A funeral has been held in Louisiana for eight children who were killed in a mass shooting last month.

One of two men accused in the shooting of a 29-year-old Harris County deputy overnight was taken into custody on Thursday morning, authorities said.

More than a half century late, Jackson State University, in Mississippi, is honoring its Class of 1970.

The histories of these former San Antonio residents were among the thousands that were captured by the federal government in a collection of former slave narratives in the 1930s.