By EMILY WAGSTER PETTUS
Associated Press

JACKSON, Miss. (AP) - Mississippi Gov. Phil Bryant says he supports banning abortion once a fetal heartbeat can be detected.

A similar bill was filed last year and died when a Senate committee chairman didn't bring it up for a vote.

The Republican governor spoke Thursday to pastors at a luncheon sponsored by

The Department of Justice and the state of Tennessee have agreed on how to resolve the 22-year legal fight over a Memphis area center for the developmentally disabled.

U.S. Attorney Edward Stanton said Thursday the agreement outlines steps the state will take to help former patients of Arlington Developmental Center.