By JEFF MARTIN Updated 12:25 PM CST, November 9, 2024 Actor Tony Todd, known for his haunting portrayal of a killer in the horror film “Candyman” and roles in many other films and television shows, has died, his longtime manager confirmed.…
By Garrett Haake and Rebecca Shabad President-elect Donald Trump has tapped House Republican Conference chair and longtime ally Rep. Elise Stefanik, R-N.Y., to serve as ambassador to the United Nations, a Trump transition official confirmed to NBC News on Monday. Stefanik is Trump's…
By JEFF MARTIN ATLANTA (AP) — A shooting early Sunday during homecoming weekend at Tuskegee University in Alabama left one person dead and injured 16 others, a dozen of…
By JEFFREY COLLINS Updated 10:16 PM CST, November 7, 2024 Forty-three monkeys escaped from a compound used for medical research in South Carolina but the nearby police chief said there is “almost no danger” to the public. “They are not infected…
By AYANNA ALEXANDER, ALI SWENSON and GARY FIELDS Updated 10:54 PM CST, November 7, 2024 Racist text messages invoking slavery raised alarm across the country this week after they were sent to Black men, women and students, including middle schoolers, prompting inquiries by the…
By ZEKE MILLER, MICHELLE L. PRICE and JILL COLVIN WASHINGTON (AP) — President-elect Donald Trump has named Susie Wiles, the manager of his victorious campaign, as his White House chief of staff. Wiles is widely credited within and outside Trump’s…
By ALMUDENA CALATRAVA Updated 4:39 PM CST, November 7, 2024 BUENOS AIRES (AP) — Three people have been charged in connection with the death of Liam Payne, a former member of musical group One Direction who died after falling from the balcony…
President Joe Biden is scheduled to deliver remarks to the nation Thursday in what will be his first appearance on camera following Donald Trump’s decisive victory over Kamala Harris.
By Monica Alba, Yamiche Alcindor and Rebecca Shabad Vice President Kamala Harris has called Donald Trump to congratulate him on winning the 2024 presidential race, according to a senior Harris aide. Harris discussed the importance of a peaceful transfer of power and being a president…
By WILL WEISSERT Updated 9:35 AM CST, November 6, 2024 WASHINGTON (AP) — Donald Trump ‘s impending return to the White House means he’ll want to stand up an entirely new administration from the one that served under President Joe Biden. His team is…
BY ANDREA RODRÍGUEZ Rafael has strengthened into a powerful Category 3 hurricane ahead of its expected landfall in Cuba. Forecasters warn that Rafael could bring “life-threatening” storm surges, winds and flash floods on western swathes of the island, after knocking…
By LISA MASCARO and MARY CLARE JALONICK Updated 7:21 AM CST, November 6, 2024 WASHINGTON (AP) — Republicans have taken control of the U.S. Senate and are fighting to keep their majority in the U.S. House, which would produce a full sweep of GOP power…
Former President Donald Trump has defeated Vice President Kamala Harris and will become the 47th President of the United States. The Associated Press called the election Wednesday morning. With 270 Electoral…
The polls are now closed in the 2024 November 5th General Election. Here in South Mississippi, the races we are following on the ballot are United States President, United States Senate, U.S. House of Representative 4th Congressional District, Supreme Court…
By BILL BARROW and JILL COLVIN Updated 9:45 AM CST, November 4, 2024 RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — A presidential campaign that has careened through a felony trial, an incumbent president being pushed off the ticket and multiple assassination attempts comes down to a…
By Daniel Arkin Quincy Jones, a maestro of American music and a titan of the entertainment industry who influenced nearly every popular genre, produced landmark albums and earned 80 Grammy Award nominations, died Sunday, his publicist said. He was 91. Jones "passed…
By LINDSAY WHITEHURST Updated 3:53 PM CDT, October 29, 2024 WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court on Tuesday rejected an emergency appeal to remove Robert F. Kennedy Jr. from the presidential ballot in two battleground states. Kennedy wanted to get off the ballot…
By JOSH FUNK Updated 2:26 PM CDT, October 29, 2024 Share OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — The federal government is handing out $2.4 billion in railroad grants to help pay for 122 projects nationwide with more than half of the money going…
By BOB THOMAS Updated 2:08 PM CDT, October 29, 2024 LOS ANGELES (AP) — Teri Garr, the quirky comedy actor who rose from background dancer in Elvis Presley movies to co-star of such favorites as “Young Frankenstein” and “Tootsie,” has died. She was…
By SARAH PARVINI Updated 9:54 PM CDT, October 27, 2024 LOS ANGELES (AP) — McDonald’s announced Sunday that Quarter Pounders will again be on its menu at hundreds of its restaurants after testing ruled out beef patties as the source of the outbreak of…
LOS ANGELES (AP) — Phil Lesh, a classically trained violinist and jazz trumpeter who found his true calling reinventing the role of rock bass guitar as a founding member of the Grateful Dead, died Friday at age 84. Lesh’s death was announced…
By JONEL ALECCIA and DEE-ANN DURBIN Updated 3:39 PM CDT, October 24, 2024 A California grower was the source of fresh onions linked to a deadly E. coli food poisoning outbreak at McDonald’s, officials with the restaurant chain said Thursday. Meanwhile, other fast-food restaurants —…
By STEFANIE DAZIO and JAIMIE DING Updated 3:49 PM CDT, October 24, 2024 LOS ANGELES (AP) — Prosecutors will recommend Erik and Lyle Menendez be resentenced for the 1989 killings of their parents in the family’s Beverly Hills home, providing the brothers with a chance…
By Marlene Lenthang Police are investigating the death of a 19-year-old Walmart employee who was found dead in the store’s walk-in oven on Saturday in Canada. Halifax Regional Police in the province of Nova Scotia, were called to the Walmart at…