Mississippi

The Mississippi dog is still looking for a nearby home after a 12-year-old set him on fire in April of 2021, requiring multiple skin grafts to treat.

King's birthday will be observed as a federal holiday on Monday, but it won't be called by the same name in every state.

"To say a hospital has zero available ICU beds without knowing the flexibility of bed capacity can [cause] unnecessary fear," Stephen Love told Newsweek.

Southaven Middle School said that offering the items was meant to help address the stress of trying to live up to the "ideal body shape."

"The people who suffer the most are, of course, the poor," said one public defender after a report showed just how many inmates remain in jail.

Mississippi officials ordered hospitals to allow the transfer of patients to account for hospitals being overwhelmed by a spike in COVID-19 cases.

"It is difficult to convince me we can't do a better job to interrupt that cycle," Chokwe Antar Lumumba said during a Monday press conference.

Mississippi's Mardi Gras festivities are going forward as planned, as residents say they can't "live in fear" of the COVID-19 pandemic.

While most nursing home staff members in the state are vaccinated, around 25 percent still are not.

The 74-year-old, fully vaccinated Republican who previously had COVID in 2020 tested positive a day after the state legislature began its first session of 2022.

Officers said drugs and assault rifles were involved and criticized witnesses who "don't want to be seen as snitches."

"We're in the midst of a peak of transmission that we've never seen, most likely, this whole pandemic," state Health Officer Dr. Thomas Dobbs said.

"The behavior of the officer was indefensible, in my opinion, but it did not rise to a level of termination," Vicksburg Mayor George Flaggs Jr. said.

By 2022, California will pay minimum wage workers $15 an hour—more than double the pay of their counterparts in 20 other states.

The Vicksburg Police Mayor called the conduct of officer Eddie Colbert, which was caught on video and shared on Facebook, "embarrassing."

After Felicia Cox's brother-in-law admitted to killing her in 2007 shortly before his execution, authorities confirmed the remains found were hers through DNA.

As of December 22, Idaho, Wyoming, Alabama, Mississippi and Louisiana are the least vaccinated states in the U.S.

Pastor Shane Vaughn said those who are wearing face masks are walking in the "spirit of the antichrist."

Authorities found the body of Felicia Cox, who went missing in 2007, after her brother-in-law admitted to killing her shortly before his Nov. 17 execution.

An intense and unusual weather system struck six states this weekend, leaving widespread damage and fears that upwards of 100 people have died.

"While this action stays the mandate, the benefits of getting vaccinated are clear," University of Mississippi Chancellor Glenn Boyce wrote.

Dr. John Witcher said he took three patients off of an FDA-approved COVID-19 medication and replaced it with ivermectin, which has not been approved for COVID.

"With the Justice Department's stamp on it, even a statement that the killings were wrongful would help even if there's no prosecutions," said John Hayes.

David Neal Cox, the first man executed in Mississippi since 2012, confessed to a 2007 murder of his sister-in-law before his death for killing his wife.

Carolyn Donham is quoted in "The Blood of Emmett Till" by Timothy B. Tyson saying that she lied about Till grabbing her, whistling and making sexual advances.

The state ban would automatically take effect if the case is overturned and prohibit all abortions except in cases of rape or to save the life of a mother.

MSNBC host Joy Reid compared the United States to the fictional religious dictatorship from 'The Handmaid's Tale'

A Mississippi judge ruled the law that allows landlords to take anything in a home after the time period of an eviction order is unconstitutional.

The Court generally issues all its opinions by the end of term, but that could be in June or even early July.

Shanna Culpepper, 31, remained stuck in her car for 72 hours after landing in a drainage ditch in Mississippi.