The Latest Breaking News from Jackson

The water crisis unfolding in Jackson, Mississippi, was decades in the making: the culmination of crumbling infrastructure, systemic racism and more extreme weather. It’s also a stark warning of trouble to come as climate change piles new stress onto the essential services Americans rely on every day.

Years of neglect, racism and poor infrastructure have created a "constant state of emergency"

Fox News anchor blamed a flood and a faulty water-treatment facility on the mayor’s progressive politics

For at least the third time in a dozen years, portable toilets are parked outside the ornate Mississippi Capitol because Jackson’s water system is in crisis

Jackson, Mississippi, lost access to safe running water after flooding – but it’s the capstone to years of problems with race a possible factor

The water crisis in Mississippi’s capital city has become so dire that residents are being told to shower with cold water — and to keep their mouths shut while they do it.

Officials in Mississippi's capital city say water pressure is improving but the city remains under a boil-water notice for safety

Some 180,000 people in and near Mississippi's capital have not been able to use their tap water since Monday. It's the latest in a string of crises due to the city's aging water infrastructure.

People continued to wait in lines at distribution sites and flooded stores for water to drink, bathe, cook and flush toilets Wednesday in Mississippi’s capital amid the failure of the the city water system

Children in Mississippi capital to return to virtual learning: ‘We have no idea when our kids will go back in person’

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