Mississippi

A shocking video captured at a Mississippi home shows the moment when a bolt of lightning hit a tree and split it in half.

An attorney says a Mississippi police officer who shot and wounded an 11-year-old Black boy in the child’s home should be fired.

School officials told her to dress like a boy ,and a federal judge did not block the officials’ decision.

The shooting happened in Ocean Springs, Mississippi, during a Cinco de Mayo party.

A 19-year-old man has been charged with killing two teens and wounding four others in a shooting at a house party on the Mississippi Gulf Coast.

The Mississippi welfare fraud case has also named NFL Hall of Famer Brett Favre.

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.

Last week's tornado destroyed roughly 300 homes and businesses in Rolling Fork and the nearby town of Silver City. The death toll in Mississippi stood at 21. One person died in Alabama, as well.

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“They said you need to take cover, but it happened so fast a lot of people didn’t even get a chance to take cover."

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

Dozens more are injured and at least four people are missing, Mississippi officials said.

A Mississippi sheriff says a lone gunman man killed six people including his ex-wife and stepfather at multiple locations in a small, rural town near the Tennessee state line.

The American Society of Civil Engineers gave the US a 'C-' overall for its drinking water systems.

Investigators are still trying to piece together what led to the fatal shootings.

Two police officers in coastal Mississippi were shot and killed early Wednesday by a woman who they had talked to for nearly 30 minutes in a motel parking lot, authorities said. The woman also died.

Nearly the entire workforce of the Mississippi-based company got a memo informing them not to come to work the next day.

The 9-foot bronze statue of Emmett Till coming to Greenwood, Mississippi, is not far from where white men kidnapped and killed the Black teen over accusations that he flirted with a white woman.

Video footage showed one of the former Mississippi daycare employees wearing a mask similar to the "Scream" movies and yelling at children who didn't "clean up" or "act good."