Shooting at California bar leaves 12 dead
THOUSAND OAKS, Calif. (AP) — Terrified patrons hurled barstools through windows to escape or threw their bodies protectively on top of friends as a Marine combat veteran killed 12 people at a
US Supreme Court to hear Mississippi juror discrimination case
JACKSON (AP) — The U.S. Supreme Court agreed Friday to hear an appeal questioning whether a Mississippi prosecutor discriminated against black jurors in a case where a man has been tried six
Hurricane Michael makes landfall
PANAMA CITY, Fla. (AP) — The devastation inflicted by Hurricane Michael came into focus Thursday with rows upon rows of homes found smashed to pieces, and rescue crews began making their way
Miss Mississippi Asya Branch visits prison as part of platform
PEARL, Miss. (AP) — Miss Mississippi Asya Branch has visited a prison in the state, saying she wants to inspire families with incarcerated parents like hers. Branch’s father, Anthony Branch, plead guilty
Justice Dept. reopens Emmett Till murder investigation
BIRMINGHAM, Ala. (AP) — The federal government has reopened its investigation into the slaying of Emmett Till, the black teenager whose brutal killing in Mississippi shocked the world and helped inspire the
Two Oxford veterans home employees arrested on manslaughter charge
JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — Two former employees of a Mississippi veterans home have been charged with manslaughter in the 2017 death of a 93-year-old World War II veteran. Police charged 25-year-old Jeanne
Ole Miss alumnus and Truman Scholar Shad White appointed state auditor
JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — Mississippi Gov. Phil Bryant on Friday named an attorney who leads a conservative legal group to be the new state auditor. White is an alumnus of the University
Baria and Guest win primary runoffs
Mississippi Democrats are nominating state Rep. David Baria to challenge incumbent U.S. Sen. Roger Wicker, lining up behind a party stalwart as they reject a bid by a newcomer. Baria is a
Vice Chancellor testifies about UM Data
A case involving the British data firm Cambridge Analytica is before a county judge in the U.S. state of Mississippi, where representatives of a British insurance company and the University of Mississippi
University’s MacArthur Justice Center reveals Mississippi defendants spend months in jail awaiting trial
BRANDON — Jerry Sanders has been sitting in a jail cell on a relatively minor charge of methamphetamine possession for more than a year — longer than the sentence he could get