WXXV speaks to a Florida resident as they prepare for Hurricane Milton
Residents in Florida are gearing up for another hurricane as Milton looks to make landfall in just a few days. Many are prepping now by moving valuable items to elevated…
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Cissy Houston, Whitney Houston’s mother and a Grammy-winning singer, dies at 91
By JONATHAN LANDRUM Jr. LOS ANGELES (AP) — Cissy Houston, the mother of the late Whitney Houston and a two-time Grammy winner who performed alongside superstar musicians like Elvis Presley, and Aretha Franklin, has died. She was 91. Houston died…
Source: Dockworkers’ union to suspend strike until Jan. 15 to allow time to negotiate new contract
By TOM KRISHER Updated 5:40 PM CDT, October 3, 2024 DETROIT (AP) — The union representing 45,000 striking U.S. dockworkers at East and Gulf coast ports has reached a deal to suspend their strike until Jan. 15 to provide time to…
Biden’s student loan cancellation free to move forward as court order expires
By COLLIN BINKLEY Updated 3:21 PM CDT, October 3, 2024 WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden’s latest attempt at student loan cancellation is free to move ahead — at least temporarily — after a judge in Georgia decided that a legal challenge should…
Hurricane Helene's death toll reaches 200 after Georgia and North Carolina report more fatalities
By JEFF AMY, ERIK VERDUZCO and BRITTANY PETERSON Hurricane Helene’s death toll has reached 200, after Georgia and North Carolina reported more fatalities from the storm. The death toll jumped Thursday from 189 to 200 after Georgia officials added eight…
Online voting in Alaska’s Fat Bear Week contest starts after an attack killed 1 contestant
ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) — Let the chunk-off begin. Voting started Wednesday in the annual Fat Bear Week contest at Alaska’s Katmai National Park and Preserve, with viewers picking their favorite among a dozen brown bears fattened up to survive the winter. The…
Dockworkers join other unions in trying to fend off automation, or minimize the impact
By CATHY BUSSEWITZ Updated 2:53 PM CDT, October 2, 2024 NEW YORK (AP) — The massive port workers’ strike that has shut down all the major dockyards on the Eastern seaboard of the U.S. and the Gulf coast is highlighting a…
Hurricane Helene’s death toll passes 150 as crews search for survivors
By ERIK VERDUZCO and JEFF AMY SWANNANOA, N.C. (AP) — Cadaver dogs and search crews trudged through knee-deep muck and debris in the mountains of western North Carolina on Tuesday looking for victims of Hurricane Helene, days after the storm carved a deadly…
John Amos, patriarch on ‘Good Times’ and an Emmy nominee for the blockbuster ‘Roots,’ dies at 84
By BETH HARRIS LOS ANGELES (AP) — John Amos, who starred as the family patriarch on the hit 1970s sitcom “Good Times” and earned an Emmy nomination for his role in the seminal 1977 miniseries “Roots,” has died. He was 84. Amos’ publicist,…
Iran says it fired dozens of missiles into Israel, where residents are warned to shelter in place
By AAMER MADHANI, JULIA FRANKEL and BASSEM MROUE Updated 12:13 PM CDT, October 1, 2024 JERUSALEM (AP) — Iran says it fired dozens of missiles into Israel on Tuesday as the monthslong fighting between Israel and Iran’s proxies in the region — Hezbollah and…
Morning Reporter Everett Ganier Jr. LIVE at the Port of Gulfport updating you about the dock workers strike
Dock workers at ports from Maine to Texas are on strike... The strike caps months of heated back and forth between the union and the United States Maritime Alliance. WXXV News 25's Everett…
Dockworkers’ strike could push up prices and cause shortages if it lasts for weeks
By TOM KRISHER, TASSANEE VEJPONGSA and WYATTE GRANTHAM-PHILIPS Updated 11:14 AM CDT, October 1, 2024 PHILADELPHIA (AP) — From Maine to Texas, dockworkers at 36 ports across the eastern United States are on strike for the first time in decades, a work stoppage that could snarl supply…
Helene and other storms dumped a whopping 40 trillion gallons of rain on the South
By SETH BORENSTEIN Updated 6:27 AM CDT, October 1, 2024 More than 40 trillion gallons of rain drenched the Southeast United States in the last week from Hurricane Helene and a run-of-the-mill rainstorm that sloshed in ahead of it — an…
Jimmy Carter and his hometown of Plains celebrate the 39th president’s 100th birthday
By BILL BARROW and CHARLOTTE KRAMON Updated 8:26 AM CDT, October 1, 2024 ATLANTA (AP) — Jimmy Carter reached his 100th birthday Tuesday, the first time an American president has lived a full century and the latest milestone in a life that took the son…
Dockworkers go on a strike that could reignite inflation and cause shortages in the holiday season
By TOM KRISHER and TASSANEE VEJPONGSA PHILADELPHIA (AP) — A strike by dockworkers at 36 ports from Maine to Texas, the first in decades, could snarl supply chains and lead to shortages and higher prices if it stretches on for more than a few weeks.…
John Ashton, ‘Beverly Hills Cop’ actor, dies at 76
By JAKE COYLE Updated 8:46 AM CDT, September 30, 2024 NEW YORK (AP) — John Ashton, the veteran character actor who memorably played the gruff but lovable police detective John Taggart in the “Beverly Hills Cop” films, has died. He was 76.…
Over 90,000 Georgia residents taking shelter after chemical fire as haze, smell spreads to Atlanta
CONYERS, Ga. (AP) — More than 90,000 residents east of Atlanta were told to keep sheltering in place Monday a day after a chemical plant fire sent a massive plume of dark smoke high into the sky that could been seen for…
Supplies rushed to communities isolated by Helene as death toll rises to at least 107
ASHEVILLE, N.C. (AP) — A crisis unfolded in western North Carolina as officials rushed to get more water, food and other supplies to flood-stricken areas without power and cellular service Monday, three days after Hurricane Helene ripped across the U.S.…
Kris Kristofferson, singer-songwriter and actor, dies at 88
LOS ANGELES (AP) — Kris Kristofferson, a Rhodes scholar with a deft writing style and rough charisma who became a country music superstar and A-list Hollywood actor, has died. Kristofferson died at his home in Maui, Hawaii on Saturday, family…
Helene strengthens to a Category 4 hurricane as it nears Florida's Gulf Coast
By KATE PAYNE and HEATHER HOLLINGSWORTH Associated Press Forecasters say Helene has strengthened into a Category 4 hurricane as it races toward northwest Florida. The enormous storm is expected to make landfall Thursday night. Category 4 hurricanes have sustained winds…
Helene’s winds batter Florida as Category 3 storm races toward the coast
By HEATHER HOLLINGSWORTH and KATE PAYNE Updated 2:35 PM CDT, September 26, 2024 CRAWFORDVILLE, Fla. (AP) — Tropical storm force winds began battering Florida on Thursday as Hurricane Helene prepared to make landfall, with forecasters warning that the enormous storm could create a “nightmare” surge…
Helene becomes a major Category 3 hurricane as it heads toward Florida
By The Associated Press Fast-moving Hurricane Helene is advancing across the Gulf of Mexico toward Florida and it's been upgraded to a major Category 3 storm. Forecasters say the storm is threatening a “catastrophic” storm surge in northwestern parts of…
Hoda Kotb will step down as co-anchor of NBC News' 'TODAY' show
By Daniel Arkin Hoda Kotb, a beloved mainstay of NBC News' "TODAY" for nearly two decades, announced on Thursday that she will step down from the network's flagship morning show after six years as co-anchor. She said she made the decision after…
Brett Favre tells Congress he's been diagnosed with Parkinson's
By David K. Li and Janhvi Bhojwani NFL Hall of Fame quarterback Brett Favre said he's been diagnosed with Parkinson's, a stunning disclosure made to Congress on Tuesday while testifying about his potential misuse of taxpayer money. Farve, appearing before the House Ways and Means…