JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — Attorneys for two Black men who were tortured by Mississippi law enforcement officers said Monday that...
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JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — Flooding left squishy, stinky messes in hundreds of homes in Mississippi’s capital city in 2020 —...
JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — A Mississippi grand jury decided not to bring criminal charges against a sheriff’s deputy who fatally...
JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — A judge has ordered the enforcement of a lawsuit settlement between Mississippi’s capital city and the...
JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — A woman who sued Mississippi’s capital city over the death of her brother has decided to...
JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — Civil rights attorney Ben Crump demanded Tuesday that police in a small town in Mississippi release...
JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — Mississippi lawmakers met in special session last week and quickly approved job training money and other...
JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — Opening a spillway as a flood-control measure in 2019 sent polluted fresh water from the Mississippi...
A Black FedEx delivery driver who says two white men shot at and chased him in Mississippi in 2022 has...
The Mississippi state health officer said that he’s concerned about how the Health Department would receive money for its part...