Sentencing continues for two more of the former deputies in Mississippi who pleaded guilty last year to breaking into a home without a warrant and torturing two Black men with a stun gun, a sex toy and other objects
Mississippi Republicans are choosing a candidate to face off against a longtime Democratic congressman
Civil rights advocates say Mississippi needs to simplify the process of restoring voting rights to people convicted of some felonies
Top Mississippi lawmakers have started negotiating on what could become a landmark plan to expand Medicaid coverage to tens of thousands of people in one of the poorest states in the U.S. But even with Republicans controlling both the state House and Senate, it’s far from clear that they will reach a compromise
The Mississippi House Democratic leader says a Medicaid expansion plan endorsed by Republican leaders could struggle for bipartisan support
Mississippi’s Republican-led Legislature has completed a last-ditch effort to revive a bill to regulate transgender people’s use of bathrooms, locker rooms and dormitories in public education buildings
Israel-Hamas war demonstrations at the University of Mississippi turned ugly when one counter-protester appeared to make monkey noises and gestures at a Black woman
Mississippi Gov. Tate Reeves has signed a new law regulating transgender people’s use of bathrooms, locker rooms and dormitories in public education buildings
A tech industry group says a new Mississippi law requiring users of websites and other digital services to verify their age will unconstitutionally limit access to online speech for minors and adults
Mississippi election officials say redrawing legislative districts in time for this November’s election is impossible because of tight deadlines to prepare ballots
Voting rights attorneys say Mississippi should work quickly to redraw some legislative districts to ensure more equitable representation for Black residents
A Mississippi judge has removed one of the attorneys representing retired NFL quarterback Brett Favre in a state civil lawsuit that seeks to recover misspent welfare money
A federal appeals court has ruled that Mississippi legislators, not the courts, must decide whether to change the state's practice of stripping voting rights from people convicted of certain felonies
Federal judges say Mississippi can wait until next year to redraw some of its legislative districts to replace ones where Black voting power is diluted
A federal judge has dismissed a lawsuit by the Republican National Committee that sought to block Mississippi from counting absentee ballots that are postmarked by Election Day but received up to five days after after it
Retired NFL quarterback Brett Favre says a Mississippi judge improperly blocked his lead attorney from representing him in a state civil lawsuit that seeks to recover misspent welfare money
Vice President Kamala Harris is accepting the Democrats’ presidential nomination Thursday exactly 60 years after another Black woman mesmerized the nation with a speech that still resonates in American politics
A former Mississippi sheriff’s deputy is seeking a shorter federal prison sentence for his part in the torture of two Black men
A former tax assessor and collector in Mississippi has checked into a residential treatment center for a gambling addiction after he called the state auditor’s office and confessed to misusing more than $300,000 in public money
A Mississippi town has taken down a Confederate monument that stood since 1910
The U.S. Justice Department has opened a civil rights investigation into a Mississippi sheriff’s department whose officers tortured two Black men
A Justice Department report on the police department in Lexington, Mississippi, has found a stunning pattern of racially disparate policing and harassment
Retired NFL quarterback Brett Favre is trying to expand his defamation lawsuit against Mississippi Auditor Shad White
The Mississippi attorney general requesting an execution date for the state's longest-serving death row inmate
Georgia authorities say they are investigating the catastrophic failure of a dock gangway that collapsed, killing seven on Sapelo Island off the state's Atlantic seacoast
National Australia Bank says Nathan Goonan resigns as group CFO
Going for gold: A look at the political and sporting challenges facing the next IOC president
NZ house prices rise in February on improved buyer interest, REINZ says
‘Massive gift to America’s enemies’: Activists decry cuts to government-funded networks
Liam Payne fans dedicate commemorative bench in Buenos Aires cemetery
In Buenos Aires, thousands of faithful pray for Pope Francis
DOJ antitrust head targets pricey consultants amid DOGE cost cutting
Houston a top seed for 3rd straight year, looks to make deeper run after 2 Sweet 16 losses in a row
The Latest: Men's NCAA Tournament bracket revealed on Selection Sunday
March Madness mascots take center stage during NCAA men's and women's tournaments
