JACKSON, Mississippi -- A Mississippi congressman on Tuesday asked the FBI to review the slaying of an openly gay mayoral candidate to determine if any federal laws might have been violated. U.S. Rep.

The murder of Marco McMillian — the openly gay black politician who'd recently announced his candidacy for mayor of Clarksdale, Mississippi — may end up prompting more questions about the killer's ...

Marco McMillian, perhaps the first viable openly gay candidate for elected office in Mississippi, was found dead near a Mississippi River levee yesterday morning in unclear circumstances. He had been ...

Update: March 1, 1:30 p.m. EST: Lawrence Reed, 22, of Shelby, Miss., has been charged with murder in connection with the death of Marco McMillian, Reuters reports. Authorities said nothing about his ...

Law enforcement agents on Wednesday afternoon confirmed that the body found near the Mississippi River is that of Clarksdale mayoral candidate Marco McMillian, who had been missing since early Tuesday ...

In Mississippi, the late black, gay politician Marco McMillian wasn’t the only sexually fluid man in power down in the Delta, writes Françoise N. Hamlin on the Huffington Post, which makes his death ...

Marco McMillian, the first gay man to run for a mayorship in the state of Mississippi, was found dead on a Mississippi River levee Wednesday, and his death is being treated as a homicide. From Talking ...