Mississippi

Hundreds of people applauded as Greenwood, Miss., unveiled a larger-than-life statue of Emmett Till on Friday, not far from where white men kidnapped and killed the Black teen in 1955.

The state was the last one to include the Confederate battle emblem on its flag. Reuben Anderson, chair of the redesign commission, discusses the proposals and what the change means for Mississippi.

The measure, which is poised to become law once signed by the governor, allows for exceptions only in a "medical emergency and in cases of severe fetal abnormality."

Students and faculty had called for removal of the banner, which displays the Confederate battle emblem.

Media coverage after the storm focused on New Orleans, but the damage was just as bad, and sometimes worse, in Mississippi. Ten years on, slow recovery in places like East Biloxi has left many behind.

New Orleans felt the eye of the hurricane, but Katrina also left 238 people dead in Mississippi, and destroyed 230,000 homes there.

HATTIESBURG, Miss.— With lowered flags and prayers, a southern Mississippi city is mourning two police officers, while the four people arrested after…