JACKSON, Miss. — The U.S. Department of Justice announced Friday it reached a settlement forcing reforms in a Mississippi city and its police department, which […]
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3 of Nolan Wells’ pals sue NFL Corridor of Famer Terrell Owens for defamation
JACKSON, Miss. — Three friends of Nolan Wells, a Black college student who went missing from a Mississippi island during a Fourth of July celebration […]
Tasia Fortune’s hanging was ‘staged’ after her loss of life in a drug dispute, police say
JACKSON, Miss. — Investigators believe Tasia Fortune was already dead before the Black woman’s body was hanged from a tree behind an abandoned home in […]
Nolan Wells’ household plans launch of cellphone report amid requires additional investigation
JACKSON, Miss. — Civil rights attorney Ben Crump has scheduled the release of a forensic examination of Nolan Wells’ cellphone just days after a Mississippi […]
Mississippi police make 2nd arrest in dying of Black girl discovered hanging from tree, search third suspect
JACKSON, Miss. — Police in Mississippi have arrested a second man in the death of a Black woman found hanging from a tree and have […]
Mississippi police arrest a person within the dying of Tasia Fortune
JACKSON, Miss. — Mississippi police have arrested a man in the death Tasia Fortune, a Black woman found hanging from a tree last month. Jackson […]
Nationwide Guardsman Allegedly Pulled Gun, Threatened to ‘Slap The Jackson 5 Out’ Of Colleague
Gun-Wielding National Guardsman Tells Colleague He’s Gonna Slap ‘The Jackson 5 Out Of You’!!! Published September 9, 2026 5:54 AM PDT A National Guardsman got […]
‘She didn’t do that to herself’: Mom of Black girl discovered hanging in Mississippi says
The mother of Tasia Fortune, a 29-year-old Black woman whose body was found hanging from a tree on Aug. 3 in Jackson, Mississippi, told ABC […]
Nolan Wells investigation: 3 charged with threatening choose, witness and officers
Three people have been charged with threatening a judge, a witness and local officials connected to the investigation into the death of Nolan Xavier Wells, […]
Bernard LaFayette, Selma voting rights organizer, dies at 85
NASHVILLE, Tenn. — Bernard LaFayette, the advance man who did the risky groundwork for the voter registration campaign in Selma, Alabama, that culminated in the […]
