Robert Jones Jr. liked to jump double Dutch outside the Brooklyn home he grew up in. But his grandfather, a staunch follower of the Nation of Islam, forbade it. He wasn't even allowed to be afraid. Men don't fear, his grandfather believed. "He presented a very particular and stringent type of masculinity that did not have a lot of room for me," Jones, now 49, said. And the Christians in his ...
Mississippi hoisted a new state flag without the Confederate battle emblem, six months after the last U.S. state banner with the symbol was retired.
Mississippi hoisted a new state flag without the Confederate battle emblem on Monday, just over six months after legislators retired the last …
A winter storm has brought snow to parts of the U.S. South, moving into Alabama, Tennessee and northern Georgia on Monday after blowing across Texas, Louisiana and Mississippi the day before. The blanket of white falling across the region forced some school and government office closures, and fostered some play time for adults and children cooped up in the pandemic.
“Prohibition New York City: Speakeasy Queen Texas Guinan, Blind Pigs, Drag Balls & More” by David Rosen; (192 pages, $21.99) ——— Last call. On Jan. 17, 1920, Prohibition became a sobering reality. Bars were padlocked, liquor stores shuttered, and thirsty Americans sent home. Beer banned, vodka, verboten; the teetotalers had finally won. The party was over, they proudly proclaimed. They didn’t ...
UPS worker Mimi Chandler was captured on a CCTV camera dancing with joy after picking up some candies left as a gift at the door of a home in …
CAPE GIRARDEAU — In a likely pretext to what could be a wild 2020-21 season, the SIU men's basketball team lost its Saturday game with Souther…
In days of old, books about nature were often as treasured for their illustrations as they were for their words. "World of Wonders," American poet and teacher Aimee Nezhukumatathil's prose ode to her muses in the natural world, is a throwback that way. Its words are beautiful, but its cover and interior illustrations by Fumi Mini Nakamura may well be what first moves you to pick it up in a ...
Ben and Erin Napier are #couplegoals. This sweet duo have an easy rapport that just flows in between the homes they renovate with a vintage vibe in their hometown of Laurel, Mississippi. The show's entire first season with 10 episodes is now streaming on Hulu.
Five more states legalized marijuana for adults, and voters made Oregon the first state to decriminalize possession of small amounts of some street drugs.
"A Time for Mercy" by John Grisham; Doubleday (480 pages, $29.95) ___ Deep in the night, a woman waits in fear for her boyfriend to come home. Her two teenage children cower in a locked bedroom. When the man appears, raging drunk, he beats the woman, then passes out. Her children find her bloodied and unresponsive. A gunshot rings out. That chilling chapter kick-starts the 35th novel by John ...
WAVELAND, Miss. (AP) — Storm-weary Gulf Coast residents prepared for a new weather onslaught Monday as Tropical Storm Sally churned northward.
The latest news and results as voters head to the polls in New York, Kentucky, North Carolina, Virginia and Mississippi.
A plaque was unveiled on Monday that names the memorial at Don Cooper Veterans Park “Little Arlington.”
JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — This one slipped through the cracks.
Have all your information ready. This includes contact information for all your employers from the past 18 months, your Social Security number…
With no computer or internet at home, Raegan Byrd's homework assignments present a nightly challenge: How much can she get done using just her smartphone?
Joe Biden and Bernie Sanders debate one-on-one for the first time. Which candidate gains the inside track? Follow live updates to find out.
Six states hold their primaries March 10. Which Democratic contender takes home the most delegates? Follow our liveblog for the latest news and results.
When recent heavy rains swelled a private Mississippi lake and began eroding its earthen dam, Yazoo County Emergency Management Director Jack Willingham was scrambling for a plan.
The swollen Pearl River appeared to crest in Mississippi’s capital, Jackson, but more rain was forecast. It's a “precarious situation,” Missis…
If seeing "G.I. Blues" 14 times makes one an Elvis fan, then Connie Tullos definitely qualifies.
FLOWOOD, Miss. (AP) — Authorities in Mississippi say two men attempted to scam the state lottery commission by submitting a losing ticket that had the winning numbers glued onto it.
McCOMB, Miss. (AP) — A scraggly metal Christmas tree planted in a pothole has inspired a Mississippi minister to pen a holiday song.
Two of the longest-tenured radio announcers in the country will be in Hattiesburg, Mississippi, Saturday, and SIU coach Bryan Mullins is happy…