Tag: Mississippi

In this Oct. 24, 2011 file photo, political pundit Keith Olbermann leaves a taping of the "Late Show with David Letterman," in New York.

Olbermann calls open season on the rural South

Salena Zito · April 2, 2019 1:03 pm

The justices of the U.S. Supreme Court gather for an official group portrait to include new Associate Justice Neil Gorsuch, top row, far right, Thursday. June 1, 2017, at the Supreme Court Building in Washington. Seated, from left are, Associate Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg, Associate Justice Anthony Kennedy, Chief Justice John Roberts, Associate Justice Clarence Thomas, and Associate Justice Stephen Breyer. Standing, from left are, Associate Justice Elena Kagan, Associate Justice Samuel Alito Jr., Associate Justice Sonia Sotomayor, and Associate Justice Neil Gorsuch.

Justice Clarence Thomas asks a question in court for first time since 2016

Zach Halaschak · March 21, 2019 4:21 am

LAUREL HIGHLANDS, Pennsylvania - Photo of Andrea Rodiâs phone buried in the snow around mile marker 47 along the Laurel Highlands Hiking Trail.

Magazine - Columnists

From the rubble of a church rises a spirit of love

Salena Zito · March 15, 2019 4:00 am

A police officer grabs a man holding a Confederate flag during a rally regarding the recently vandalized Confederate monument known as Silent Sam at the University of North Carolina in Chapel Hill, N.C., Thursday, Aug. 30, 2018.

Beltway Confidential

Kneeling for the Union’s national anthem isn’t a great way to protest a Confederate rally

Tom Joyce · February 25, 2019 5:50 pm

Six Mississippi basketball players take a knee during the national anthem before an NCAA college basketball game against Georgia in Oxford, Miss., Saturday, Feb. 23, 2019.

Ole Miss coaches stand behind basketball players’ decision to take a knee before Saturday game

Dominick Mastrangelo · February 25, 2019 4:18 pm

Dog shoots man

Vaishnavee Sharma · January 9, 2019 4:57 pm

Clay Chandler, director of communications for Gov. Phil Bryant, holds Mississippi's new standard license plate Thursday, May 10, 2018, at the Capitol in Jackson, Miss. It will display the state seal that includes the phrase, "In God We Trust." Republican Gov. Bryant unveiled the new design on Twitter. It will be available beginning in January 2019.

Mississippi adding ‘In God We Trust’ to license plates in 2019

Dominick Mastrangelo · January 3, 2019 4:16 pm

In this July 10, 2017 file photograph, smoke rises in the air after a KC-130T military transport plane crashed into a field near Itta Bena, Miss.

National Security

Military investigators fault poor maintenance in 2017 crash

Diana Stancy Correll · December 6, 2018 12:47 am

FILE - In this Nov. 9, 2015, file photo, Jonathan Butler, center, addresses a crowd in Columbia following the resignation of University of Missouri System President Tim Wolfe after days of protests over concerns about the administrationâs handling of racial issues. With changes afoot, the University of Missouri is facing a challenge: How to repair the schoolâs image nationally and statewide.

Universities must not be run by authoritarian mobs

Brett Kittredge · December 5, 2018 4:59 pm

Three Takeaways from Mississippi’s Senate Special Election

David Byler · November 28, 2018 12:56 pm

President Trump encourages voters to support Sen. Cindy Hyde-Smith.

GOP easily holds onto Mississippi seat after Trump rallies, extending Senate majority

Al Weaver · November 28, 2018 3:24 am

Senator Cindy Hyde-Smith, Wednesday, Sept. 5, 2018.

Google wants its campaign donation back from GOP Senate candidate

Diana Stancy Correll · November 27, 2018 11:25 pm