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Bul Mabil has tears streaming down his face as he speaks during a press conference to ask for the public's help in finding his brother, Dau Mabil, at St. Andrew's Episcopal Cathedral in Jackson Miss., on Monday, April 1, 2024. As a child, Dau Mabil escaped war-torn Sudan and built a new life in Mississippi. In April, fishermen found his body floating in a river in the state — prompting calls for a federal investigation into his disappearance and death. (Lauren Witte/The Clarion-Ledger via AP)

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A man escaped Sudan's bloody civil war. His mysterious death in Missisippi has sparked suspicion

By MICHAEL GOLDBERG MICHAEL GOLDBERG - Associated Press/Report for America
Fri,04/19/24-11:14PM, 123 Reads
JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — As a child, Dau Mabil escaped war-torn Sudan and built a new life in Mississippi. This month, fishermen found the body of the 33-year-old Mabil floating in a river, prompting calls for a federal investigation into his disappearance and death.
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Nebraska Gov. Jim Pillen delivers his State of the State address, Jan. 25, 2023, at the the state Capitol in Lincoln, Neb. Nebraska Gov. Jim Pillen threatened from the beginning of this year's legislative session that he would call lawmakers back for a special session if they failed to pass a bill to significantly ease soaring property taxes, Thursday, April 18, 2024. (Anna Reed/Omaha World-Herald via AP, File)

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Nebraska's governor says he'll call lawmakers back to address tax relief

By MARGERY A. BECK MARGERY A. BECK - Associated Press
Fri,04/19/24-4:47PM, 114 Reads
OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — Nebraska Gov. Jim Pillen threatened from the beginning of this year's legislative session that he would call lawmakers back for a special session if they failed to pass a bill to significantly ease soaring property taxes.
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In this Feb. 15, 2018, photo, state and federal tax forms are available at the Eudora Welty Library in Jackson, Miss., for filers who want to do their own taxes. The board of the Mississippi Department of Archives and History met Friday, April 19, 2024, and approved a demolition permit for the library, which had closed after falling into disrepair. (AP Photo/Rogelio V. Solis, File)

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Jackson library to be razed for green space near history museums

By EMILY WAGSTER PETTUS EMILY WAGSTER PETTUS - Associated Press
Fri,04/19/24-2:37PM, 149 Reads
JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — A public library that fell into disrepair will be torn down to make way for a new green space near two history museums that have become one of the top tourist attractions in Mississippi's capital city.
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Thousands of ordinary people who helped clean up after the 2010 BP oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico say they got sick. A court settlement was supposed to help compensate them, but it hasn’t turned out as expected. (AP video by Gerald Herbert and Kristin M. Hall)

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BP defeated thousands of suits by sick Gulf spill cleanup workers. But not one by a boat captain

By TRAVIS LOLLER AND MICHAEL PHILLIS TRAVIS LOLLER AND MICHAEL PHILLIS - Associated Press
Fri,04/19/24-8:36AM, 90 Reads
John Maas spent years buying and outfitting a 17-foot aluminum boat called the Superskiff 1 so he could take customers fishing for sea trout and flounder in the Gulf of Mexico.
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