White House says Biden ‘zeroed in’ on environmental justice despite not visiting Jackson, Mississippi amid water crisis ‘We have made this a priority’, White House says The Independent UK · Sep 7, 2022
Mississippi State vs Arizona Prediction, Game Preview Mississippi State vs Arizona game preview, prediction, and breakdown for the Week 2 game on Saturday, September 10 USA Today Sports Media Group · Sep 7, 2022
Texas’ Steve Sarkisian reminisces on how Nick Saban’s ‘discipline’ shaped his career Back in his time as an Alabama assistant, no one may have taken more verbal abuse from Nick Saban than current Mississippi coach Lane Kiffin. Tribune News Service · Sep 7, 2022
Students return to campus amid water crisis in Jackson Students in Mississippi’s capital were able to return to class for the first time in a week with assurances that the toilets and sinks in their buildings would finally work The Independent UK · Sep 6, 2022
67 years after Emmett Till’s Chicago funeral, his best friend remembers him CHICAGO — When the Rev. Wheeler Parker Jr. thinks of Emmett Till, he sees him running toward home plate with the grace of a lumbering Pullman freight train. Emmett’s slow speed lost their team a softball game, he remembers. Chicago Tribune · Sep 6, 2022
Editorial: A Jim Crow law was designed to disenfranchise Blacks. A court just upheld it What’s wrong with this picture? A federal appeals court in Mississippi, in recently considering whether to overturn an 1890 law that makes it almost impossible for ex-convicts to ever vote again, wrote that the law was “steeped in racism” from its very inception. Then that same court upheld the law… St. Louis Post-Dispatch · Sep 6, 2022
Mississippi pastor confessed to killing a father - after pretending to help family look for him, daughter says James Eric Crisp walked into the Monroe County Sheriff’s Office last week and admitted to killing 48-year-old Roger Loyd Taylor in 2019. Taylor’s daughter tells Andrea Blanco why she doesn’t believe Crisp’s claims of being ‘reformed’ by becoming a minister after the murder The Independent UK · Sep 5, 2022
Residents in Mississippi's capital city get "positive" news as water begins flowing again The water crisis has upended life for the city of nearly 150,000 people. Axios · Sep 4, 2022
Jackson mayor: residents face ‘longer road ahead’ before safe water is restored Precariousness of water system remains before services are fully restored after infrastructure failure, Chokwe Antar Lumumba says The Guardian - US · Sep 4, 2022
Officials: Miss. capital city close to normal water pressure Mississippi's capital has taken a step closer toward restoring normal water service to tens of thousands of customers The Independent UK · Sep 4, 2022
Some states could tax Biden's student loan debt relief President Joe Biden’s student loan forgiveness plan could lift crushing debt burdens from millions of borrowers The Independent UK · Sep 4, 2022
Mississippi capital's Black business owners decry water woes Black business owners in Mississippi’s capital say the city’s broken water system poses dire costs for their bottom lines The Independent UK · Sep 4, 2022
Mississippi Walmart evacuated after pilot threatens to ‘intentionally crash’ into it The pilot later landed safely, injuring no one, and was taken into police custody. The Independent UK · Sep 4, 2022
Luxury cruise ship departs St. Paul, stirs river dreams for passengers, locals MINNEAPOLIS — Bob Wilson stepped off a bus at St. Paul's Lambert's Landing on Saturday, a native back in his hometown for the maiden voyage of the Viking Mississippi, a 450-foot-long cruise ship and floating symbol of this city's hopes for a riverfront tourism revival. Tribune News Service · Sep 4, 2022
Wales Online · Sep 4, 2022 Pilot 'who stole plane and threatened to fly into Walmart store' is arrested The store in Mississippi was evacuated before Cory Wayne Patterson was arrested
WEKU · Sep 3, 2022 In Jackson, Miss., football goes on despite the water crisis Football is a way of life in Jackson, Mississippi. So are boil water notices. The latest water crisis has not stopped fans from filling the stands to support a local college team.
Salon · Sep 3, 2022 US life expectancy in decline The worst decline in a century reveals our for-profit healthcare system for what it really is
The Independent UK · Sep 3, 2022 Pilot seeking to crash plane into a Mississippi Walmart lands safely, in custody Governor Tate Reeves said in a statement that he “thankful the situation has been resolved and that no one was injured.”
Salon · Sep 3, 2022 Jim Crow revived in new voting laws Felon disenfranchisement was a key 1890 "reform" meant to drive Black voters off the rolls. Now it's back
Evening Standard · Sep 3, 2022 Watch: Footage shows pilot ‘threatening to crash into Walmart’ in Mississippi A pilot is threatening to “intentionally to crash into” a local Walmart in Mississippi, local police have said.At approximately 11am UK time (5am US time), officers from the Tupelo Police Department were notified to a possible threat by a pilot.According to officers, the plane, believed to be a King Air…
Axios · Sep 3, 2022 Police: Rogue plane lands, pilot in custody after threatening to hit Mississippi Walmart Police said the pilot threatened to “intentionally crash into Wal-Mart."
The Independent UK · Sep 3, 2022 Police: Plane circling Mississippi city threatens to crash Police say the pilot of a small airplane has been circling over Tupelo and other parts of northeast Mississippi and had threatened to crash the aircraft into a Walmart store
Evening Standard · Sep 3, 2022 Mississippi: Man charged after ‘stealing plane and threatening to crash into Walmart’ The man faces charges of grand larceny and terroristic threats
The Guardian - US · Sep 3, 2022 Pilot lands plane after threatening to crash into Mississippi Walmart – report Airport worker who knew how to take off but not land is in police custody, report says
WEKU · Sep 3, 2022 The pilot who threatened to crash into a Mississippi Walmart has landed safely The pilot who threatened to crash a small plane into a Walmart in Tupelo, Miss., was taken into custody, local authorities said.