
Mississippi prepares new push on education
It's early on a Friday morning, and high school chemistry students in Victoria Dawson's class are working equations at the board. Dawson is peppering ...

Obama backs Planned Parenthood in political fight
President Barack Obama vowed Friday to join Planned Parenthood in fighting against what he said are efforts by states to turn women's health back to ...
Device to scare birds causes Guard base lockdown
After a report of gunfire, Air National Guard officials locked down a Mississippi base on Wednesday, but the noise thought to be shots turned out to ...

Investigators: Suspect shot officer, then himself
A murder suspect shot a police detective who was interviewing him at police headquarters in Mississippi's capital city, then shot himself, state ...

The South: A near-solid block against 'Obamacare'
As more Republicans give in to President Barack Obama's health-care overhaul, an opposition bloc remains across the South, including from governors ...

Mississippi twister carves long path of wreckage
Jeff Revette ran from his car and lay face-down in the grass next to the red-brick wall of a church as a tornado roared toward him, with debris ...

Homes wrecked, dozen hurt in Mississippi tornado
Residents shaken by a tornado that mangled homes in Mississippi were waking up Monday to a day of removing trees, patching roofs and giving thanks for ...
Only Miss. abortion clinic gets license warning
Mississippi's only abortion clinic said it received notice Friday that the state Health Department intends to revoke its operating license.
Bill filed in Miss. seeks to nullify federal laws
Mississippi defied the union during the Civil War and civil rights era, and at least two lawmakers think it is time to do so again. Republican state ...

40 years after Roe, states seek to limit abortions
Ever since a 40-year-old Supreme Court decision found that abortions are legal in some circumstances, state legislatures across the country have been ...

40 years after Roe v. Wade, abortion foes march on
Abortion opponents marked the 40th anniversary of the Roe v. Wade decision Tuesday with workshops, prayers and calls for more limits on the rights ...

Roe v Wade: After 40 years, deep divide is legacy
By today's politically polarized standards, the Supreme Court's momentous Roe v. Wade ruling was a landslide. By a 7-2 vote on Jan. 22, 1973, the ...

Sheriffs, state lawmakers push back on gun control
From Oregon to Mississippi, President Barack Obama's proposed ban on new assault weapons and large-capacity magazines struck a nerve among rural ...

Christmas Day storms blamed for 3 deaths
Twisters hopscotched across the Deep South, and, along with brutal, straight-line winds, knocked down countless trees, blew the roofs off homes and ...

Electoral College vote affirms Obama re-election
Tradition trumped suspense Monday as members of the Electoral College cast the official, final votes in the 2012 presidential election, a ...