Person of the Day
Melony Armstrong: Braiding Pioneer
The transition from being a professional hair braider looking to make a living to suing the State Board of Cosmetology in 2004 and lobbying her own hair bill in 2005 …
Politics
Mississippi Mulls Checking Tax Info of Welfare Recipients
Mississippi is moving toward more intense scrutiny of low-income people on public assistance, an action that comes as a former state welfare director and five other people have been charged …
Crime
New Lawsuit: Mississippi Prison Has 'Abhorrent Conditions'
The Mississippi State Penitentiary at Parchman is a violent, rat-infested place where inmates live in “abhorrent conditions” and their medical needs are routinely ignored, attorneys say in a new lawsuit …
Civil Rights
House Makes Lynching a Federal Crime, 65 Years After Till
Sixty-five years after 14-year-old Emmett Till was lynched in Mississippi, the House has approved legislation designating lynching as a hate crime under federal law.
Civil Rights
Ole Miss Apologizes to Black Protesters Arrested in 1970
The University of Mississippi has apologized to dozens of African Americans who were arrested in 1970 for protesting racial inequality on the mostly white campus where Confederate images were a …
Crime
Harvey Weinstein Found Guilty in Landmark #MeToo Moment
Harvey Weinstein was convicted Monday of rape and sexual assault against two women and was immediately handcuffed and led off to jail, sealing his dizzying fall from powerful Hollywood studio …
Person of the Day
Carlis Daniels-Hinton
Born in 1951, Carlis Daniels-Hinton has seen African Americans go from not being allowed to walk on Biloxi beach to thousands hanging out in swimsuits along U.S. 90 during the …
Crime
Five Plead Not Guilty in Welfare Fraud Case in Mississippi
Trial dates have been set for the former head of Mississippi's welfare agency and some of the other people charged with misusing money that was intended to help needy people …
Personhood
Appeals Court Keeps Block on Mississippi 6-Week Abortion Ban
A federal appeals court is keeping a block on a Mississippi law that would ban most abortions as early as about six weeks—a stage when many women may not even …
Crime
Trump Ally Roger Stone Sentenced to Over 3 Years in Prison
Trump loyalist and ally Roger Stone was sentenced Thursday to more than three years in federal prison, following an extraordinary move by Attorney General William Barr to back off his …
Crime
Another Mississippi Inmate Dies; No Signs of Injuries
A 42-year-old inmate has died in Mississippi, making him at least the 18th prisoner to die in the state's troubled prison system since late December, corrections officials said Sunday.
Person of the Day
Steve Demetropoulos Wins Special Election to Become Pascagoula Mayor
Dr. Steve Demetropoulos, a family physician, has been elected mayor of Pascagoula on the Mississippi Gulf Coast.
National
Senate Moves Toward Vote Restraining Trump on Iran
A bipartisan measure limiting President Donald Trump's authority to launch military operations against Iran is moving toward approval in the Senate.
Crime
Smollett Case Revives Questions on Laquan McDonald, Justice
When a grand jury revived the criminal case against Jussie Smollett, the indictment for many people called to mind two nights on two different streets in the same big city.
Politics
Mississippi Could Verify Income of People Getting Public Aid
Mississippi senators clashed Tuesday before passing a bill to let the state auditor see tax returns to verify the income of people enrolled in Medicaid or other public assistance programs.
