Mississippi

A historic flood was just the start of an unimaginable crisis.

Jackson remained under a boil water advisory, but the drop in water pressure that had brought the system to near collapse appeared to be resolved, officials said.

Cory Wayne Patterson stole a plane from the Tupelo Regional Airport, took off, called 911 and then threatened to crash the aircraft.

Parts of Jackson were without running water Tuesday because flooding exacerbated longstanding problems in one of two water-treatment plants.

A military veteran pleaded guilty to faking his own death to try to avoid sexual abuse charges in Mississippi.

After destructive hurricanes, an oil spill, and other traumatic events, it appears sea turtles are coming back to the Mississippi coast.

A grand jury in Mississippi has declined to indict the white woman whose accusation set off the lynching of Black teenager Emmett Till nearly 70 years ago, despite revelations about an unserved arrest warrant and a newly revealed memoir by the woman, a prosecutor said Tuesday.

Airbnb said it removed the listing and others that have reportedly included former slave quarters in the U.S.

Melioidosis, or Whitmore’s disease, can cause a variety of symptoms and can infect any organ, including the brain.

The 16-year-old jumped into the river after a vehicle crashed into the water.

A team searching a Mississippi courthouse for evidence about the lynching of Black teenager Emmett Till has found the unserved warrant charging a white woman in his 1955 kidnapping.

Primary elections in seven states Tuesday will set the stage for U.S. House and Senate races this fall.

"This is the first time in my 18 years I have ever seen anything so brazen and so vile," prosecutors said.

Casey Lawhon, 25, has found his mission in life by personalizing caskets for families to honor their loved ones lost.

A Mississippi police officer responded to a deadly shooting Sunday morning only to find out that her son was the victim.

David Neal Cox was executed in November for shooting his estranged wife and sexually assaulting his 12-year-old stepdaughter three times as her mother lay dying in front of her. But just before his execution, Cox admitted to also murdering his sister-in-law, and gave detailed instructions on where to find her body.

Supreme Court justices on Wednesday are weighing whether to uphold a Mississippi law that bans abortion after 15 weeks and overrule the 1973 Roe v. Wade decision.