December 24, 2016 Fire marshal: Politics unlikely motive in 'Vote Trump' arson The Mississippi fire marshal says investigators don't see politics as the motivation for the burning of an African-American church that was also spray-painted with the words "Vote Trump" a week before the presidential election.
December 22, 2016 Arrest in 'Vote Trump' burning of Mississippi black church Mississippi authorities have arrested a man in the burning of an African-American church that was also spray-painted with the words, "Vote Trump." Mississippi Department of Public Safety spokesman Warren Strain says Andrew McClinton of Leland, Mississippi, who is African-American, is charged with first degree arson of a place of worship.
December 21, 2016 The Latest: Man arrested in arson is member of burned church The Latest on an arrest in a Mississippi church burning (all times local): 3:10 p.m.
December 21, 2016 Mississippi church member charged in 'Vote Trump' arson A Mississippi man arrested in the burning of an African-American church that was spray-painted with the words "Vote Trump" is a member of the congregation, the church's bishop said.
December 21, 2016 Sheriff: Suspects in Mississippi slayings arrested in Kansas Authorities say two suspects in a deadly pawn shop robbery in Mississippi have been arrested in Kansas.
December 20, 2016 Trial set for Mississippi father in his baby's hot car death A Mississippi man will go on trial Jan. 30 in the hot car death of his 8-month-old daughter.
December 17, 2016 7 Africans admit plotting international online fraud Federal prosecutors say seven Africans have admitted being part of a global fraud network that used online dating sites to reach potential victims.
December 17, 2016 Plaintiffs: Mississippi law takes sides in religious debate Gay rights groups and others are asking a federal appeals court to keep blocking a Mississippi law that would let merchants and government employees cite religious beliefs to deny services to same-sex couples.
December 15, 2016 Sailor pleads not guilty in transgender woman's death A Navy sailor from New Orleans has pleaded not guilty to charges accusing him of stabbing and slashing a transgender woman 119 times in a coastal Mississippi hotel room.
December 8, 2016 Woman charged with killing elderly father with boiling water Police say a Mississippi woman has been charged with murder after pouring boiling water over her paralyzed elderly father, who died several days later.
