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‘Hanging & Burning’ delivers a thrilling crime mystery with old-school mobster intrigue

00, 320 pages In the new novel “Hanging & Burning,” prolific crime mystery writer Walter Mosley, best known for 1990’s “Devil in a Blue Dress,” has delivered yet another thrilling story about…

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Mississippi releases Kohen Wiley shooting video; family challenges ‘justified’ ruling

The State of Mississippi on Thursday, Oct. 22, released video of the police shooting that killed 1-year-old Kohen Kartier Wiley, including body camera footage from the officer who fired into a…

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Grieving the lost futures of five young Memphians ages 17-21

The day after her birthday, Syria Fifer sent a text to her grandfather, the Rev. James Fifer. " she wrote, along with a thumbs-up emoji, according to television news reports. It was the last time the…

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