1 dead, at least 18 injured after tornado hits Mississippi town
Officials estimated that 20 or 30 homes in the area were either significantly damaged or destroyed by a tornado in Jasper County overnight.
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Officials estimated that 20 or 30 homes in the area were either significantly damaged or destroyed by a tornado in Jasper County overnight.
Sgt. Greg Capers had previously been suspended with pay after shooting Aderrien Murry in May.
Tupelo Fire Department Sergeant Michael Moody confirmed the deaths to CBS News.
The lawsuit alleges that the 911 dispatcher was told there were children in the home and that law enforcement didn't "assess the situation" properly before discharging the firearm.
Officials noticed Joseph Spring and Michael Lewis, both 31, were missing during the morning headcount at Mississippi's Raymond Detention Center.
A Mississippi police officer shot an 11-year-old boy in his own home. His family says the middle schooler was following an officer's orders when he was shot. Omar Villafranca reports.
Aderrien Murry was shot in the chest by an Indianola police officer after law enforcement was called to the home for a domestic disturbance, the victim's family said.
An 11-year-old boy, Aderrien Murry, is home recovering after being shot by a police officer in Indianola, Mississippi, over the weekend. Murry's family is calling for the release of body cam footage from the incident. Omar Villafranca has more.
Keith Murriel, 41, died in custody after his arrest on New Year's Eve. Body camera footage showed officers pinning him down and tasing him repeatedly.
The lawsuit said that school administrators refused to allow the transgender teen to wear a dress even though she "had entered high school as a girl and has lived every aspect of her high school career as a girl."
Seven people were shot at The Scratch Kitchen on Government Street, police said.
The inmate was arrested along with a woman now charged with aiding and abetting the escape.
Two of the four escaped inmates are still on the loose. One died Wednesday night after setting fire to a home he was barricaded in.
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Dylan Arrington was one of four inmates who escaped from the Raymond Detention Center near Jackson on Saturday night.
A manhunt is underway for three inmates who escaped a Mississippi jail overnight. A fourth inmate is believed to have died.
Anthony Watts was shot and killed on Interstate 55 after he pulled over to help a man who had wrecked a motorcycle.
NAACP National President Derrick Johnson said the new policing law would treat Black people as "second-class citizens."
A new report from the National Urban League is citing what the civil rights and urban advocacy group says are some of the top threats to democracy for Black Americans.
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Violent storms are in the forecast for upwards of 90 million Americans in the Midwest and South. "Weekender" host Catherine Herridge speaks with CBS News correspondent Roxana Saberi in Davenport, Iowa, before getting an update from meteorologist Chris Warren in Memphis, Tennessee.
In the close-knit community of Rolling Fork, Mr. Biden read aloud the names of each of the 13 residents of the small town killed in the storm.
"I was determined to see that my husband's life would not be in vain."
A deadly tornado swept across parts of the South over the weekend, killing at least 21 people in Mississippi and one person in Alabama. The tornado was the most powerful to hit Mississippi in three years and stayed on the ground for more than an hour. Omar Villafranca has a look at the damage.
Cleanup is underway in Mississippi after a tornado killed at least 26 people and injured dozens more over the weekend. "Prime Time" host John Dickerson hears from CBS News correspondent Omar Villafranca, who reports from Rolling Fork, Mississippi.