Mom: Mississippi noose incident left emotional scar on son, 15
Mother of high school football player says son shook in fear as he described what had happened to him
Mississippi
Mom: Teen son shook in fear after white Miss. schoolmates put noose on him
Black mother is Mississippi says her 15-year-old son bears no physical injury from the alleged incident, but she believes it has permanently changed him
Emmett Till historic sign riddled with bullet holes to be replaced
Sign in Mississippi commemorating Emmett Till’s slaying has been a repeated target of vandals, and was recently found to be damaged with bullet holes
Mississippi high school noose incident another blow to state image
High school football player says four students put noose around his neck and yanked it; no charges nor discipline so far for incident
NAACP demands federal probe after noose allegedly put on black student
NAACP says no one when punished when white students put a noose around the neck of a black high school football player and pulled back
Emmett Till marker in Miss. riddled with bullet holes
This is not the first time the sign was vandalized, but no one has ever been arrested for vandalizing it
Planned Parenthood wins suit to block Miss. law
A federal judge blocked a Mississippi law that banned the state's Medicaid program from spending money on health care providers that offered abortions
Miss. county bans clown costumes until Nov. 1
Kemper County, located along the Alabama border, banned people from wearing clown costumes, mask or makeup in public until Nov. 1
Bogus charge, 96 days in Mississippi jail, and no justice
Jessica Jauch sued for having her constitutional rights violated, but the case was dismissed
Special needs teacher fired after hair-dragging video
Two videos of the scene prompted public outcry against the troubled 5,300-student district in the Mississippi Delta
Two Miss. cops fired after girl left in patrol car dies
Officials say Officer Cassie Barker left her 3-year-old daughter alone in her patrol car for four hours before she died
19 face prison over immigration-marriage scam in Miss.
A Jackson cop among the nearly two dozen wrapped up in visa fraud system involving sham marriages and false police reports
Feds suing Miss. strip club for discrimination
The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Comission filed a lawsuit alleging Danny's Downtown Cabaret discriminates against black strippers
Police chief fatally shoots himself just after getting bad news
"It just kind of went bad," sheriff says in describing events leading to Mississippi police chief's death
Judge: Confederate battle symbol "repulsive," but keep it on Miss. flag
Federal judge dismisses suit seeking symbol's removal even as he rips apart arguments of symbol's backers
Suspect enters plea in killing of 5 with ax, gun
Authorities say Derrick Dearman attacked the three men and two women as they slept Aug. 20 and then kidnapped his estranged girlfriend
Prosecutor mulls slain nuns’ death penalty opposition
Relatives and colleagues of Sisters Margaret Held and Paula Merrill have publicly expressed their opposition to execution
Hunter reveals how she set new alligator record in Mississippi
In total, it took the hunters nearly two hours to secure the gator, kill it and lift it into their boat
Wake held for murdered Mississippi nuns
An overflow crowd mourned Sisters Margaret Held and Paula Merrill, whose bodies were discovered Thursday
Police make arrest in killings of 2 Mississippi nuns
Nuns were nurse practitioners who dedicated their lives to providing health care to people in state's poorest county
Slain nuns "would do anything for anybody"
A rural Mississippi community is stunned after the murder of the two women who gave medical care to the poor; investigators searching for answers
Police: 2 nuns found slain in their Mississippi home
Vehicle missing from nuns' home as officials eye possible break-in
Mississippi ISIS recruit makes unusual declaration at sentencing
Muhammad Dakhlalla was arrested with fiancee in 2015 for trying to join terror group
Donald Trump: "Hillary Clinton is a bigot"
GOP nominee also introduces the original Mr. Brexit, Nigel Farage, at his rally in Jackson, Mississippi
Is race a factor in prosecuting hot car deaths?
Two recent cases in Mississippi serve as evidence of bias in determining criminal charges, critics say
Senate reconvening Sunday after rare Saturday session aimed at ending shutdown
Senators convened for a rare Saturday session aimed at ending the government shutdown, with no signs of an imminent breakthrough. They will meet again Sunday.
More than 1,000 flights canceled today largely due to cuts tied to shutdown
The FAA ordered airlines to cut thousands of flights ahead of this weekend as the agency deals with air traffic controller shortages during the government shutdown.
FAA grounds MD-11 planes after deadly Kentucky crash
The Federal Aviation Administration on Saturday ordered MD-11 and MD-11F aircrafts to be grounded as authorities investigate the deadly UPS plane crash in Kentucky.
Trump admin. asks judge to allow U.S. to deport Abrego Garcia to Liberia
Kilmar Abrego Garcia's lawyers argued an interview conducted by a U.S. asylum officer last month did not amount to sufficient due process.
Supreme Court allows Trump admin. to temporarily pause full SNAP payments
Supreme Court Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson on Friday froze, for now, a lower court order that required the Trump administration to swiftly provide full SNAP benefits to roughly 42 million Americans.
White House says Commanders naming new stadium after Trump would be "beautiful"
Under a deal between the Commanders and D.C., the team will return to the nation's capital in a new stadium expected to cost nearly $4 billion.
4 dead, 13 injured after police chase suspect crashes into Florida LGBTQ bar
More than a dozen people were standing outside Bradley's, a popular LGBTQ bar, when the car crashed into them after a police chase.
Syrian president arrives in U.S. for meeting with Trump
Syrian President Ahmed al-Sharaa, whose rebel forces ousted longtime ruler Bashar al-Assad late last year, is due to meet President Trump at the White House on Monday.
Shots fired at Border Patrol agents in Chicago, DHS says
A driver fired shots at Customs and Border Patrol agents in Chicago's Little Village neighborhood on Saturday, according to the Department of Homeland Security.