel says he's found 5K voting irregularities

(Newser) - The man who lost a Mississippi primary challenge to Republican Sen. Thad Cochran—but hasn't conceded—has confirmed reports he'll challenge the results. "We believe on that night of June 24 there were thousands of irregularities," State Sen. Chris McDaniel tells CNN , noting that his legal...

Mississippi Tea Party Figure in Controversy Found Dead

Attorney Mark Mayfield apparently shot himself

(Newser) - One sad coda to Mississippi's brutal Senate seat fight : A state Tea Party leader facing conspiracy charges over campaign tactics has been found dead in an apparent suicide, reports the Clarion-Ledger . Mark Mayfield was vice chairman of the Mississippi Tea Party and a respected attorney in the state, but...

Cochran Edges Tea Party Challenger, Rangel Leads in NY

McDaniel eyes legal challenge in Mississippi

(Newser) - Sen. Thad Cochran of Mississippi has edged out Tea Party challenger Chris McDaniel in an extremely tight run-off election, according to the AP , which gives the six-term GOP veteran 51% to McDaniel's 49% with 99% of precincts reporting. The heated three-week race saw Cochran take the unusual step of...

This is America&#39;s Most Corrupt State
 This Is America's 
 Most Corrupt State 
STUDY SAYS
Jun 13, 2014 1:58 PM CDT

This Is America's Most Corrupt State

That's Mississippi, folks

(Newser) - Mississippi isn't just the most religious state in the country, it's also the most corrupt, according to a new study . The study, which compiled more than 25,000 corruption convictions of public officials between 1976 and 2008, also revealed that corruption in the country's 10 worst states,...

Tough GOP-Tea Party Primary Heads for Runoff

Mississippi's Cochran-McDaniel duel not over yet

(Newser) - Mississippi Sen. Thad Cochran and Tea Party-backed challenger Chris McDaniel pointed toward a possible June 24 run-off after battling to a near-draw yesterday in a primary that underscored Republican differences. Unofficial returns from 98% of the state's precincts showed McDaniel with slightly more than 49% of the vote in...

Mississippi's Crazy Election Scandal Just Got Crazier

Tea party official arrested in connection with video of Sen. Cochran's bedridden wife

(Newser) - GOP Sen. Thad Cochran is in a dogfight to keep his seat in Mississippi ahead of next month's primary, but as crunch time nears, what's the big topic in his race against Tea Party challenger Chris McDaniel? A secretly made video of Cochran's bedridden wife in a...

Blogger Accused of Photographing Senator's Wife in Nursing Home

Opponent's knowledge of incident raises questions: Thad Cochran campaign

(Newser) - A political blogger has been arrested for allegedly sneaking into a nursing home and photographing a "vulnerable resident," the Washington Post reports. The victim: the bedridden wife of Sen. Thad Cochran, says a family lawyer. Blogger Clayton Kelly, 28, is said to have posted his photo in a...

Tornado 'Wipes Away' Buildings in Mississippi City

New storm front threatens several states

(Newser) - Authorities say two large tornadoes damaged homes and downed trees and power lines today around the northern Mississippi city of Tupelo, injuring several people—part of a new storm system following yesterday's fatal twisters . A local reporter said buildings in a commercial district in Tupelo were just "wiped...

Mississippi Woman on Death Row Gets Retrial

Michelle Byrom says she only confessed to protect her son

(Newser) - A Mississippi woman is glimpsing a ray of sunlight after 14 years on death row. Days after her official execution date , the state Supreme Court today ruled that Michelle Byrom, 57, will be retried, CNN reports. Byrom was convicted 14 years ago of masterminding the murder of her allegedly abusive...

Miss. to Execute Woman— for Crime Son Confessed To

Byrom to be first woman executed in state since 1944

(Newser) - Mississippi is preparing to execute its first woman in 70 years—for a crime her son repeatedly confessed to. Michelle Byrom, 57, was found guilty of hiring a friend of her son's to kill her husband in 1999, but jurors were never shown letters in which son Edward Byrom...

Man Who Woke Up in Body Bag Now Really Dead

Family says extra 2 weeks was a gift from God

(Newser) - After what one can only hope were extensive checks, a coroner in Mississippi says a man who woke up in a body bag two weeks ago is now definitely dead. Walter Williams, a 78-year-old farmer, died peacefully at home yesterday, after which his nephew told the coroner "to be...

'Dead' Man Wakes Up —in Body Bag

Walter Williams kicked as workers prepared to embalm him

(Newser) - Funeral home workers preparing to embalm a 78-year-old in Mississippi this week were startled when the man's body bag ... started moving. It turns out Walter Williams, um, wasn't as dead as he was supposed to be and was kicking to be unzipped, WAPT reports. Williams was pronounced dead...

Mississippi Church Floor Collapses, Injuring 35

70 people dropped 12 feet, but no serious injuries reported

(Newser) - The second floor of an activity center at a rural Mississippi church collapsed during an evening youth service last night, sending about 70 people crashing down and injuring 35 of them. Witnesses described an ominous-sounding rumble before the floor failed, with victims dropping about 12 feet. "But it's...

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