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Water flows from Charles McCaskill's home, Sept. 7, 2022, in south Jackson, Miss. tate health officials told residents in Mississippi’s capital to boil their tap water Thursday, Jan. 11, 2024, after traces of E. coli bacteria were found in the city’s supply — a result the manager of Jackson’s long-troubled water system disputed while calling it a devastating setback for rebuilding trust. (AP Photo/Rogelio V. Solis, File)

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Mississippi's capital is under a boil water order after E. coli bacteria is found in city's supply
By MICHAEL GOLDBERG - Associated Press/Report for America
Thu,01/11/24-6:23PM , 71 Reads
JACKSON, MISS. (AP) — Mississippi health officials told residents in the state's capital to boil their tap water Thursday after traces of E.
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This combination of photos shows, from top left, former Rankin County sheriff's deputies Hunter Elward, Christian Dedmon, Brett McAlpin, Jeffrey Middleton, Daniel Opdyke and former Richland police officer Joshua Hartfield appearing at the Rankin County Circuit Court in Brandon, Miss., Aug. 14, 2023. A federal judge has, for the second time, postponed sentencing for six former Mississippi law enforcement officers who pleaded guilty to a long list of state and federal charges for torturing two Black men. (AP Photo/Rogelio V. Solis)

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Sentencing postponed again for Mississippi police officers who tortured two Black men
By MICHAEL GOLDBERG - Associated Press/Report for America
Wed,01/10/24-12:32PM , 77 Reads
JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — A federal judge has, for the second time, postponed sentencing for six former Mississippi law enforcement officers who pleaded guilty to a long list of state and federal charges for torturing two Black men.
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A man walks in front of the 5th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals, Jan. 7, 2015, in New Orleans. In a Thursday, Jan. 4, 2024, ruling, the U.S. 5th Circuit Court of Appeals denied the NAACP's motions for an injunction pending appeal and vacated an administrative stay that had temporarily blocked state officials from creating the court. (AP Photo/Jonathan Bachman, File)

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Federal appeals court denies effort to block state-run court in Mississippi's majority-Black capital
By MICHAEL GOLDBERG - Associated Press/Report for America
Thu,01/04/24-6:42PM , 48 Reads
JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — A federal appeals court has denied a legal effort to stop Mississippi officials from creating a state-run court in part of the majority-Black capital city of Jackson, over objections from the NAACP.
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Members of the Mississippi National Guard keep their distance from the Mississippi State Capitol, Thursday morning, Jan. 4, 2024, as Capitol Police deal with a second day of bomb threats to the state house and the Carroll Gartin Justice Building, which houses the state supreme and appellate courts. The guardsmen are support staff involved with Tuesday's inauguration of Gov. Tate Reeves at the Capitol. (AP Photo/Rogelio V. Solis)

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Bomb threats prompt evacuations of government buildings in several states, but no explosives found
By MICHAEL GOLDBERG - Associated Press
Thu,01/04/24-12:33PM , 54 Reads
JACKSON, Miss (AP) — Government buildings in several states were evacuated Thursday following bomb threats, causing brief disruptions for the second day in a row in some places.
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