@MasonDixonPoll – Only 55% of Mississippians oppose removing #MSflag

Consumer prices rose 4.2% in May from a year earlier, the Labor Department said Wednesday, up from 3.8% in April and the third straight increase.

The College World Series opens in Omaha, Nebraska, on Friday with Troy and West Virginia squaring off in a matchup of first-time participants. Mississippi and North Carolina meet in the second game. The first-round games Saturday pit Oklahoma against Alabama and Texas against Georgia.