In a 2016 Pew Research Center survey, 76% of Americans named 9/11 as one of the 10 most consequential events of their ...

Cassandra Wilson, originally from Jackson, Miss., died peacefully at home Tuesday, Sept. 1, 2026. Here, she performs at the JVC Jazz Festival in Newport, R.I., on Aug. 10, 2003. AP Photo/Stew Milne, ...

Mississippi voters will choose a U.S. senator to represent the state in Congress in the general election on Tuesday, Nov. 3, 2026. Incumbent Republican U.S. Sen. Cindy Hyde-Smith (right), independent ...

The University of Southern Mississippi football team, backed by coaches and team staff, left M.M. Roberts Stadium and walked out on their planned Aug. 28, 2020, practice to protest against racial ...

On Thursday, Aug. 6, 2026, Hinds County Coroner’s Office identified 29-year-old Tasia Fortune as the woman who was found hanging in a tree behind a vacant home in Jackson, Miss., on Monday, Aug. 3, ...

After 21-year-old Delta State University student Trey Reed, right, was found hanging in a tree on campus on Sept. 15, 2025, civil rights attorney Ben Crump, left, vowed to help the family find answers ...

Bart Edmiston, left, took steps to sue influencer Kymbra Li (center) for defamation on July 29, 2026, over social media posts that he says imply he may have played a role in Nolan Wells’ death. Wells, ...

Attorney Ben Crump (left) speaks during a memorial service for Nolan Xavier Wells (right), an 18-year-old found dead after taking a July 4 boat trip with friends, Monday, July 20, 2026, in Ocean ...

Nolan Wells, second from right, disappeared after going on a trip with friends to Horn Island, just south of Jackson County off of the Mississippi Gulf Coast, on Saturday, July 4, 2026. A U.S. park ...

Hinds County District Attorney Jody Owens, seen here outside the Thad Cochran United States Courthouse on Nov. 7, 2024, pleaded guilty to a federal conspiracy charge in a Jackson bribery scandal on ...

Vellesiya Wiley (center) stands with family and attorneys Van Turner (left) and Ben Crump (second from left) during a press conference on the police killing of her 1-year-old child, Kohen Wiley, at ...

A Mississippi police officer shot 1-year-old Kohen Wiley, killing him, in response to a shoplifting call at the Walmart in Senatobia, Miss., on Sunday, June 14, 2026. Photo courtesy Kohen Wiley family ...