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Airbnb Removes Mississippi ‘Slave Cabin' From Listings
An Airbnb listing in Mississippi advertised as a “slave cabin” has been removed from the site following backlash on social media. Airbnb apologized after a TikTok video went viral criticizing the description of a cottage in Greenville. The bed and breakfast was marketed as an “1830s slave cabin.” Wynton Yates, a Black lawyer from New Orleans, made a video criticizing...
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Emmett Till Accuser, in Memoir, Denies Wanting Teen Killed
The white woman who was at the center of the 1955 lynching of Black teenager Emmett Till in Mississippi denies wanting him killed.
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Mississippi Abortion Clinic at Center of Supreme Court Decision Shuts Its Doors
Mississippi’s only abortion clinic has been buzzing with activity in the chaotic days since the U.S. Supreme Court upended abortion rights nationwide. The case originated in Mississippi with the bright pink medical facility called Jackson Women’s Health Organization. Physicians there have been trying to see as many patients as possible before the facility, best known as the Pink House, permanently...
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Amid Abortion Debate, Clinic Asks: Who's Caring for Moms?
The founder of a midwifery clinic in Mississippi’s capital is trying to open the state’s first birth center. As state Republican officials are trying to ban abortion and await a ruling that could overturn Roe v. Wade, Sisters in Birth CEO Getty Israel says nothing is being done to support women who choose to give birth.
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Purple Heart Recipient Who Faked His Own Death Gets 85 Years for Sexual Assaulting Teen
During the trial, the victim cried as she testified that Jacob Blair Scott sexually assaulted her at least 30 times beginning in 2016 and ending in 2017 when she learned she was pregnant.
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Mississippi Suing Brett Favre, Former Pro Wrestlers to Recover Funds From Sprawling Welfare Scheme
The retired NFL quarterback has not been charged with any criminal wrongdoing, and last year repaid appearance fees allegedly paid using misspent funds.
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4 Fatally Shot in Mississippi; Possible Suspect Found Dead
Authorities say the possible suspect in the fatal shooting of three people at a Mississippi Gulf Coast motel and subsequent death of a person shot during a carjacking was found dead after a standoff with police.
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7 Hurt in Arkansas Tornado; Storms Move Into Deep South
Severe storms and a possible tornado damaged buildings and downed power lines in northwest Arkansas early Wednesday as tornadoes and hurricane-force winds were forecast in much of the Deep South, a week after severe storms struck the New Orleans area.
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Wreck of Whaling Ship From Massachusetts Discovered Nearly 190 Years Later
Roughly 15 years before Herman Melville introduced the world to Moby Dick, a whaling ship from Massachusetts sank near the mouth of the Mississippi River.
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Assistant Principal Fired After Reading ‘I Need a New Butt!' to Second-Grade Class
The superintendent of the Hinds County School District in Mississippi said Toby Price showed “a lack of professionalism and impaired judgment”
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Hate Crime Probe Sought in Mississippi Attempted Shooting
Attorneys for a Black delivery driver are calling for a federal hate crimes investigation into the attempted shooting of the driver in Mississippi
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US Life Expectancy Lowest in Mississippi, Highest in Hawaii: CDC
Life expectancy is highest in Hawaii and lowest in Mississippi, according to a recently published CDC report.
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Mystery Solved: Statue of Racist Mississippi Ex-Gov. Bilbo Stashed in Closet
The top administrator for the Mississippi House answered a question that has been all the buzz at the state Capitol: Where’s Bilbo?
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With Roe in Doubt, States Act on Abortion Limits, Expansions
State-by-state battles over the future of abortion are setting up around the U.S. Republican lawmakers are proposing new restrictions based on laws in Texas and Mississippi and some Democratic-led states are working to preserve access
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Mississippi Middle School Offers Girls Shapewear to Address ‘Body Image' Concerns
In the letter from Southaven Middle School sent Tuesday, parents received information about helping girls develop a healthy body image. The school’s solution? Shapewear, in part.
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Black History Sites in 5 Southern States to Receive Grants
Sites associated with Black history in five Southern states will each receive grants of $50,000 from the Southern Poverty Law Center, a liberal advocacy group based in Alabama.
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How Amazon's CamperForce Program Doubled This Year, Adding Jobs for Seasonal Workers Who Live on the Road
Amazon’s CamperForce program for nomadic workers doubled this year. Here’s what it’s really like to live in an RV and work at Amazon during the holidays.
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Hand-Drawn Map From Executed Murderer Leads to Likely Remains of Missing Mississippi Woman
Authorities have uncovered the remains of a Mississippi woman following a tip from an inmate who revealed the location of her body prior to his execution last month
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A Look at the Impact of the Supreme Court's Abortion Ruling
The Supreme Court’s decision on Texas’ restrictive abortion law has implications when the court makes a decision on another restrictive abortion law in Mississippi.
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Why Abortion Bans Will Hurt Low-Income Women and Women of Color More
“If you have access to money to take a plane or take a train or go somewhere where abortion is safe and legal, you’ll do that,” says Kim Wehle, professor at the University of Baltimore School of Law. She says if the Supreme Court guts Roe v. Wade, “you just might not have any option but to carry a child...