12-Year Sentence for Jail Phone is 'Failure,' Justice SaysThe Mississippi Supreme Court's confirmation of a 12-year prison sentence for an African American man who carried his mobile phone into a county jail cell is being slammed as a brutal example of racial injustice.
Vic SchaeferMississippi State's win over LSU provided a perfect picture of what coach Vic Schaefer is dealing with in a transition year.
Mississippi Governor: Prison Violence Was a 'Catastrophe'Mississippi's new governor said Thursday that the state will conduct a nationwide search for a new commissioner to lead a state prison system that's reckoning with what he called a “catastrophe” — a recent outburst of deadly violence and longstanding …
Putin Fast-Tracks Effort to Extend His Rule in RussiaPresident Vladimir Putin on Thursday fast-tracked work on constitutional changes that could keep him in power well past the end of his term in 2024 while lawmakers quickly sealed his choice for new prime minister.
Trump's Impeachment Trial Underway With Reading of ChargesThe U.S. Senate opened the impeachment trial of President Donald Trump on Thursday, with House Democrats reading the formal charges in the chamber ahead of the swearing in of all 100 senators as jurors for only the third trial to …
MSU and USM Martin Luther King Day Events and Millsaps Humanities AwardDonald Shaffer, an associate professor of English and director of African American Studies at Mississippi State University, will serve as the keynote speaker at the university's 26th annual Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Unity Breakfast and Day of Service on …
Watchdog: White House Violated Law in Freezing Ukraine AidThe White House violated federal law in withholding security assistance to Ukraine, an action at the center of President Donald Trump's impeachment, a federal watchdog agency said Thursday.
Ukraine Opens Probe of Possible Surveillance of AmbassadorUkrainian police said Thursday they have opened an investigation into the possibility that the U.S. ambassador came under illegal surveillance by an unknown party before she was recalled from her post in May.
Board Delays Vote on Moving Confederate Monument at Ole MissA Confederate monument will remain, for now, in a prominent spot on the University of Mississippi campus, nearly a year after student leaders requested that it be moved to a Civil War cemetery.
Mike LeachNew Mississippi State University head coach Mike Leach will certainly be a fun one to watch during press conferences. Leach has been known to discuss topics such as vikings versus pirates, his hope that there is a bigfoot, and his …