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    Mississippi high court declines to rule on questions of public funds going to private schools

    The Mississippi Supreme Court has declined to rule on whether the state is violating its own constitution with a program that would spend $10 million of public money on infrastructure grants for private schools. The justices on Thursday ruled 7-2 that an advocacy group lacked legal standing to sue the state. Parents for Public Schools “failed to sufficiently demonstrate an adverse impact that it suffers differently from the general public,” the majority wrote.

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    Hyderabad pulls off 1-run win over table-topper Rajasthan in IPL

    Sunrisers Hyderabad pulled off a sensational one-run win off the final ball to upstage table-topper Rajasthan Royals and break into the top four of Indian Premier League on Thursday. Needing two runs off Bhuvneshwar Kumar’s last ball, Rovman Powell (27) missed out a full toss and was out leg before wicket as Rajasthan finished on 200-7 for its only second defeat of the season in 10 games. Earlier, Hyderabad recorded its fifth 200-plus score of the season as Nitish Kumar (76 not out) and Travis Head (58) scored half-centuries and Heinrich Klaasen scored a rapid 42 off 19 balls to lift the home team to 201-3.

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    Marlins slip past Rockies 5-4 in 10 innings to cap three-game series sweep

    Jesús Sánchez hit a game-winning single in the bottom of the 10th inning and the Miami Marlins beat the Colorado Rockies 5-4 Thursday and swept their three-game series. The Marlins got two of their three victories in the series in 10 innings. Sánchez's two-out opposite-field line drive to left off reliever Jalen Beeks scored automatic runner Luis Arraez from second.