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Gov. Tate Reeves.Photo: Rogelio V. Solis-Pool/Getty Mississippi Gov. Tate Reeves declined to rule out a possible state ban on forms of birth control ifRoe v. Wadeis overturned, saying only that it’s “not what we are focused on at this time.” Duringan interview on CNN’sState of the Unionto discuss Mississippi’s potential next stepsif the Supreme Court votes to strike downRoe, which established the right to abortion, Reeves, a Republican, confirmed that a trigger law put in place in 2007 would immediately outlaw abortions in the state....

Photo: GoFundMe A trip to Mexico to save money on weight loss surgery has led to the death of a 34-year-old mother of three after she suffered complications during the procedure. Markita McIntyre from Biloxi, Mississippi, died on May 6 in Tijuana, Mexico, while undergoing sleeve gastrectomy surgery, a procedure in which a large percentage of the stomach is removed to limit food consumption. According to local news outletWLOX, McIntyre’s friend Francesca Moultrie, who also planned to have the surgery but changed her mind, was in touch with McIntyre before the procedure....

Photo: Google Maps On Aug. 18, LaKambria Welch’s brother and his fiancée got in touch with a local wedding venue to discuss their upcoming nuptials. Then, on Saturday — the same day the couple planned to visit the Boone’s Camp Event Hall in Mississippi — they received a message from the owner. “She had just realized who they were,” Welch tells PEOPLE in an email, “and due to her Christian beliefs she couldn’t accommodate them....

Photo: Facebook On Dec. 18, 2011, after 23-year-old Phoenix Coldon attended church, she backed her SUV out of the driveway of her family’s home in Spanish Lake, Missouri. Coldon hasn’t been seen since. Hours after she disappeared, her vehicle was reportedly found abandoned but running in a crime-ridden section of East St. Louis. Coldon’s glasses, purse, shoes and ID were all inside. “The news media wouldn’t give us the time of day,” Goldia says in the clip, shown below....

In the church’s early days, Jones was considered an advocate for the downtrodden and marginalized, drawing praise from a host of politicians. Former San Francisco Mayor even described him as “an American Gandhi.” (Jones and his cult are featured onPeople Magazine Investigates: Cults, airing tonight (9 p.m. ET) on Investigation Discovery.) But Tracy, who was 12 whenmore than 900 people diedin the largest mass suicide in modern history in 1977, was always skeptical....

Lottie Moss.Photo: David M. Benett/Dave Benett/Getty ModelLottie Mosshas shared that she checked into rehab, referencing popular HBO showEuphoria. In a recentTikTokvideo Moss, 24, the sister of fellow modelKate Moss, 48, mouths the words to Labrinth’s “Mount Everest”. She wrote at the top of the clip, “When everyone’s glamourizing droog taking but you’re literally in r3h4b”. Lottie wrote the caption, “I think I took euphoria too literally u guys 😑”...

01of 90FAMILY FIRSTAllen Berezovsky/GettyMolly Sims, her husband Scott Stuber and their kids Brooks and Scarlett snag front-row seats for the Memphis Grizzlies vs. Los Angeles Lakers basketball game at Staples Center in L.A. on Sunday. 01of 90 FAMILY FIRST Allen Berezovsky/Getty Molly Sims, her husband Scott Stuber and their kids Brooks and Scarlett snag front-row seats for the Memphis Grizzlies vs. Los Angeles Lakers basketball game at Staples Center in L....

A California woman and her boyfriend were sentenced this week fortheir systematic torture of the woman’s 8-year-old son, which covered his body with abuse and eventually killed him five years ago, PEOPLE confirms. In a rare exhortation during their court hearing on Thursday, Judge George G. Lomeli reportedly told Isauro Aguirre and Pearl Fernandez: “I hope you think about the pain you caused this child and that it tortures you.”...

A New Jersey woman has died and her daughter was seriously injured in a plane crash on Long Island over the weekend. The women were passengers in a Piper PA 28 that crashed in Farmingdale, N.Y.,“under unknown circumstances"on Sunday afternoon, according to the Federal Aviation Administration. The National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) said the plane’s pilotdeclared an emergencyas he attempted to return to Republic Airport in Farmingdale, about 20 miles east of New York City, according to NBC affiliate WNBC....

Photo: Monmouth County Sheriff’s Office A mom and her young daughter have died after their family home in New Jersey went up in flames late last week. The deadlyfire broke outon Brookside Avenue in Hazlet, N.J., in the early hours of Friday morning, the Monmouth County Sheriff’s Office said. Two people were later found trapped inside. In a statement to ABC affiliate WABC, William Montanaroidentified the victimsas his wife and Customs and Border Protection officer Jackie Montanaro and their youngest daughter Madelyn....

Photo: Jordan Vonderhaar/Getty The mother of theTexas elementary schoolshooter is speaking out about her son. While speaking withABC News' Matt Gutman for an interview at her home, Salvador Ramos' mother, Adriana Reyes, told the outlet that she worried about her son at times. “I had an uneasy feeling sometimes, like, ‘What are you up to?'” Reyes said. “He can be aggressive … If he really got mad.” “We all have a rage, that some people have it more than others,” Reyes added....

Martha Adrianna Alejo.Photo: Facebook Officers who responded to the scene about 8 p.m. Wednesday found an injured Martha Adrianna Alejo, 32, who later died from her injuries. No one else was hit, but detectives said they did not believe Alejo was targeted. “We know that violent crime in our city has been on the rise,” police Cmdr. Warren Brewer, head of the department’s Violent Crimes Bureau, said in a news release....

Ashlee Martinez and her son Quentin at home in Fayetteville, Arkansas.Photo:Courtesy Ashlee Martinez Courtesy Ashlee Martinez Ashlee Martinez had never been an angry person — until her son Quentin was born in April 2020. “All I did was yell,” says the 40-year-old from Fayetteville, Ark., of the raging months following Quentin’s birth. “If someone even breathed next to me, I was furious.” At the time, she thought she had plenty of “reasons” to be angry....