Truck driver plows through national cemetery, damaging veterans' headstones

A truck driver, possibly experiencing a medical emergency, crashed into a national cemetery, damaging 10 headstones of deceased veterans along with other structures.

Biden to establish national monument honoring Emmett Till, the Black teen lynched in Mississippi

Biden will sign a proclamation on Tuesday to create the Emmett Till and Mamie Till-Mobley National Monument across three sites in Illinois and Mississippi, according to the official.

Train derails into Mississippi River in Wisconsin

A train has derailed, sending two containers into the Mississippi River in Wisconsin on Thursday. Railway officials say there's no risk to the river.

Mississippi must allow religious exemption for childhood vaccines, judge orders

Mississippi must join most other states in allowing religious exemptions from vaccinations that children are required to receive so they can attend school, a federal judge has ruled.

Biden: Feds 'not leaving' Mississippi town hit by deadly tornado

Last week's tornado destroyed roughly 300 homes and businesses in Rolling Fork and the nearby town of Silver City. The death toll in Mississippi stood at 21. One person died in Alabama, as well.

Recovery from deadly Mississippi tornado tough for low-income residents

Mississippi is one of the poorest states in the U.S., and the majority-Black Delta where the massive tornado struck has long been one of the poorest parts of the state.

Wife accused of murdering husband on Facebook Live

Authorities in Mississippi believe the couple got into an argument that turned physical.

Gunman kills 6 including ex-wife in northern Mississippi, sheriff says

A Mississippi sheriff says a lone gunman man killed six people including his ex-wife and stepfather at multiple locations in a small, rural town near the Tennessee state line.