Former daycare workers charged, accused of scaring kids with 'Scream' mask

Video footage showed one of the former Mississippi daycare employees wearing a mask similar to the "Scream" movies and yelling at children who didn't "clean up" or "act good."

Brett Favre: Texts show former NFL QB wanted welfare funds for football facility

The state has filed a civil lawsuit against Favre and others to recover more than $20 million in misspent welfare money intended to help needy people in one of the country's poorest states

Trucks loaded with bottled water ship out from Chicago to help devastated Mississippi

The semi-trucks left Chicago Monday night and were headed for Jackson, Mississippi, which has been without clean water for a week now after flooding overwhelmed its water treatment facility.

Chicago-area students from Jackson State University organize water drive for Mississippi city

Chicago philanthropist Early Walker has been working with the students to organize a three-day "Help Jackson Now" water drive in the South Suburbs. They collected three semi trailers worth of bottled water.

On 67th anniversary of Emmett Till’s death, a look back at his case this past year

From renewed investigations to an unpublished memoir to Hollywood retellings, Emmett Till’s name and story have been in the news a number of times over the past year. Here is a look at the instances.

Man admits faking his death to avoid sex abuse charges

A military veteran pleaded guilty to faking his own death to try to avoid sexual abuse charges in Mississippi.

Emmett Till murder: Grand jury declines to indict woman whose accusation incited Black teen's lynching

A grand jury in Mississippi has declined to indict the white woman whose accusation set off the lynching of Black teenager Emmett Till nearly 70 years ago, despite revelations about an unserved arrest warrant and a newly revealed memoir by the woman, a prosecutor said Tuesday.

Emmett Till's Chicago home, Black sites to get landmarks funds

A cultural preservation organization announced Tuesday that Emmett Till's Chicago house will receive a share of $3 million in grants being distributed to 33 sites and organizations nationwide that are important pieces of African American history.

1955 warrant in Emmett Till case found in Mississippi courthouse basement, family seeks arrest

A team searching a Mississippi courthouse for evidence about the lynching of Black teenager Emmett Till has found the unserved warrant charging a white woman in his 1955 kidnapping.

Doctors urge FDA to approve over-the-counter access to birth control

The push for more access to birth control comes as the nation waits for a Supreme Court ruling that could upend abortion rights in more than half the states.

Emmett Till's relatives seek accuser’s prosecution in 1955 kidnapping

Carolyn Bryant Donham was named nearly 67 years ago in a warrant that accused her in Till’s abduction, even before his mangled body was found in a river, FBI records show, yet she was never arrested or brought to trial in a case that shocked the world for its brutality.