Mississippi

President Obama and Britain's Prime Minister David Cameron in London on Friday.

Obama: North Carolina's Bathroom Law 'Should Be Overturned'

10:40pm April 22, 2016

by Laura Wagner

In London Friday, the president also reassured Brits that the residents of North Carolina are "wonderful people" and said any British travelers would be treated with "extraordinary hospitality."

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States, Cities Limit Official Travel To Mississippi Over 'Religious Freedom' Law

2:56pm April 07, 2016

by Camila Domonoske

Five states and three cities, so far, have barred state officials from making nonessential trips to Mississippi after that state signed a law protecting anti-LGBT beliefs.

Protesters call for Mississippi Gov. Phil Bryant to veto House Bill 1523 during a rally outside the Governor's Mansion in Jackson, Miss., Monday. The governor signed the controversial bill into law on Tuesday.

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Mississippi Governor Signs 'Religious Freedom' Bill Into Law

4:55pm April 05, 2016

by Camila Domonoske

The new law specifically protects religious opposition to same-sex marriage, extramarital sex and transgender people. Gov. Phil Bryant said it "merely reinforces" existing religious freedoms.

The Rev. Chris Donald, a Methodist chaplain at Millsaps College, joins other human rights advocates Wednesday at the state Capitol's rotunda, calling for the Mississippi Senate to defeat what they believe is a discriminatory anti-LGBT bill. The Senate pas

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Here's Why Mississippi's 'Religious Freedom' Bill Is So Controversial

3:07pm April 01, 2016

by Camila Domonoske

The bill, approved by state lawmakers this week, protects those who deny services to others based on three specific moral beliefs: objections to same-sex marriage, extramarital sex and trans people.

Four couples have won their challenge of Mississippi's ban on same-sex adoption. Two of the plaintiffs, Susan Hrostowski (left) and Kathryn Garner, are seen here last summer with their teenage son, Hudson Garner.

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Judge Strikes Down Last Same-Sex Adoption Ban In The U.S.

10:54am April 01, 2016

by Bill Chappell

Mississippi's law was the last of its kind in the U.S. The couples in the case were in a variety of circumstances, from desiring to adopt a child to raising children together.

In 2001, voters in Mississippi decisively rejected changing the state flag.

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University Of Mississippi Orders State Flag Removed

4:04pm October 26, 2015

by Alexandra Starr

Students and faculty had called for removal of the banner, which displays the Confederate battle emblem.

Mississippi state Sen. David Jordan, who was a college student in 1955, remembers the relaxed atmosphere in the courtroom during the trial. "Even the jury were laughing," he says.

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6 Decades Later, Acquittal Of Emmett Till's Killers Troubles Town

2:16pm September 25, 2015

by Debbie Elliott

The murder of the 14-year-old black boy and subsequent trial before an all-white jury was an early landmark in the civil rights movement.

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President George W. Bush (center) surveys the devastation in New Orleans with (from left to right) Vice Adm. Thad Allen, Louisiana Gov. Kathleen Blanco, Mayor Ray Nagin and Lt. Gen. Russel Honore on Sept. 12, 2005, two weeks after Hurricane Katrina slamme

Swept Up In The Storm: Hurricane Katrina's Key Players, Then And Now

3:23pm August 28, 2015

by Maureen Pao

The natural disaster of Katrina and the man-made tragedy that followed catapulted local figures and obscure federal officials into the spotlight.

Mississippi resident Ethel Curry stands in front of her East Biloxi home, which was rebuilt with the help of volunteers after Hurricane Katrina.

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Scars Of Katrina Slow To Heal For Mississippi Gulf Coast

2:54pm August 22, 2015

by Evelina Burnett

Media coverage after the storm focused on New Orleans, but the damage was just as bad, and sometimes worse, in Mississippi. Ten years on, slow recovery in places like East Biloxi has left many behind.

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A view of Pearlington, Miss., 10 years after Hurricane Katrina. The East Pearl River and St. Tammany Parish in Louisiana are to the left.

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In Town Hard-Hit By Katrina, Buyouts Offer Opportunity — For Lucky Few

10:31am August 21, 2015

by David Schaper

Ten years ago, tiny Pearlington, Miss., got hit with a 30-foot wall of water, inundating homes that hadn't flooded in 50 years. Some rebuilt — repeatedly — but for others, the incentive isn't there.

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