Nation Apr 22 WATCH: Trump breaks with Georgia governor over reopening certain businesses ‘too soon’ President Donald Trump said Wednesday that he “disagreed strongly” with the decision by Georgia's Republican governor to reopen salons, gyms and other nonessential businesses later this week, saying, “It's just too soon.”…
Education Mar 16 SAT and ACT college tests canceled because of virus fears The decisions add to student stress about the college admission process.
Nation Feb 06 Auditor says more than $4 million stolen from Mississippi welfare funds Indictments issued Wednesday say $48,000 paid for a luxury drug rehabilitation program for a former pro wrestler.
Nation Jan 02 4th Mississippi inmate dies from prison violence in a week The violence comes even as a federal judge has rejected claims that conditions in one Mississippi prison are unconstitutionally harsh.
Nation Aug 08 Dozens released after massive Mississippi immigration raids Immigration lawyers say that by Thursday morning, about five busloads of people had been released.
Nation Aug 07 680 arrested in largest U.S. immigration raids in a decade U.S. immigration officials raided numerous Mississippi food processing plants Wednesday, just hours before President Donald Trump was scheduled to visit El Paso, Texas, the majority-Latino city where a man linked to an online screed about a "Hispanic invasion" was charged…
Nation Jun 22 Prosecutor could decide on seventh trial in Mississippi case A Mississippi prosecutor has tried and failed six times to send Curtis Flowers to the death chamber, with the latest trial conviction and death sentence overturned on Friday because of racial bias in jury selection. Now, that same prosecutor must…
Politics Mar 19 Supreme Court set for case on racial bias in jury selection This week, the Supreme Court will consider whether Curtis Flowers' conviction and death sentence in a sixth trial should stand or be overturned for a familiar reason: because prosecutors improperly kept African-Americans off the jury.
Economy Feb 12 Fed chairman doesn’t see signs of economic downturn, yet ‘poverty remains a challenge’ In a visit to a historically black university in the Mississippi Delta, Jerome Powell said that many rural areas have not benefited from the national prosperity. He said those areas need special support.
Politics Nov 26 WATCH: Trump campaigns for Hyde-Smith ahead of Mississippi Senate runoff Hyde-Smith has found herself in a closer-than-expected runoff contest after she made comments about attending a public hanging.