Mississippi bus crash kills 7, injures dozens; tire failure blamed

A bus crash in Mississippi on Saturday morning resulted in seven fatalities and left dozens injured after the vehicle overturned on Interstate 20 near Bovina in Warren County.

Escaped Mississippi murder suspect arrested at Chicago restaurant after hours-long standoff with police

A murder suspect who escaped from a Mississippi courthouse was arrested at a restaurant on Chicago's Near West Side, blocks from the Democratic National Convention, after an hours-long standoff with police.

Mother sues after 10-year-old son arrested for public urination

A Mississippi mother has filed a $2 million federal lawsuit against police and city leaders, alleging her 10-year-old son was unjustly arrested for public urination.

Mississippi mother accused of murdering son, hiding body behind false wall

Jerri Lynn Isreal, a 66-year-old Mississippi mother, has been arrested and charged with the first-degree murder of her son, John Allen Gaither. The arrest follows a welfare concern call in December regarding a possible missing person

215 bodies found in Jackson, Mississippi exposed

An alarming situation has unfolded in Jackson, Mississippi, where 215 bodies were discovered buried in unmarked graves behind a state jail.

Truck driver plows through national cemetery, damaging veterans' headstones

A truck driver, possibly experiencing a medical emergency, crashed into a national cemetery, damaging 10 headstones of deceased veterans along with other structures.

Biden to establish national monument honoring Emmett Till, the Black teen lynched in Mississippi

Biden will sign a proclamation on Tuesday to create the Emmett Till and Mamie Till-Mobley National Monument across three sites in Illinois and Mississippi, according to the official.

Mississippi must allow religious exemption for childhood vaccines, judge orders

Mississippi must join most other states in allowing religious exemptions from vaccinations that children are required to receive so they can attend school, a federal judge has ruled.

Wife accused of murdering husband on Facebook Live

Authorities in Mississippi believe the couple got into an argument that turned physical.