Mississippi

Mississippi Governor Tate Reeves said the push to move America in a socialist or communist direction was concerning and students should be taught what makes America the "greatest place on Earth."

"We're at a really tenuous position right now, and we've become a little bit numb to the deaths," said the state's health officer.

Byhalia Police officer David Pannell's post mocked Harris' "Cindarella story" ascension to the second-highest political office in the nation.

"We will certainly fight that, if it becomes necessary," the Republican governor said on Thursday.

The U.S. is reporting its highest 7-day average increases in confirmed COVID-19 cases this month, and medical centers in hotspot areas are struggling to meet patient demand.

The remark comes as a response to a Twitter thread claiming the U.S. is not a democracy.

Prior to this win, Branch made history when she was the first African American to be named Miss Mississippi USA in 2018.

The broadcast news network used a shadowy outline of a person in place of an image of Kanye West during its 2020 election coverage.

Mardarikkious Walls, 21, has been charged with one count of contributing to the neglect of a child.

One child has already been bitten.

Charles Edward Beckham III, who is running in Arkansas' District 12, made students suffer "emotional harm" after they saw him in the outfit in 2000.

The victims were shot as they sat in a car at the fast food outlet in Canton, Mississippi, on Wednesday evening.

In his second bid in two years to become the first Black senator from Mississippi since Reconstruction, Mike Espy has erased a 25-point deficit to make the race a dead heat.

Masks are still required in some specified settings, but Mississippi's statewide order expired on September 30.

Delta, now categorized as a post-tropical cyclone, "continues to be a heavy rainfall threat," the National Hurricane Center warned Sunday.

"Voters who aren't wearing masks could put public health at risk,' said Mississippi Representative Jeramey Anderson.

"Currently, 15 students have tested positive and 165 are quarantined. These numbers represent 35% of the total enrollment at the middle school," Long Beach School District Superintendent Jay Smith wrote in the letter. "These numbers represent 35% of the total enrollment at the middle school."

One teen described how he could still hear the gunshots and feel the moment his ATV was hit. The teen said he could see one of the men shooting at him from the driver's side and the other shooting at him across the truck's roof.

A letter circulating online is falsely attributed to Mississippi Governor Tate Reeves and wrongly claims that the statewide face mask requirement has been "abolished," officials warn.

A handful of southern states have each reported a drop in new COVID-19 deaths in recent weeks.

The woman, who was returning home from work, said she felt a "thump" as the suspected eastern rat snake suddenly fell down.

"It's definitely different. I would absolutely prefer to be [there] and be able to look at the players in their eyes and them see me on the field," Brennan Pugh, Vardaman High School's head football coach, told Newsweek.

The cyclone left half a million people in Florida and Alabama without power this week, contributing to a historically active hurricane season.

State Auditor Shad White also wants the University of Mississippi to withhold the two days' worth of pay, saying it's his responsibility to investigate the spending of public funds, including the salaries of public universities' faculty.

The National Weather Service predicts 10 to 20 inches of rain across the region, with "historic flooding possible."

The NWS warns that historic flooding is possible and extreme life-threatening flash flooding is likely through Wednesday.

The storm is expected to bring "life-threatening" floods along the coastlines of Louisiana, Mississippi and Alabama. Sally is expected to make landfall overnight into Tuesday morning.

Tropical Storm Sally is expected to make landfall on Tuesday, bringing heavy rainfall and storm surge flooding to the Gulf Coast less than a month after Hurricane Laura hit the area.

Sally is the earliest 18th-named tropical storm to form in a single Atlantic hurricane season.

The majority of those in attendance broke social distancing guidelines as they mingled. Many did not wear masks, or wore them improperly, video footage shows.