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US Election 2024: Exit polls, result announcements, and key polling insights in Indian time
The U.S. Presidential election on November 5, 2024, is shaping up to be a close contest between Kam…
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An Arkansas county doesn't want families to move. It's offering them up to $50,000 to buy a new home.
Mississippi County, Arkansas is offering new and existing residents up to $50,000 toward their drea…
Allie Kelly
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An 800-pound gator was caught in Mississippi and the record-breaking monster's meat was donated to soup kitchens
The behemoth alligator, measuring over 14 feet long, looks like a predator straight out of "Jurassi…
Katherine Tangalakis-Lippert
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A railroad worker figured out how to send thousands of gallons of drinking water by rail from Mississippi to the Navajo Nation to alleviate the water crisis
Andrew Halter delivers water from Mississippi 1,200 miles via the railroad to families on the Navaj…
Kelsey Vlamis
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Congressman appears to praise University of Mississippi students, including one making monkey gestures, who taunted a lone Black Gaza protester
Rep. Mike Collins appeared to praise University of Mississippi students, including one who made mon…
Cameron Manley
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A Mississippi tornado has killed at least one person as severe weather flattened homes across the state
After 9 days of severe weather in Mississippi, multiple tornadoes passed through central Mississipp…
Blake Dodge
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Droughts killed more than 12 million trees in Mississippi and no one has the money to cut them down
Timber farmers are expected to lose $96 million after droughts killed more than 12 million pine tre…
Kenneth Niemeyer
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A 16-year-old boy died while working in a Mississippi poultry plant. An unscrupulous hiring agency may be to blame, a workplace expert says.
Under federal child labor laws, it is illegal for poultry plants to hire someone under 18 due to in…
Katie Hawkinson
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Judge chides Mississippi police department for illegally withholding police documents from Insider
Insider sued Rankin County Sheriff's Department last year after it failed to turn over reports on t…
Ashley Collman
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There is so much gun violence in one Mississippi neighborhood that a military base piled up shipping containers to defend itself from stray bullets
A Navy base in Mississippi erected a wall of shipping containers after stray gunfire from a nearby …
Kenneth Niemeyer
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Tornado Alley is shifting East, putting states like Mississippi, Tennessee, and Alabama at higher risk of devastating twisters
More tornadoes are touching down east of Tornado Alley in recent decades, and researchers anticipat…
Rebecca Strong
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Video shows the terrifying moment a deadly tornado rips through a Mississippi high school
The video shows part of the ceiling falling in and debris flying through the hall. At least 25 peop…
Bethany Dawson
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A 13-year-old who couldn't get an abortion is now starting 7th grade as a mom, report says
A young Mississippi girl had a baby after being assaulted by a stranger and finding out the nearest…
Gabby Landsverk
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The freak tornado in Mississippi killed a 2-year-old girl while her mother was giving birth, report says
The 2-year-old was with her grandparents in Silver City, Mississippi, over the weekend when a torna…
Sophia Ankel
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A Mississippi meteorologist prayed on-air for small-town residents as a deadly tornado barreled toward them: VIDEO
A tornado left a trail of destruction in Mississippi Friday, killing at least 26 people. A local we…
Aidan Pollard
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Photos of Tyre Nichols' funeral at Mississippi Boulevard Church in Memphis show a community jolted into activism
Attorney Benjamin Crump, left, RowVaughn Wells, mother of Tyre Nichols, center, and stepfather Rodn…
Haven Orecchio-Egresitz
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The 11-year-old Mississippi boy who was shot by police after calling 911 has been telling his mom 'it's the cop's fault — it's not your fault,' lawyer says
An attorney representing 11-year-old Aderrien Murry told Insider the child keeps asking "what did h…
Michelle Mark
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A group of Mississippi cops terrorized residents for more than two decades almost entirely unchecked
A Mississippi sheriff's department oversaw a campaign of abuse in its district since 2021, Business…
Kenneth Niemeyer
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Mississippi police chief ousted for recording bragging about shooting a Black man 119 times, using the N-word
Lexington Police Chief Sam Dobbins was fired for allegedly using homophobic and racist slurs captur…
Kenneth Niemeyer
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A lawsuit seeking to reinstate abortion in Mississippi has been dropped after the state's last clinic was shut down and sold
The state's last abortion clinic — which was at the center of the landmark Supreme Court case overt…