EdgarRayKillen,aformerKuKluxKlanleaderwhowasconvictedforthe1964“MississippiBurning”killingsofthreecivilrightsworkers,hasdiedinprisonattheageof92.Killenwasservin
StormNatehasbroughtstrongwinds,heavyrainandsomefloodingtothesouth-easternUnitedStates.Itmadelandfallasahurricanetwice,inLouisianaandMississippi,butisnowweakenin
HurricaneNatemadelandfallnearthemouthoftheMississippiRiveronthesoutheasternLouisianacoastSaturdayevening,andfederalemergencyaidhasbeenputinplace.TheU.S.Departme
Waves of flood waters from the Mississippi River and many of its tributaries have ravaged several U.S. states from Illinois to Missouri, Arkansas and Oklahoma, with other downstream states such as Tennessee and Louisiana expected to see crests passing through until mid-January.
Local and federal law enforcement officials were searching a Mississippi university campus on Monday after an active shooter shot to death a male professor and left the campus on edge for hours.