Mississippi

Thirteen inmates died in its jails during August alone.

Daniel Starks was fired from Meridian Police Department after using excessive force against suspect.

Mississippi employees may get the day off to honor Confederate soldiers who died during the Civil War.

Mississippi, the state with the highest infant mortality rate and worst overall ranking in the nation for children and infant care, according to a recent report, is expected to adopt the country's strictest abortion laws on Monday. 

Mississippi Governor Phil Bryant is expected to sign legislation that will ban abortion in the state after 15 weeks.

"I think this indicates how accepting Starkville is and how much progress Starkville has made."

And what the president can nevertheless learn from the museum.

Mississippi sends the message that black Americans need to “toughen up” or “move out of the state,” if they are offended by the Confederate flag, according to a legal brief filed to the U.S. Supreme Court on Friday.

This will be the first Trump Organization project not to bear the president's name.

The marker was close to another that had been shot at months earlier.

Eight victims in Lincoln County were killed at three different locations on Saturday night.

The court let stand lower court rulings that blocked restrictions on doctors who perform abortions in Mississippi and Wisconsin a day after the court struck down a similar measure in Texas.

The probe into the racist prison gang culminated with murder convictions and halted its march toward consolidation.

The decision came after a 50-year battle with the U.S. Department of Justice.

Multiple crime scenes are involved and authorities say a person of interest was being interviewed.

Campaigners said it is "frightening" that an ally has had to issue such a warning.

Mississippi's "religious freedom" law, a look at Jerry Brown's career, how Ted Cruz could become president and more in this week's top political stories.

Despite what evangelicals say, God’s OK with you selling baked goods to a gay couple.

The law allows businesses and individuals to refuse to serve LGBT people on the basis of religion.

A fierce storm struck a Louisiana trailer park.

At least 28 people have died in the U.S. Midwest since the weekend in rare winter floods.

The student senate last week voted 33 to 15 to take down the flag.

One police officer sustained mild injuries in the shootout.

Shannon Lamb, who taught social science and geography at Delta State University, gave no motive for the killings.

Shannon Lamb is suspected of first killing a woman, then a history professor, on Monday.

The school is in lockdown and the suspect is at large, officials confirmed.

A young Mississippi couple allegedly planned to travel to Turkey and then cross the border into Syria to join ISIS.

A 24-year-old suspect was arrested and is in custody at the Madison County jail.

Marvin Banks, 29, and Joanie Calloway, 22, were each charged with two counts of capital murder.