Mississippi

President Joe Biden declares emergency as crews dig through storm wreckage

At least 25 people were killed and dozens of others were injured in Mississippi as the massive storm ripped through several towns on its hour-long path

'There's nothing left': Mississippi tornadoes kill 26

The tornado devastated a swath of the Mississippi Delta town of Rolling Fork, reducing homes to piles of rubble, flipping cars on their sides and toppling the town's water tower

Six dead in Mississippi shooting rampage, suspect detained

The deadly shooting comes only days after a man, also with no known motive, attacked a university campus in the northern state of Michigan, killing three people

What is nitrogen hypoxia, the untried execution method that Alabama wants to use?

In 2018 Alabama became the third state — along with Oklahoma and Mississippi — to authorise the untested use of nitrogen gas to execute prisoners

US airport worker, who knew just how to take off, safely lands plane after threat to crash into Walmart, arrested: WATCH

Cory Wayne Patterson, 29, circled for five hours over unnerved Mississippians before ending the flight safely in a soybean field where police arrested him

Joe Biden dwells upon 'climate crisis' after twin fury of Hurricane Ida, wildfires in US

Ida was the fifth-most powerful storm to strike the US when it hit Louisiana on Sunday with maximum winds of 150 mph or 240 kmph

Hurricane Ida knocks out power of New Orleans, inundates coastal Louisiana

Ida finally became a tropical storm again 16 hours after making landfall in Louisiana as a Category 4 hurricane

In his new novel Sooley, John Grisham exits the courtroom to write about college basketball

In an interview, Grisham, who played baseball and basketball at Southaven High School in Mississippi, said the idea for the story began three years ago when he read an article about the South Sudanese national team competing in Hawaii at the World Youth Basketball Tournament.

Looking anew at the American landscape's oft-neglected corners through an instant camera

There is beauty in the swing ride at the Mississippi State Fair, seats suspended against an azure sky. There is humor in the giant statue of a hotdog alongside a highway in Lesage, West Virginia.

Joe Biden slams 'Neanderthal thinking' of Texas, Mississippi to end mask mandates

Texas, followed by Mississippi, brushed off warnings to not relax restrictions on Tuesday, saying businesses, including restaurants and bars, could operate as normal from coming week