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November 30, 2021 at 10:13 pm

Mississippi abortion activists protest as justices weigh ban VIEW

Abortion activists are protesting in Mississippi’s capital as the state takes center stage in a pivotal U.S. Supreme Court case that could end a nationwide...

November 17, 2021 at 2:19 pm

EPA overturns approval of Mississippi Yazoo Pumps Project

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has overturned the approval of a massive flood-control project in the south Mississippi Delta that officials said was erroneously greenlit...

October 30, 2021 at 5:59 am

For 112-year-old veteran’s daughter, care is a labor of love VIEW

Caring for her father, the nation's oldest veteran, is a full-time job for Vanessa Brooks.

September 5, 2021 at 10:23 am

Hospitals in crisis in least vaccinated state: Mississippi VIEW

As patients stream into Mississippi hospitals, doctors and nurses have become accustomed to rampant denial and misinformation about COVID-19 in the nation’s least vaccinated state

In this photo provided by Shelly Savoie, Timothy Auxilien and Ressa Savoie sit in a hotel room with their 6-month-old daughter, August, and Ressa’s siblings, Julian and twins Summer and Winter, in Bossier City, La., on Monday, Aug. 30, 2021. The family is staying in Bossier City after evacuating from their home in Jefferson Parish, La., on Saturday to escape Hurricane Ida. Ressa’s mother, Shelly, said they were able to pay for a hotel room for a few nights after their home was damaged during the storm, but said they donâ€™t have money to stay longer. (Shelly Savoie via AP) NYAJ101 NYAJ101

August 30, 2021 at 10:17 pm

Displaced by Ida: Low on funds, family of 7 looks for refuge

Shelly Savoie and her family fled their home in a New Orleans suburb but thought they would be able to return relatively quickly. Now with...

August 29, 2021 at 12:14 pm

No cash or gas to run from Ida: ‘We can’t afford to leave’

Robert Owens felt defeated and helpless Sunday as he waited for one of the most powerful storms ever to hit the U.S. to approach Louisiana's...

August 17, 2021 at 5:50 pm

‘Heartbreaking’: Mississippi gets 2nd field hospital in days VIEW

Missisippi, one of the nation's least vaccinated states, has opened its second field hospital in days to treat a surge of coronavirus patients

August 8, 2021 at 6:57 am

What follows Confederate statues? 1 Mississippi city’s fight VIEW

For more than a century, one of Mississippi’s largest and most elaborate Confederate monuments has looked out over the lawn at the courthouse in the...

July 13, 2021 at 9:59 am

Mississippi officials block COVID vaccine misinformation

JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — The Mississippi State Department of Health is now blocking comments on its Facebook posts that relate to COVID-19 because of a...

July 1, 2021 at 12:58 pm

‘She wasn’t a nobody’: Infant exhumed 30 years after death

For decades, the two little grave markers sat side by side in a Mississippi Coast cemetery, identified only as Baby Jane and Baby Jane II....