Bobby DeLaughter, a former Mississippi prosecutor and judge whose legal conquests became the subject of books and a movie, reported to federal prison Monday for lying to the FBI in a judicial bribery investigation. The next chapter of DeLaughter's life, as inmate No. 12930-042, marks ...

The widow of slain civil-rights pioneer Medgar Evers fought tears Friday as Navy Secretary Ray Mabus, a former Mississippi governor, announced he's naming a new Navy supply ship for Evers' late husband. "I think of those who will serve on this ship and those who ...

The US Navy said on Friday a cargo ship will be named after civil rights activist Medgar Evers, whose notorious murder in 1963 shaped the struggle for racial equality. Navy Secretary Ray Mabus will formally announce the decision in Jackson, Mississippi, the city where the African-American leader was gunned down in the driveway of his home. The decision to name ...