Politics Oct 30 WATCH: Trump says he’s going to protect women whether they ‘like it or not’ at Green Bay rally Donald Trump appeared onstage in a orange safety vest after riding in a garbage truck to draw attention to an offensive comment by President Joe Biden. But he reignited a different controversy.
Nation Oct 20 Authorities investigate cause of deadly dock gangway collapse on Sapelo Island, Georgia Georgia authorities said Sunday they are investigating the “catastrophic failure” of a dock gangway that collapsed and killed seven on Sapelo Island, where crowds had gathered for a fall celebration by the island’s tiny Gullah-Geechee community of Black slave descendants.
Nation Sep 19 Justice Department opens probe into Mississippi sheriff’s office after torture of 2 Black men The Justice Department has opened a civil rights investigation into a Mississippi sheriff's department whose officers tortured two Black men in a case that drew condemnation from top U.S. law enforcement officials, including Attorney General Merrick Garland.
Nation Aug 21 60 years ago Fannie Lou Hamer rattled the Democratic convention with her ‘Is this America?’ speech Fannie Lou Hamer was a leader of the Mississippi Freedom Democratic Party. In 1964, the racially integrated group challenged the seating of an all-white Mississippi delegation to the Democratic National Convention.
Politics May 13 Mississippi Gov. Reeves signs law restricting transgender people’s use of bathrooms and locker rooms Reeves on Monday criticized a federal regulation banning blanket policies that bar transgender students from school bathrooms aligning with their gender, among other provisions.
Nation Mar 21 Former Mississippi police officer gets about 10 years in prison for racist torture of 2 Black men The so-called "Goon Squad" broke into a home where a neighbor complained that two Black men were staying with a white woman. Hartfield tried to destroy evidence of the torture.
Nation Mar 20 1 of 6 former officers in Mississippi gets 40 years for racist torture of 2 Black men All six of the former officers pleaded guilty, admitting that they subjected Michael Corey Jenkins and Eddie Terrell Parker to numerous acts of racist torture in January 2023 after a neighbor complained that the men were staying in a home…
Politics Feb 28 Justice Department finds problems with violence, gangs and poor conditions in 3 Mississippi prisons The U.S. Justice Department says Mississippi is failing to protect inmates in three prisons from violence because it does not adequately supervise incarcerated people, control contraband or investigate harm and misconduct.
Nation Nov 08 Mississippi Republican Gov. Tate Reeves wins 2nd term Republicans have held the governorship the past 20 years in Mississippi.
Politics Aug 17 Mississippi judge declares a mistrial in case of 2 white men charged in attack on Black FedEx driver Judge David Strong said he made the mistrial decision Thursday because of errors by a Brookhaven Police Department detective. The officer failed to provide evidence to prosecutors and defense attorneys.