Arrest warrant found for woman in Emmett Till’s 1955 lynching: ‘Charge her,’ family says
“Serve it and charge her,” Teri Watts told the AP in an interview. Donham set off the case in August 1955 by accusing the 14-year-old Till of making improper advances at a family store in Money, Mississippi. But Teri Watts said the Till family believes the warrant accusing Donham of kidnapping amounts to new evidence. But combined with any new evidence, the original arrest warrant “absolutely” could be an important stepping stone toward establishing probable cause to initiate a new prosecution, he said. Other evidence in FBI files indicates that earlier that same night, Donham told her husband that at least two other Black men were not the right person.
mlive.com1955 warrant in Emmett Till case found, family seeks arrest
A team searching the basement of 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, and relatives of the victim who initiated the hunt want authorities to finally arrest her nearly 70 years later. A warrant for the arrest of Carolyn Bryant Donham — identified as “Mrs. Roy Bryant” on the document — was discovered last week inside a file folder that had been placed in a box, Leflore County Circuit Clerk Elmus Stockstill told The Associated Press on Wednesday. The search was started by the Emmett Till Legacy Foundation and included two members of Till's family: Cousin Deborah Watts, head of the Foundation; and her daughter, Teri Watts.
news.yahoo.comGrand Rapids Community College picks presidential search firm, seeks public input
GRAND RAPIDS, MI – Grand Rapids Community College is enlisting the help of the Mississippi-based search firm that helped hire outgoing President Bill Pink in 2017 to search for his replacement. RELATED: Ferris State taps Grand Rapids Community College president as sole finalist to be next leader. Trustees are looking for public feedback to GRCC’s leadership profile and the ongoing presidential search process. The public can attend virtually or in person, in the board library on the fifth floor of Raleigh J. Finkelstein Hall, 143 Bostwick Ave. in Grand Rapids. In Michigan, the firm assisted Montcalm Community College with a presidential search in 2019, and GRCC with multiple searches including the 2016 presidential search and a 2019 provost search.
mlive.com2 GOP congressmen in Mississippi at risk of defeat in runoff
Congressional primary runoffs with incumbents are rare in Mississippi. U.S. Rep. Steven Palazzo is seeking a seventh term and was considered vulnerable after being accused in a 2021 congressional ethics report of abusing his office by misspending campaign funds. U.S. Rep. Michael Guest is seeking a third term.
news.yahoo.comAbortion foes, supporters map next moves after Roe reversal
A day after the Supreme Court’s bombshell ruling overturning Roe v. Wade ended the constitutional right to abortion, emotional protests and prayer vigils are turning to resolve as several states enact bans and both supporters and foes of abortion rights map out their next moves.
Roe overturned: What happens now? Yahoo News Explains
The U.S. Supreme Court has overturned Roe v. Wade, the 1973 decision that made abortion legal nationwide. In May, a leaked draft opinion in the case of Dobbs v. Jackson Women's Health Organization regarding a Mississippi law banning abortions after 15 weeks signaled that the court would strike down nearly 50 years of legal precedent upholding legal abortion. With a post-Roe America now becoming reality, Yahoo News explains what comes next as abortion laws return to the states.
news.yahoo.comSupreme Court overturns Roe v. Wade; states can ban abortion
The Supreme Court has ended constitutional protections for abortion that had been in place nearly 50 years in a decision by its conservative majority to overturn Roe v. Wade. Friday's outcome is expected to lead to abortion bans in roughly half the states. The decision, unthinkable just a few years ago, was the culmination of decades of efforts by abortion opponents, made possible by an emboldened right side of the court that has been fortified by three appointees of former President Donald Trump.
news.yahoo.comSupreme Court’s abortion decision could come this week
Justices on the U.S. Supreme Court are expected to rule on a closely watched Mississippi case that could overturn 50 years of abortion law, and experts believe the decision will happen sometime this week. The Supreme Court breaks for summer recess Sunday, June 26 and is expected to release the decision in Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health prior to the break. In the leaked draft opinion, justices said the decision in the 1973 case Roe v. Wade was incorrect. “We hold that Roe and Casey must be overruled,” the draft opinion said. According to Fox News, there are 13 cases left to be decided this term and the decision in the abortion case could came as late as July.
mlive.comRepublican senator who led the push to end mask mandates on planes and public transport tests positive for COVID-19 for the 3rd time in a year
Sen. Roger Wicker, who had COVID in August 2021 and February 2022, previously told Insider that the mandate should've been lifted in April 2021.
news.yahoo.comAmid abortion debate, clinic asks: Who's caring for moms?
Miracle Allen used her last tank of gas to drive an hour and 15 minutes to the closest clinic that would care for her and her unborn baby. Allen, 29, was four months pregnant when Hurricane Ida ripped through her Houma, Louisiana, community.
news.yahoo.comLeaked SCOTUS opinion: A look at the future of abortion in Michigan if Roe is overturned
The right to abortions has been widely debated among Americans and lawmakers alike in recent years -- a debate that has nearly reached a boiling point today, given that the U.S. Supreme Court is expected to decide this summer whether to overturn a landmark 1973 abortion ruling.
Macomb County carjacking suspects lead police on high-speed chase that ends with dramatic arrests
A driver had his Jeep Grand Cherokee stolen but luckily was not hurt when the carjackers shot at him. What happened next was captured on Macomb County sheriff’s dash and body cam. The suspects are a man and woman, and as the dashcam will show in the video player above, it was the woman behind the wheel fleeing police.
Macomb County carjacking leads police on high-speed chase, ends with dramatic arrest
A driver had his Jeep Grand Cherokee stolen but luckily was not hurt when the carjackers shot at him. What happened next was captured on Macomb County sheriff’s dash and body cam. The suspects are a man and woman, and as the dashcam will show in the video player above, it was the woman behind the wheel fleeing police.
A Macomb County carjacking leads police on a high-speed chase and ends with a dramatic arrest
A driver had his Jeep Grand Cherokee stolen but luckily was not hurt when the carjackers shot at him. What happened next was captured on Macomb County sheriff’s dash and body cam. The suspects are a man and woman, and as the dashcam will show in the video player above, it was the woman behind the wheel fleeing police.
Man, woman arrested for shooting, carjacking, fleeing, ramming cop cars in Macomb County, police say
A man and a woman were taken into custody overnight after they fired shots at a gas station, stole a car, led officers on a chase and then rammed into police vehicles in Macomb County, according to authorities.
No. 6 Baylor tops No. 8 Ole Miss in Sugar Bowl; Corral hurt
Al Walcott set a Sugar Bowl record with a 96-yard interception return, Monaray Baldwin raced 48 yards for the go-ahead score on an end around, and sixth-ranked Baylor beat No. 8 Mississippi 21-7 as injured Rebels quarterback Matt Corral looked on from the sideline.