Senate Approves Anti-Violence Against Women ActBy a robust bipartisan majority, the Senate voted Tuesday to renew the Violence Against Women Act with new assurances that gays and lesbians, immigrants and Native American women will have equal access to the act's anti-domestic violence programs.
Mail Scam May Have Cost Stewpot $100KStewpot Community Services CEO Frank Spencer said Stewpot may have lost more than $100,000 in a mail-fraud scam.
Erin's Law: Stopping Child Sexual AbuseFrom the time she was 6 years old, Erin Merryn was sexually abused. For two-and-half years, a neighbor in his late 20s molested her, she said. Then, when Merryn was 11, her cousin began to abuse her, a situation that, …
Democrats Reintroducing Assault Weapons Ban ThursdayWASHINGTON (AP) — Congressional Democrats are reintroducing legislation to ban assault weapons but the measure faces long odds even after last month's mass school shooting in Newtown, Conn.
Texas Official: 3 Wounded in College ShootingA shooting on a Texas community college campus wounded three people Tuesday and sent students fleeing for safety as officials placed the campus on lockdown, officials said.
NM Teen Accused of Killings of Parents, 3 ChildrenA horrific scene awaited officers responding to an emergency call at a New Mexico home—five family members dead, all with multiple gunshot wounds. The victims were later identified as parents and their three young children and the suspected attacker as …
Thousands Rally Against Stricter Gun ControlAUSTIN, Texas (AP) — Thousands of gun advocates gathered peacefully Saturday at state capitals around the U.S. to rally against stricter limits on firearms, with demonstrators carrying rifles and pistols in some places while those elsewhere settled for waving hand-scrawled …
Pike Co. Shipping Juveniles to Adams Co.Faced with the possibility of a lawsuit by the Southern Poverty Law Center, Pike County supervisors voted Tuesday to shut down the county juvenile detention center effective Feb. 11.
Eric Holder Praises Miss. U.S. AttorneyU.S. Attorney General Eric Holder praised the U.S. attorney for the southern district of Mississippi as a man with keen intellect and a tireless work ethic during an investiture ceremony Thursday in Jackson.
The NRA BankrollOn Dec. 21, National Rifle Association chief Wayne LaPierre went in front of the TV cameras to read an announcement regarding the shootings in Newtown, Conn.
From Dixie With SlugsLate on the evening of May 20, 2010, Thomas Wortham IV was sitting on his motorcycle when a car pulled up.
The 'Gun-Show Loophole'Mississippians with a yen to add to their personal arsenals can head out to a gun show in the state just about any weekend of the year.
Trafficking of human beings--for sex or for labor--affects everyday people we all might encounter.
Stewpot Community Services CEO Frank Spencer said Stewpot may have lost more than $100,000 in a mail-fraud scam.
From the time she was 6 years old, Erin Merryn was sexually abused. For two-and-half years, a neighbor in his late 20s molested her, she said. Then, when Merryn was 11, her cousin began to abuse her, a situation that, …
On Dec. 21, National Rifle Association chief Wayne LaPierre went in front of the TV cameras to read an announcement regarding the shootings in Newtown, Conn.
Late on the evening of May 20, 2010, Thomas Wortham IV was sitting on his motorcycle when a car pulled up.
Mississippians with a yen to add to their personal arsenals can head out to a gun show in the state just about any weekend of the year.