A municipal election season that has seen incumbents tossed and national figures flocking to the Mississippi Coast hits the ...

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More Republican-led states are giving paid parental leave to public school teachers and other state employees, signaling a ...

So now, The Root is taking a closer look at the anti-racist white heroes who were just as down for civil rights as Black folks throughout history. At age 18, Rev. Bruce Klunder knew he had to join the ...

In what could be a historic moment for Gulfport, heavyweights are throwing in support in a contentious race between ...

The Pearl River County lawmaker said the speaker’s decision to remove her as leader of the committee was “deeply hurtful,” ...

A Japanese court has ruled former executives at the utility managing the tsunami-wrecked Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power ...

A federal judge on Thursday temporarily blocked a proclamation by President Donald Trump that banned incoming foreign ...

Louisiana Gov. Kathleen Blanco asked President Bush to declare an emergency for her state Tuesday ahead of Hurricane Rita's arrival somewhere on the Gulf Coast. Earlier, Blanco declared a state of ...

A Shaquille O'Neal docuseries and Mario Kart World on Nintendo's Switch 2 are some of the new television, films, music and ...

A construction project on one of Newark Liberty International airport’s three main runways wrapped up nearly two weeks early, so the Federal Aviation Administration should be able to ease flight ...