Pepperidge Farm Sued Over Contaminated Crackers
A Mississippi woman claims in a federal lawsuit Wednesday that she was sickened with salmonella poisoning from eating contaminated Goldfish crackers subject to last month’s nationwide recall.
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Feds Reopen Case That Sparked Civil Rights Push
The U.S. Department of Justice has reopened the 63-year-old case of Emmett Till, the black teenager whose brutal murder in 1955 helped trigger the civil rights movement.
Read moreNovember Looms Large as Primary Season Rolls On
From Mississippi to the open lands of Utah, millions of voters are casting their ballots in primary elections across the nation Tuesday, as Democrats in four states look for a “blue wave” to sweep open seats and counteract the GOP election upset in 2016 of President Donald Trump.
Read moreMississippi Abortion Laws Challenged in Federal Court
The Center for Reproductive Rights sued Mississippi officials Monday to block a new set of laws the group says are designed to cut off a woman’s constitutionally protected right to abortion care.
Read moreGroup Calls Mississippi Flag ‘Racially Hostile’
A Mississippi nonprofit sued the city of Ocean Springs on Tuesday, claiming its display of the state flag is “racially hostile and demeaning” because of its inclusion of the Confederate battle emblem.
Read moreMississippi Sued Over ‘Unforgiving’ Voting Ban For Ex-Cons
A federal class action filed Tuesday accuses Mississippi of enforcing an arcane lifetime voting ban that keeps citizens convicted of certain felonies from ever being able to vote.
Read moreMississippi Governor Names State’s First Female Senator
Mississippi Governor Phil Bryant on Wednesday appointed state agriculture commissioner Cindy Hyde-Smith to fill outgoing U.S. Senator Thad Cochran’s seat, who is retiring due to health issues.
Read moreMississippi Lawmakers Pass Nation’s Strictest Abortion Bill
Mississippi lawmakers passed a bill Thursday outlawing abortions after 15 weeks of pregnancy, a measure that would create the nation’s most restrictive abortion law if it is signed by the Republican governor who supports it.
Read moreWinter Storm Blankets US South in Ice, Snow
The southern United States woke up Tuesday to a winter storm that brought ice to much of Texas and snow to other states including Tennessee and Mississippi, prompting warnings of dangerous travel conditions.
Read moreEPA Promises to Ramp Up Superfund Cleanups
Every time it rains in Pascagoula, Mississippi, something bad happens to the water in Bayou Casotte: the rain helps flush 7 million gallons of contaminated wastewater into the bay on the Pascagoula River.
Read moreWith Trump, Some African Americans to Skip Mississippi Museum Event
Many in Mississippi’s African-American community had waited decades for a civil rights museum. But with President Donald Trump coming to the museum’s opening Saturday, some will skip the eagerly anticipated opening.
Read moreSupreme Court Won’t Hear Challenge to Mississippi Flag
The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday rejected an appeal from a Mississippi attorney who believes the state flag is an unconstitutional endorsement of white supremacy.
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Mississippi Lawman Faces 20 Years for Evidence Tampering
A former Mississippi sheriff’s deputy faces up to 20 years in federal prison if convicted of a grand jury indictment, unsealed Wednesday, accusing him of evidence tampering by planting a weapon near the body of a man he shot to death in 2013.
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Mississippi Hospital Sued for Paramedic’s Sexual Assault
A Mississippi hospital faces a negligence lawsuit for claims that its now-imprisoned paramedic sexually assaulted a patient in the back of an ambulance while the driver recorded some of it on his cellphone.
Read moreMississippi Parents Fight State Takeover of Jackson Schools
A federal lawsuit filed by more than two dozen parents of students enrolled in the Jackson Public School District accuses Mississippi education officials of planning an unconstitutional state takeover of the district without any community input.
Read moreNissan Defeats Union Drive at Mississippi Factory
Nissan has defeated the United Auto Workers’ attempt to unionize the auto plant in Canton, Mississippi, garnering No votes from 63 percent of the 3,551 workers who voted in the two-day election, marred by acrimonious, blistering statements from both sides.
Read moreAuto Union Fights to Represent Nissan Workers in Mississippi
Drawing the attention of politicians and labor interests nationwide, workers at the Nissan plant in Canton, Mississippi entered voting booths Thursday and Friday to cast their secret ballots in a decision that could see one of the nation’s largest unions expanding its reach beyond Motor City.
Read moreLaw Firm Must Pay $314K to PR Firm Hired for Discontinued Case
A Mississippi law firm must fork over $314,000 in unpaid monthly retainer fees to a PR company it hired after taking a potential controversial case related to the multi-state tobacco litigation, a federal judge ruled Tuesday.
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