The Harrison County Board of Supervisors heard arguments in support of and against the removal of the Confederate soldier statue on the grounds of the county courthouse in Gulfport.
The World Health Organization has long maintained that COVID-19 is spread via larger respiratory droplets, most often when people cough or sneeze, that fall to the ground.
The United States has dipped under 50,000 new daily infections for the first time in four days, according to a tally by Johns Hopkins University, but experts fear celebrations for the July 4th weekend will act like rocket fuel for the nation’s surging coronavirus outbreak.
Authorities say a group of armed individuals opened fire near the Wendy's restaurant where Rayshard Brooks was killed by a white police officer in June. The area has become a site for frequent demonstrations.
NAACP President Curley Clark says he hopes that nationwide attention to other recent deaths at the hands of police will bring the fatal shooting of Diamon Sims into a brighter spotlight.
Fitness centers were given the green light to reopen in Mississippi back in May, but some people felt safer waiting a little while to get back into the swing of things.
Cordero faced severe complications from the virus, despite having no pre-existing health conditions. He spent weeks on a ventilator, suffered septic shock, mini-strokes and had to have a leg amputated.
