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House Lifting Is Big Business Following a Record Year of Storms
With storms intensifying, rainfall increasing and sea levels rising, waterfront property owners are lifting their homes out of danger.
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Southeast Braces for More Tornados Severe Weather
The Southeast is bracing for more severe weather as tornados rip through the Deep South. At least five people were killed in Alabama Thursday. Overnight, another large tornado hit the town of Newnan, Georgia. Thirty-three million people remain at risk for more severe weather as the storm system pushes through.
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Severe Weather: Storms Batter the South With More on the Way
A wave of storms is pounding the Deep South, leaving a trail of splintered trees and damaged buildings
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Mississippi Becomes Second State to Offer Vaccine to All Adult Residents
Mississippi Governor Tate Reeves tweeted Monday that all appointments will be open to those age 16 and older.
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Mississippi Governor Signs Bill Limiting Transgender Athletes
Mississippi Republican Gov. Tate Reeves has signed a bill banning transgender athletes from competing on girls or women’s sports teams
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GOP's Legislation Targeting Transgender Student-Athletes Is Part of an Election Strategy, Journalist Says
Politico National Political Correspondent Gabby Orr explains how the GOP is pushing transgender legislation as part of its election strategy.
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End in Sight for Mississippi Residents Who Have Been Without Water for Weeks
Crews continued working Friday to restore water to thousands of customers in Mississippi’s capital city
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Target to Continue Requiring Masks in Texas Stores Despite State Lifting Mask Mandate
Target won’t be lifting its mask requirement in Texas stores despite the state’s governor loosening COVID-19 restrictions, including a mask rule, the company said.
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‘Covidiots Have to Covidiot': A COVID-19 Expert Reacts to Texas, Mississippi Lifting Mask Mandates
The news that Texas and Mississippi are lifting their mask mandates has alarmed medical experts, who are still worried about yet another surge of COVID-19 cases as new variants spread across the country. Infectious disease specialist Dr. Dena Grayson shared her frank reaction to this news, as well as her thoughts on the new Johnson & Johnson vaccine.
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Curtis Flowers, Wrongfully Imprisoned for 22 Years, Gets Maximum Compensation
A judge is ordering Mississippi to pay $500,000 to a Black man who was wrongfully imprisoned more than 22 years.
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Two Weeks After Winter Storm, Water Crisis Continues in Mississippi
Frustrations are mounting in Mississippi’s largest city, more than two weeks since winter storms and freezing weather ravaged the city’s water system
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Texas, Mississippi to End Mask Mandates, Ease COVID Rules Despite Warnings
Texas has become the biggest state to lift its mask rule, joining a rapidly growing movement by governors and other leaders across the U.S. to loosen COVID-19 restrictions despite alarmed pleas from health officials not to let down their guard yet
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Dem's Lawsuit Accuses Trump of Inciting Deadly Capitol Riot
The House Homeland Security chairman has sued Donald Trump, accusing him of inciting the deadly insurrection at the Capitol
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Millions Cope With Bitter Cold in Dangerous Weather Snap
Heavy snow and frigid temperatures continue to grip much of the nation, with weather advisories stretching from the northeast to the southwest. More than ten deaths have been blamed on the weather and millions of people have been forced to endure the cold conditions without power. The deep freeze is also hitting the Deep South, where states like Texas...
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Mississippi Trial Delayed for Friar Accused of Sex Abuse
A trial has been postponed until April for a former Franciscan friar accused of molesting students in the 1990s at a Catholic school in Mississippi.
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Mississippi Governor Signs Law for Flag Without Rebel Emblem
Mississippi Gov_ Tate Reeves has signed a bill that gives the state a new flag with a magnolia and the phrase, “In God We Trust.”
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2-Year-Old Boy Abandoned Outside Mississippi Goodwill With a Note
Police in Mississippi said a 2-year-old boy was abandoned outside a Goodwill in Southaven with a plastic bag containing a change of clothes and a note, NBC News reports. The child was found outside the Goodwill drop-off just before 10 a.m. on Monday, police said. He was unable to give officers his name or the names of his parents or…
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Mississippi Approves Flag With Magnolia, ‘In God We Trust'
Mississippi will fly a new state flag with a magnolia and the phrase “In God We Trust,” with voters approving the design Tuesday. It replaces a Confederate-themed flag state lawmakers retired months ago as part of the national reckoning over racial injustice.
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Voters in Some States Unable to Cast Early Ballots in Person
More than 21 million voters across the U.S. have already cast ballots in person amid record-breaking early turnout
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Hurricane Zeta Makes Landfall in Mexico's Yucatan Peninsula
Hurricane Zeta made landfall on Mexico’s eastern Yucatan Peninsula late Monday, whipping the resorts around Tulum with rain and wind.