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This photo provided by Hinds County Sheriff's office shows Corey Harrison taken into custody Thursday, May 4, 2023 in Crystal Springs, Miss. Harrison and three other inmates escaped from the Raymond Detention Center near Jackson, Mississippi’s capital, on April 22, officials said.(Hinds County Sheriff's office via AP)

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Sheriff: Last of 4 escaped Mississippi prisoners found
Thu,05/04/23-8:47AM , 146 Reads
CRYSTAL SPRINGS, Miss. (AP) — The last of four inmates who escaped from a Mississippi prison was found Thursday morning at a home not far from the detention center, the sheriff announced.
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A man suspected of opening fire at his neighbor's home and killing five people was arrested Tuesday after a four-day manhunt, authorities in Texas said. Francisco Oropeza was arrested four days after the shooting late Friday in the town of Cleveland, (May 3)

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Prosecutor: Suspected Texas gunman tried to escape to Mexico
By JUAN A. LOZANO AND NOMAAN MERCHANT - Associated Press
Tue,05/02/23-8:18PM , 109 Reads
CLEVELAND, Texas (AP) — A man suspected of killing five of his neighbors in Texas after they asked him to stop shooting his gun near their house hid out just miles away from the slayings while he and his domestic partner plotted his escape to Mexico, authorities said Wednesday.
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Rolls of razor wire line the top of the security fencing at the Raymond Detention Center in Raymond, Miss., Aug. 1, 2022. A man who escaped from the Mississippi jail on April 22, 2023, has been founded dead at a truck stop in New Orleans, authorities announced Tuesday, May 2. (AP Photo/Rogelio V. Solis, File)

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Escaped Mississippi prisoner found dead in New Orleans
By MICHAEL GOLDBERG - Associated Press/Report for America
Tue,05/02/23-5:51PM , 205 Reads
JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — A man who escaped from a Mississippi jail on April 22 has been found dead at a truck stop in New Orleans, authorities announced Tuesday.
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Editorial Roundup: United States
Tue,05/02/23-4:07PM , 46 Reads
Excerpts from recent editorials in the United States and abroad:

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The Washington Post on a U.S. Supreme Court code of ethics
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