The Mississippi State Capitol dome is visible in the distance as the flag of the state of Mississippi flies nearby in Jackson, MS on January 10, 2019.Brandon Dill | The Washington Post | Getty ImagesMississippi lawmakers voted Sunday to surrender the Confederate battle emblem from the state flag more than a century after white supremacist…
Mississippi lawmakers voted Sunday to remove the Confederate battle emblem from the state flag, a symbol that has flown for more than 120 years.The state House and Senate approved a suspension of the rules Saturday, allowing for debate and a vote on the bill. It passed the House on Sunday by a vote of 91-23,…
(CNN)The Mississippi state legislature -- both the House and Senate -- passed a bill on Sunday to change the state's flag in a historic step toward removing the flag's Confederate battle emblem. The…
Mississippi's House and Senate lawmakers on Sunday voted with bipartisan support to change the state flag by removing a Confederate battle emblem that's broadly condemned as racist.The House passed a bill 91-23 Sunday afternoon, and the Senate passed it 37-14 later in the day.Republican Gov. Tate Reeves has said he will sign the bill, and the…
The state House voted to remove the current flag Sunday and senators will decide if a new design without the rebel symbol will be commissioned Don Hartness carries the Mississippi state flag and the American flag in front of the Capitol building. Photograph: Rogelio V Solis/AP Mississippi is on the verge of changing its state…
U.S.|Grand Juror in Breonna Taylor Case Says Deliberations Were MisrepresentedThe Kentucky attorney general’s office said it would release the panel’s recordings after a grand juror contended in a court filing that its discussions were inaccurately characterized.Breonna Taylor's family and the lawyer Ben Crump, right, said the charges a Kentucky grand jury agreed upon in the…
(John Finney Photography/Moment/Getty Images) An abnormally bad season of weather may have had a significant impact on the death toll from both World War I and the 1918 Spanish flu pandemic, according to new research, with many more lives being lost due to torrential rain and plummeting temperatures. Through a detailed analysis of an ice…