After a week-long trial, Mississippi teenager Carly Gregg has been found guilty of first degree murder, guilty of attempted murder and guilty of tampering with evidence.
The initiative began in mid-January; however, no statistics have been released as to how many alleged criminals had been captured under the new program.
Mississipi Governor Phil Bryant signed a state senate bill to defund Planned Parenthood to stop state funding to its abortion clinic. Governor Bryant expressed his happiness as he signed the bill on Tuesday.
More than 300 people marched from the state Capitol to the governor's mansion in Jackson, the capital city, bidding to keep up pressure on Gov. Phil Bryant and other Mississippi leaders who support the controversial law.
After Caitlyn Jenner posted a video of her going inside a women's bathroom at Trump Hotel and claimed nobody got molested during her visit, Ted Cruz has hit back on the former Olympian. Cruz noted that he will continue to support bathroom bills.
Dozens of Methodist leaders in Mississippi are objecting the state's new religious objections law. They claim that the laws violate their religious principles.
Ted Cruz, slammed the GOP frontrunner Donald Trump's stance on the controversial bathroom bill saying even if the real estate mogul dressed up as Hillary Clinton, he should still be not using the girl's restroom.
US companies' executives have signed a letter urging the Mississippi governor to repeal the recently passed law that is deemed discriminatory to LGBT people.
Pennsylvania Governor Tom Wolf has signed executive orders to prohibit discrimination by state contractors against the LGBT community. This is a stark contrast to other states passing laws against the community in the past days.
Executives of several major U.S. corporations urged Mississippi on Wednesday to repeal a new state law that allows businesses to deny wedding services to same-sex couples on religious grounds.
Executives of several major U.S. corporations urged Mississippi on Wednesday to repeal a new state law that allows businesses to deny wedding services to same-sex couples on religious grounds.
Mississippi Senators overpoweringly favoured "God-given right" of self-defense. The State Senate even voted 36-14, allowing armed security in churches.
Mississippi attorney general Carlos Moore said he will defend his state's flag against a lawsuit that endeavors to eliminate its Confederate battle emblem.
The U.S. Supreme Court took up a major new abortion case on Friday, agreeing to hear a challenge by abortion providers to parts of a restrictive, Republican-backed Texas law that they contend are aimed at shutting clinics that offer the procedure.
An eight-mile convoy of pickups, motorcycles and cars wound through a central Florida town on Sunday in a show of support for the Confederate flag, as a backlash against its banishment from public landmarks across the South picks up steam.
A man and woman in Mississippi were arrested and charged with murder on Sunday after two police officers were shot dead a day earlier while conducting a routine traffic stop in Hattiesburg, officials said.
