March 30, 2020 Pandemic telecommuting proves difficult – or impossible – for millions in 'digital divide' For millions of Americans working from home – and students trying to learn – "janky" internet is causing big problems.
March 25, 2020 Mississippi tornado levels Dollar General store, damages other buildings A tornado ripped through northeastern Mississippi on Tuesday evening, leveling a Dollar General store and damaging several other buildings.
March 24, 2020 Mississippi governor wants abortions halted during coronavirus outbreak Mississippi’s only abortion clinic must stop performing the procedures during the coronavirus outbreak because of the state’s temporary ban on elective surgery, Gov. Tate Reeves said Tuesday.
March 12, 2020 Mississippi reports first coronavirus case The novel coronavirus has officially reached Mississippi.
March 11, 2020 CNN mocked for airing graphic declaring Sanders the winner in Mississippi CNN had a rough start to its election coverage on Tuesday night after accidentally displaying Sen. Bernie Sanders, I-Vt., as the winner of the Mississippi primary.
March 11, 2020 Biden's 'Joe-mentum' grows as Dem front-runner sweeps Midwest contests, eyes Sanders knockout An extremely disappointing evening for Bernie Sanders means the populist U.S. senator from Vermont now faces daunting delegate math that is swiftly placing the Democratic presidential nomination beyond his reach.
February 26, 2020 152 Mississippi inmates, backed by Jay-Z and Yo Gotti, sue prison over 'barbaric' conditions Attorneys filed a lawsuit Tuesday against the Mississippi State Penitentiary on behalf of 152 inmates, who they say live in “abhorrent conditions.”
February 25, 2020 Mississippi man convicted of murdering 8, including relatives, in bloody rampage A man accused of killing eight people, including a deputy sheriff, on Memorial Day Weekend 2017 was convicted Tuesday by a Mississippi jury.
February 23, 2020 Mississippi pipeline rupture results in dozens hospitalized, hundreds evacuated Dozens of people were hospitalized and several hundred were evacuated after a major gas leak late Saturday in Mississippi that appeared to have been caused by recent heavy rains, according to officials.
February 20, 2020 Mississippi 'heartbeat' abortion law blocked by federal appeals court A federal appeals court is upholding a block on a Mississippi law that would ban abortion at the detect of a fetal heartbeat, around six weeks into a pregnancy.