(Bloomberg) -- Drought across the central US is shrinking the Mississippi River, sending barge rates soaring and threatening to roil shipments of everything from corn to gasoline. Dry conditions ...

JACKSON, Miss. (WLBT) - The Miss Black Mississippi USA Pageant is on Labor Day. A new Miss Black Mississippi USA, Ms. Black Mississippi USA, and Miss Black Mississippi USA Talented Teen will be ...

And in California, the suspension rate for Black students fell from 13% in 2013 to 9% a decade later — still three times higher than the white suspension rate. In Georgia, Black students make up ...

Some properties in White River were reportedly destroyed by the fires. The cause of all these fires is as yet unknown; however, strong winds and the recent hot conditions in the Lowveld are ...

Mississippi is home to two types of black bears: the Louisiana black bear to the south and the American black bear in the northern third of the state. Both were nearly wiped out in the state ...

Denstaedt, the daughter of a Black father from Tanzania and a white, German mother, was born and grew up in Thuringiain and is a member of the Green Party. (AP Photo/Markus Schreiber) Doreen Denstaedt ...

(AP) — A former Mississippi sheriff ... part in the torture of two Black men, a case that drew condemnation from top U.S. law enforcement officials, including Attorney General Merrick Garland. Brett ...

FILE - Brett McAlpin, one of six former Mississippi law enforcement ... 2023, when a white person phoned McAlpin and complained two Black men were staying with a white woman in the small town ...

Mississippi ... of two Black men, a case that drew condemnation from top U.S. law enforcement officials, including Attorney General Merrick Garland. Brett McAlpin is one of six white former ...