By ERIC TUCKER Updated 1:35 PM CST, December 11, 2024 WASHINGTON (AP) — FBI Director Christopher Wray told the bureau workforce Wednesday that he plans to resign at the end of President Joe Biden’s term in January, an announcement that came a week…
NEW YORK (AP) — Police arrested a “strong person of interest” Monday in the brazen Manhattan killing of UnitedHealthcare’s CEO after a quick-thinking McDonald’s employee in Pennsylvania alerted authorities to a customer who was found with a weapon and writings…
The Mistletoe and Main Street Fair took over parts of 14th Street in Downtown Gulfport on Saturday. Vendors showcased their best holiday trinkets and creations, all in the…
By JAKE OFFENHARTZ, KAREN MATTHEWS and MICHAEL R. SISAK Associated Press UnitedHealthcare’s CEO has been shot and killed in what police say is a “brazen, targeted attack” outside a Manhattan hotel where the health insurer was holding its investor conference.…
By Minyvonne Burke, David K. Li and Gabrielle Fonrouge, CNBC The CEO of UnitedHealthcare was fatally shot in what police said appears to be a "premeditated, preplanned targeted attack" outside the New York Hilton hotel in midtown Manhattan on Wednesday morning. Brian Thompson, 50,…
By DEE-ANN DURBIN and JONEL ALECCIA Updated 1:33 PM CST, December 3, 2024 The U.S. government said Tuesday it has closed its investigation into an E. coli outbreak tied to McDonald’s Quarter Pounder hamburgers after determining there is no longer a safety risk. The outbreak,…
By EMILY WAGSTER PETTUS Updated 2:35 PM CST, December 3, 2024 A University of Mississippi student who disappeared in 2022 was a happy person who spoke with his mother daily and called her every year to sing happy birthday, his mom…
By ASSOCIATED PRESS Updated 8:47 AM CST, December 3, 2024 Since it started as a hashtag in 2012, Giving Tuesday, the Tuesday after Thanksgiving, has become one of the biggest fundraising days of the year for nonprofits in the U.S. In 2022 and 2023,…
By DAVID SHARP The U.S. Navy is transforming a costly flub into a potent weapon with the first shipborne hypersonic weapon, which is being retrofitted aboard the first of its three stealthy destroyers. The USS Zumwalt is at a Mississippi shipyard…
By MARK KENNEDY NEW YORK (AP) — Chuck Woolery, the affable, smooth-talking game show host of “Wheel of Fortune,” “Love Connection” and “Scrabble” who later became a right-wing podcaster, skewering liberals and accusing the government of lying about COVID-19, has died.…
By Evan Bush The Biden administration plans to require Medicare and Medicaid to offer coverage of weight loss medications for patients seeking to treat obesity. The new rule, which was proposed by the administration on Tuesday, would dramatically expand access to…
By Ryan J. Reilly and Ken Dilanian WASHINGTON — Special counsel Jack Smith has filed a motion to drop all four felony charges against President-elect Donald Trump in connection with his effort to overturn his 2020 presidential election in the lead-up to the…
Our sister station WWAY in Wilmington, North Carolina mourns the loss of beloved veteran news anchor Donna Gregory. Donna passed away on Tuesday surrounded by her loved ones after battling stage four lung cancer. Donna’s journalism career spanned decades where…
DETROIT (AP) — Hyundai and Kia are recalling over 208,000 electric vehicles to fix a pesky problem that can cause loss of drive power, increasing the risk of a crash. The recalls cover more than 145,000 Hyundai and Genesis vehicles including the…
By JOHN O’CONNOR and SOPHIA TAREEN Updated 2:49 PM CST, November 21, 2024 SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) — The Illinois Supreme Court on Thursday overturned actor Jussie Smollett’s conviction on charges of staging a racist and homophobic attack against himself in 2019 and lying to Chicago…
WASHINGTON (AP) — Matt Gaetz has withdrawn as President-elect Donald Trump’s pick for attorney general. This comes following scrutiny over a federal sex trafficking investigation. The Florida Republican made the announcement Thursday. https://twitter.com/mattgaetz/status/1859649045553402285
By Daniella Silva The man accused of killing Georgia nursing student Laken Riley was found guilty of murder Wednesday in a case that became a flashpoint in the immigration debate earlier this year ahead of the presidential election. Jose Antonio Ibarra,…
By FATIMA HUSSEIN Associated Press President-elect Donald Trump says he is nominating Dr. Mehmet Oz, who hosted a long-running television talk show, to lead the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services. Oz unsuccessfully ran for Senate in Pennsylvania as a…
By DAVID KOENIG Updated 9:57 AM CST, November 18, 2024 Spirit Airlines said Monday that it has filed for bankruptcy protection and will attempt to reboot as it struggles to recover from the pandemic-caused swoon in travel, stiffer competition from bigger…
By WILL WEISSERT, LISA MASCARO and ZEKE MILLER Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Donald Trump made a victor’s return to Washington on Wednesday, visiting the White House for a nearly two-hour meeting with President Joe Biden and committing to a…
By Marlene Lenthang Actor Dave Coulier, who played Uncle Joey on the beloved sitcom "Full House," has been diagnosed with stage 3 non-Hodgkin's lymphoma, he said Wednesday. "Five weeks ago I was diagnosed with stage three non-Hodgkin's lymphoma. And in that time,…
President-elect Donald Trump is starting to fill key posts in his second administration, putting an emphasis so far on aides and allies who were his strongest backers during the 2024 campaign. Here’s a look at whom he has selected so far. Pete…
By WILL WEISSERT and LISA MASCARO Associated Press President-elect Donald Trump is making a victor’s return to Washington. The president-elect's plane landed Wednesday morning at Joint Base Andrews in Maryland and he arrived near the Capitol to meet with House…
By ZEKE MILLER and MICHELLE L. PRICE Updated 1:03 PM CST, November 12, 2024 Share WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. (AP) — President-elect Donald Trump will nominate former Arkansas Gov. Mike Huckabee as ambassador to Israel, Trump announced Tuesday. Huckabee is a staunch defender of Israel…