World & Nation
Authorities in Jackson, Miss., look for a suspected arsonist who set seven fires early Tuesday. At least two of the buildings were churches.
Nov. 8, 2022
University of Mississippi is trying to rethink an image linked with the Confederacy and Dixie intolerance. The effort has sparked a culture war that shows no signs of easing.
May 22, 1997
Sports Now
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April 8, 2010
Politics
John Cornelius Stennis, the mild-mannered, 84-year-old Mississippi Democrat, sat at a huge mahogany table in his spacious office and described the elixir of energy and cheer that has sustained him for almost four decades in the Senate: “Without question, my work is stimulating and rewarding,” he said.
June 8, 1986
The latest on a shooting at Delta State University that left a professor dead (all times local): 12:40 a.m.
Sept. 14, 2015
Opinion
The toughest professor I ever had made me a better doctor. Will high standards slip away if we teachers must worry about keeping students ‘satisfied’?
Oct. 9, 2022
Obituaries
The civil rights activist endured beatings and jail while leading Black voter registration drives in the American South during the 1960s.
July 25, 2021
Nursing programs at Mississippi’s public universities are turning away hundreds of potential students every year because of lack of faculty members.
Jan. 17, 2023
A counterdemonstration against a Gaza war protest at the University of Mississippi turned ugly when one counterprotester appeared to make monkey noises and gestures at a Black woman. A Republican congressman praised the hecklers.
May 3, 2024
The first woman drafted by an NBA team, Lusia Harris also scored the U.S.’ first point in women’s basketball at the Olympics.
Jan. 21, 2022