State and U.S. flags will be at half-staff in Mississippi to honor New Orleans terror attack victim, Jimmy Carter. Here's how ...

JACKSON, Miss. -- Spectators at the Mississippi Capitol broke into applause Saturday as lawmakers took the first steps toward erasing the Confederate battle emblem from the state flag, a symbol that ...

PHILADELPHIA (WPVI) -- About 50 Bernie Sanders supporters protesting before the Democratic National Convention on Monday sat down in a roadway until city officials agreed to remove Mississippi's state ...

JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — The next Mississippi state flag could have a magnolia instead of the Confederate battle emblem. It’s been nearly two months since legislators acted under pressure to retire the ...

JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — Mississippi lawmakers taking steps to erase the Confederate battle emblem from the state flag. The symbol has come under criticism amid nationwide protests against racial ...

After Mississippi lawmakers voted in June to remove the Confederate battle emblem from the state's flag, they asked people to send in designs for a new flag — and received nearly 3,000 submissions.

Mississippi is the latest stop for the Flag Sojourn 250, a project where one American flag tours across the globe in honor of the United States’ 250th anniversary. The single American flag is ...