Politics Nov 07 Scott Colom and Black Mississippians stand on the cusp of Senate history as vote count stretches on By Bill Barrow, Sophie Bates, Associated Press
Politics Nov 05 Watch 7:10 A look at the midterm races that remain undecided As Democrats prepare to take control of Congress and Republicans grapple with stunning losses, every remaining race matters. Some races are still too close to call, including Senate battles in both Alaska and Mississippi. Congressional correspondent Lisa Desjardins reports. By Amna Nawaz, Lisa Desjardins, Kyle Midura, Winston Wilde, Genesis Magpayo
Politics Nov 03 Live Results: Mississippi Senate midterm election Mississippi Republican Sen. Cindy Hyde-Smith is being challenged by Democrat Scott Colom as she seeks a second full term. By Camille Baker, Robert Yoon, Associated Press
Politics Oct 26 Watch 6:58 Candidates enter final week of campaigning with control of Congress at stake It's crunch time for candidates across the country with Election Day just over a week away. On Monday, President Trump campaigned in ruby-red Mississippi, a state he won by almost 23 points two years ago. Over the weekend, the battleground… By Liz Landers, Winston Wilde, Doug Adams
Nation Oct 23 Police officer who shot and killed 1-year-old boy in Mississippi has resigned, mayor says Sgt. Hunter Foster, 33, had been cleared of criminal wrongdoing by the Mississippi Attorney General's office earlier this week after its monthslong probe concluded his use of force had been justified. By Jack Brook, Associated Press
Oct 19 Mississippi attorney general says officer's force was justified in death of 1-year-old Kohen Wiley By Sophie Bates, Jack Brook, Associated Press Mississippi’s attorney general says a Senatobia officer was justified in using force when he responded to a shoplifting call and fired at a moving vehicle that investigators said was driving toward police, killing a boy who was in the car. Continue reading
Oct 07 Tropical storm threat churns planning for Georgia-Alabama game with Trump set to attend By Maura Carey, Associated Press Tropical Storm Isaias could make landfall on the U.S. Gulf Coast as a hurricane this weekend, hours before No. 2 Georgia plays at No. 6 Alabama in a major college football game on Saturday night that President Donald Trump is… Continue reading
Sep 25 Mississippi police say Tasia Fortune's hanging was 'staged' after her death in a drug dispute By Ed White, Sophie Bates, Associated Press Authorities haven’t disclosed the exact cause of Fortune’s death, but they did rule it a homicide and have arrested two men, both of them Black, on murder charges. They also issued an arrest warrant for a third, unnamed, person. Continue reading
Sep 23 Mississippi police make 2nd arrest in death of Tasia Fortune, seek 3rd suspect By Sophie Bates, Associated Press Police in Mississippi have arrested a second man in the death of a Black woman found hanging from a tree and have issued an arrest warrant for a third suspect. Continue reading
Sep 22 Mississippi grand jury finds no cause for charges in the July death of Nolan Wells By Sophie Bates, Claudia Lauer, Dave Collins Jackson, Associated Press A grand jury determined that there wasn't evidence to warrant charges in the death of Nolan Wells, a Black college student whose body was found after a July 4 boating trip and party on an island off the Mississippi Gulf… Continue reading