Health officials in Mississippi have declared a public emergency over the state’s rising infant mortality rate, which is the highest it’s been in a decade. Data from 2024 show that for every 1,000 infant births in the state,

Mississippi health officials have declared a state of emergency over the rate of infant mortality in the state.

Police have arrested a man in the shooting death of Baltimore comedian Reggie Carroll in Mississippi last week. He was arrested and has been charged.

Reginald Carroll, a 52-year-old Baltimore-based stand-up comedian, has died in a shooting in Southaven, Mississippi, police say.

Comedian Reggie Carroll died in a shooting on Wednesday in Southhaven, Mississippi. Southaven police responded to a shooting in the area of Burton Lane and took one person into custody on a murder charge,