Person of the Day
Nora Miller
Trustees on Friday named a new president of the Mississippi University for Women without conducting a full search, elevating acting president Nora Miller after a day of listening sessions on …
National
Trade War Escalates as China Announces Tariffs on US Imports
The U.S.-China trade war escalated further Tuesday, with China announcing retaliatory tax increases on $60 billion worth of U.S. imports, including coffee, honey and industrial chemicals.
Business
Mississippi Agency Says It Won’t Buy from Nike Over Ads
Mississippi's public safety commissioner disclosed Saturday that state police will no longer buy Nike products, saying the athletic apparel maker is unpatriotic and fails to support those in uniform.
Crime
US Border Agent in Texas Confesses to 4 Killings, Police Say
A U.S. Border Patrol supervisor who confessed to killing four women and assaulting a fifth who managed to escape remained in jail Monday, police said in court records.
National
Kavanaugh's Accuser Willing to Talk to Congress, Lawyer Says
The woman accusing Judge Brett Kavanaugh of sexually assaulting her is willing to tell her story in public to a Senate panel considering his nomination to the Supreme Court, her …
National
Manafort Pleads Guilty, Will Cooperate With Special Counsel
Former Trump campaign chairman Paul Manafort pleaded guilty Friday to two federal crimes after cutting a deal with prosecutors and agreeing to cooperate with the special counsel's Russia probe.
Politics
Commission Puts Two US Senate Races Atop Mississippi Ballot
Mississippi's two U.S. Senate races will appear at the top of the November ballot. The last time Mississippi had two Senate races in 2008, the special race was initially put …
Education
Four Mississippi Universities Added to Fiber Optic Network
A Mississippi telecommunications company says four public universities are joining a state-owned fiber optic network.
National
Trump Rejects Puerto Rico Hurricane Death Toll, Blames Dems
President Donald Trump on Thursday rejected the official conclusion that nearly 3,000 people died in Puerto Rico from last year's Hurricane Maria, arguing without evidence that the number was wrong …
National
US, Cuba to Meet on Mysterious 'Health Attacks' in Havana
National security agencies and members of Congress are frustrated by the lack of answers about what the United States describes as "health attacks" that have injured American diplomats in Cuba.
National
'Don't Play Games With It': Florence Takes Aim at Southeast
People who thought they were relatively safe from the onslaught of Hurricane Florence began boarding up and Georgia's governor declared a state of emergency Wednesday as uncertainty over the path …
National
US Marks 9/11 With Somber Tributes
Americans looked back on 9/11 Tuesday with solemn ceremonies, volunteer service and a presidential tribute to "the moment when America fought back" on one of the hijacked planes used as …
Politics
Auditor: County Official Must Repay Money Given to Churches
Mississippi's state auditor is demanding that a chancery clerk pay the state nearly $39,000.
Person of the Day
Eudora Welty
Mississippi has markers noting a blues trail, a country music trail, a civil rights trail and even an Indian mound trail. Now, with the dedication of a marker to the …
National
CBS Chief Leslie Moonves Resigns After New Sexual Misconduct Charges
CBS said late Sunday, as more allegations of sexual abuse surfaced, that it would replace Leslie Moonves and that the company was shaking up its board of directors.
