Mississippi

The National Weather Service warns that 350,000 are in danger from a ‘confirmed large and destructive tornado’

At least 11 states have now enacted laws restricting or banning gender-affirming care for minors, and nearly two dozen states are considering bills this year to restrict or ban care

Last week’s twister destroyed 300 homes and businesses in Rolling Fork, Mississippi, and nearby Silver City, leaving mounds of lumber, bricks and twisted metal

The National Weather Service said 16.8 million people live in the highest risk zone, and more than 66 million people overall should be on alert Friday

Supercells are going to become more frequent, according to a new study. These are nature’s nastiest storms, producing most damaging hail and killer tornadoes, like the ones that devastated Rolling Fork, Mississippi

Two of the counties hit by the Friday storm are Sharkey and Humphreys, where many people live paycheck to paycheck working jobs in agriculture

Rescuers raced Saturday to search for survivors and help hundreds of people left homeless after a powerful tornado cut a devastating path through Mississippi, flattening entire blocks as it carved a path of destruction for more than an hour

Idaho lawmakers passed a bill this week seeking to add the state to the list of those authorizing firing squads, which currently includes Mississippi, Utah, Oklahoma and South Carolina

Firing squads will be used only if the state cannot obtain the drugs needed for lethal injections

For a West that has struggled with long-term drought, forecasters say all the moisture isn’t enough to make a noticeable dent in the nation’s largest reservoirs on the Colorado River

State Senator Machaela Cavanaugh declared she would ‘burn the session to the ground’ in an effort to stymie the bill

The shift is occurring in some states that have severely limited or outlawed abortion access since the Supreme Court overturned the constitutional right to an abortion

The homeless and those without electricity were at special risk from the cold, the weather service said

So far this year, at least 150 bills targeting transgender people have been introduced across the US, which is the highest in a single year, according to the Human Rights Campaign

The killings occurred at the home of the gunman’s girlfriend in the Houston suburb of Galena Park

The legal turmoil caused by the first major gun ruling in a decade will likely force the Supreme Court to step in again soon to provide more guidance for judges

The gunman has been apprehended and is in custody, according to local police

The lawsuits were dismissed Jan. 13 after the inmates’ attorneys and the state Department of Corrections said improvements have been made during the past three years