A new study says genetic testing can speed the return of the American chestnut tree that once dominated Eastern U.S. forests. The tree was functionally extinct by the 1950s because of a fungal blight ...

There have been bipartisan calls from senators to restore the report on missing and murdered Indigenous people, which they say has nothing to do with DEI. Wake up informed. Sign up for our free daily ...

Wake up informed. Sign up for our free daily newsletter and join over 35,000 Mississippians who start their day with Mississippi Today. In late January, Republican Rep. Andrew Garbarino, chair of the ...

University of Mississippi Medial Center Vice Chancellor Dr. LouAnn Woodward, center, speaks at a press conference in Jackson shortly after cyber-attackers disrupted the hospital's computer systems on ...

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Wake up informed. Sign up for our free daily newsletter and join over 35,000 Mississippians who start their day with Mississippi Today. Mississippi Congressman Bennie Thompson on Tuesday endorsed ...

Editor’s note: This article contains a photo that some readers may find disturbing. On an August afternoon in 2023, three inmates at the Central Mississippi Correctional Facility evaded the notice of ...

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The state ignored or was unaware of allegations of jailhouse rape, brutal beatings and corrupt acts by sheriffs and their deputies, even when there was ample evidence to examine. Wake up informed.

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