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TALLADEGA, Ala. (WIAT) — After another weather delay, the GEICO 500 finally has a winner. But today, the focus is on Bubba Wallace, who came in 14th. At the beginning of the race, Wallace had his NASCAR family behind him, pushing his car to the front of the speedway in a show of support. On […]

JACKSON, Miss. (WJTV) – Lieutenant Governor Delbert Hosemann and House Speaker Philip Gunn presented the former Mississippi state flag to the Mississippi Department of Archives and History (MDAH). On Tuesday, Governor Tate Reeves signed a bill to remove the flag, which bears the Confederate battle emblem. The flags flying above the State Capitol were lowered […]

What we know about the about people arrested after photos, video showed them at the Jan. 6 U.S. Capitol riot.

The bill also says any new flag must include “In God We Trust.”

MEMPHIS, Tenn. — After a noose was reported in the stall of NASCAR’s only full-time Black driver, NASCAR driver Denny Hamlin’s car will be sporting the logo of the National Civil Rights Museum at Monday’s GEICO 500 race at Talladega. Memphis-based FedEx, which sponsors Hamlin’s #11 car, made a $500,000 donation to the Memphis museum, […]

Statues of controversial figures tied to slavery are being toppled across the Bay Area and beyond.

President Donald Trump will sign an executive order on Thursday directing some federal agencies to only purchase certain drugs and medical materials when they are made in the United States.

Several black state lawmakers pleaded this week for support in addressing the fallout from George Floyd’s death while in custody of Minneapolis police.

A proposal intended to diminish partisan politics in redistricting was ahead in Virginia and legal marijuana was leading in New Jersey as voters across the country decided scores of ballot measures on Tuesday affecting their future voting rights, criminal penalties and other issues. A total of 120 proposed state laws and constitutional amendments were on […]

Beginning with George Floyd’s death in police custody, lawmakers across the country and in Tennessee have struggled for answers as protests large and small demand answers.

A spokesman with Sons of Confederate Veterans said Tuesday the group now has possession of two Confederate statues removed from Memphis parks in December 2017.