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Trump Defiant Despite Rising Outrage Over Border Separations
An unapologetic President Donald Trump defended his administration's border-protection policies in the face of rising national outrage over the forced separation of migrant children from their parents. Calling for tough action against illegal immigration, Trump declared the U.S. "will not be a migrant camp" on his watch.
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Democratic Attorneys General Urge End to Border Separations
A coalition of Democratic attorneys general demanded Tuesday that the Trump administration end a "zero tolerance" policy that has resulted in children being separated from their parents at the U.S.-Mexico border.
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Students Named as Mississippi Test Panel to Begin Meeting
Four Mississippi high school seniors will be among a 28-member task force meeting to examine state and local tests given to public school students.
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Protesters Burn Mississippi Flag, Say it Symbolizes Racism
A group of about 30 demonstrators on Monday burned a Mississippi state flag, saying it symbolizes the racism at the heart of the state's problems with poverty, education and health care.
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Demonstrators with the Poor People's Campaign burned a Confederate battle flag and then a separate …
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Immigrant Kids Seen Held in Fenced Cages at Border Facility
Inside an old warehouse in South Texas, hundreds of immigrant children wait in a series of cages created by metal fencing. One cage had 20 children inside. Scattered about are bottles of water, bags of chips and large foil sheets intended to serve as blankets.
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UPDATED: Rep. Thompson Returns Sherman Donation; Will Endorse Baria
David Baria and Howard Sherman have both donated to federal election campaigns. Baria has donated to strictly Democratic campaigns, while Sherman has donated to Republicans and recently, Democrats.
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IBC Moves Beyond Tutus and Pointe Shoes with Competition Fierce
Tutus and pointe shoes were scarce during round two of the USA International Ballet Competition, as dancers performed contemporary pieces.
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Dorothy Cotton
Dorothy Cotton, who worked closely with the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr., taught nonviolence to demonstrators before marches and sometimes calmed tensions by singing church hymns, has died. She was 88.
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Bryant Names Retired Colonel as Emergency Management Chief
Gov. Phil Bryant is naming another retired military leader to run Mississippi's Emergency Management Agency.
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Family Separation Policy Starts Dividing Republicans
Former first lady Laura Bush called the policy of forced separation of migrant children and parents at the U.S.-Mexico border "cruel" and "immoral" in a guest column for the Washington Post.
