Clay deputy shoots, injures armed suspect
The Mississippi Bureau of Investigation is gathering evidence in an officer-involved shooting that resulted in a hospitalization in Clay County Friday. A deputy with the
Charges against Trump’s 2020 ‘fake electors’ are expected to deter a repeat this year
An Arizona grand jury’s indictment of 18 people who either posed as or helped organize a slate of electors falsely claiming that former President Donald Trump won the state in 2020 could help shape the landscape of challenges to the 2024 election.
Fed’s preferred inflation gauge shows price pressures stayed elevated last month
A measure of inflation closely tracked by the Federal Reserve remained uncomfortably high in March, likely reinforcing the Fed’s reluctance to cut interest rates anytime soon and underscoring a burden for President Joe Biden’s re-election bid.
Biden administration indefinitely postpones rule that would have banned menthol-flavored cigarettes
President Joe Biden’s administration is indefinitely delaying a plan to ban menthol cigarettes, a decision that is certain to infuriate anti-smoking advocates but could avoid a political backlash from Black voters in November.
The TikTok law kicks off a new showdown between Beijing and Washington. What’s coming next?
TikTok is gearing up for a legal fight against a U.S. law that would force the social media platform to break ties with its China-based parent company, a move almost certainly backed by Chinese authorities as the bitter U.S.-China rivalry threatens the future of a wildly popular way for young people in America to connect online.
United Methodists endorse change that could give regions more say on LGBTQ and other issues
United Methodist delegates have overwhelmingly endorsed a constitutional amendment seen by advocates as a way of defusing debates over the role of LGBTQ people in the church by giving rule-making autonomy to each region of the international church.
Mississippi legislative leaders swap proposals on possible Medicaid expansion
Mississippi Senate leaders on Friday said for the first time that they are willing to expand Medicaid to the full level allowed under a federal law signed 14 years ago by then-President Barack Obama.
New Orleans Jazz Fest 2024 kicks off Thursday and The Rolling Stones to headline next week
It looks like the third time is the charm as the 2024 New Orleans Jazz & Heritage festival prepares, again, for The Rolling Stones to perform.
US births fell last year, marking an end to the late pandemic rebound, experts say
U.S. births fell last year, resuming a long national slide.
Columbus used to be a ‘Tree City.’ It’s working to regain title.
The Columbus Tree Board reignited its mission Friday by partnering with Keep Columbus Beautiful and Pick It Up Possum Town to plant a Drake Elm in front of the pedestrian bridge at The Riverwalk in celebration of Arbor Day.
Edible plant trail at The W has berries, nuts and … weeds?
A quick Google search for smilax, or greenbriar, pulls up a host of articles on how to control, kill or get rid of the “troublesome weed.”
Missing Oktibbeha man found safe
Oktibbeha County Sheriff’s Office is seeking the public’s assistance locating a missing man.
Flipping the switch: Outreach bolsters Communiversity enrollment but more is needed
Anyone who still thinks the parking lot at East Mississippi Community College’s Communiversity is “empty” isn’t looking in the right place, Executive Director Michael Busby said.
Groups urge Alabama to reverse course, join summer meal program for low-income kids
Alabama was one of 14 states that declined to participate in a federal program that gives summer food assistance to low-income families with school age children, prompting advocates on Wednesday to urge lawmakes to reverse course and join the program.
Sister of Mississippi man who died after police pulled him from car rejects lawsuit settlement
A woman who sued Mississippi’s capital city over the death of her brother has decided to reject a settlement after officials publicly disclosed how much the city would pay his survivors, her attorney said Wednesday.
Biden meets 4-year-old Abigail Edan, an American who was held hostage by Hamas
President Joe Biden met Wednesday with Abigail Edan, the 4-year-old American girl who was held hostage in Gaza for several weeks at the start of the war.
Chef José Andrés says aid workers killed by Israeli airstrikes represented the ‘best of humanity’
The seven World Central Kitchen aid workers killed by Israeli airstrikes represented the “best of humanity” and risked everything “to feed people they did not know and will never meet,” José Andrés, the celebrity chef who founded the organization, told mourners who gathered Thursday to honor the dead.
Australian police arrest 7 alleged teen extremists linked to stabbing of a bishop in a Sydney church
Australian police arrested seven teenagers accused of following a violent extremist ideology in raids across Sydney on Wednesday, as a judge extended a ban on social media platform X sharing video of a knife attack on a bishop that started the criminal investigation.
Some campuses call in police to break up pro-Palestinian demonstrations, while others wait it out
Some U.S. universities called in police to break up demonstrations against the Israel-Hamas war, resulting in ugly scuffles and dozens of arrests, while others appeared content to wait out student protests Thursday, as the final days of the semester ticked down and graduation ceremonies loomed.
MDOC promotes inmate boxing program, but lawmakers say money could be better spent
Boxing in sanctioned matches in a ring donated by rapper Jay-Z. Throwing and catching a football in the yard. Facing off in table tennis matches.