By STEVE KARNOWSKI Updated 3:04 PM CDT, August 19, 2025 ST. PAUL, Minn. (AP) — Minnesota on Tuesday joined a wave of states suing TikTok, alleging the social media giant preys on young people with addictive algorithms that trap them into becoming…
By MATT BROWN, LINDSAY WHITEHURST and CHRIS MEGERIAN Updated 4:31 PM CDT, August 19, 2025 WASHINGTON (AP) — National Guard members from West Virginia, South Carolina, Mississippi and Louisiana began arriving in Washington on Tuesday to assist in President Donald Trump’s federal crackdown on…
PICAYUNE, Miss. (WXXV)- A search warrant on August 15 led to Picayune police finding 41 pressed pills of fentanyl and over five ounces of meth. Packing material, body armor, a gun, and a stolen dirt bike was also among the…
GULFPORT, Miss. (WXXV)- A Gulfport man was sentenced for killing his girlfriend’s five-year-old son back in 2023. Thirty-two-year-old Denzel Jamal Blakely pled guilty Tuesday to second-degree murder and felony child abuse. The investigation began on April 14, 2023 when the…
By LEA SKENE Updated 12:54 PM CDT, August 19, 2025 BALTIMORE (AP) — Investigators on Tuesday were trying to determine what caused an explosion aboard a cargo ship laden with coal as it departed Baltimore’s harbor for East Africa. Officials said…
By DARLENE SUPERVILLE and AAMER MADHANI Updated 11:10 AM CDT, August 19, 2025 WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump on Tuesday offered his assurances that U.S. troops would not be sent to help defend Ukraine against Russia after seeming to leave open the possibility the…
By AUDREY McAVOY Updated 10:38 PM CDT, August 18, 2025 HONOLULU (AP) — Lava shoots high into the sky. Molten rock erupts from two vents simultaneously. The nighttime sky glows red and orange, reflecting the lava oozing across a summit crater. Scientists expect Kilauea volcano to…
By SOPHIE BATES Updated 11:15 AM CDT, August 19, 2025 JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — A federal judge blocked portions of Mississippi’s ban on diversity, equity and inclusion practices in public schools from being enforced while a lawsuit against it is underway.…
By RYAN J. FOLEY and EDDIE PELLS Updated 8:05 AM CDT, August 19, 2025 IOWA CITY, Iowa (AP) — The U.S. gymnastics world was only just recovering from a devastating sexual abuse scandal when a promising young coach moved from Mississippi to Iowa to…
PEARL RIVER COUNTY, Miss. (WXXV)- A Pearl River County woman has surrendered to authorities following a SNAP fraud investigation. Betsy Gobuzzi Johnson received $22,111 in SNAP benefits by not reporting household income and composition accurately to MDHS. Based on the…
By BEN FINLEY, JOHN SEEWER and HALLIE GOLDEN Updated 8:45 AM CDT, August 19, 2025 Holly Andrzejewski hadn’t yet welcomed her and her family’s first guests to the Atlantic Inn on Hatteras Island when she had to start rescheduling them, as Hurricane Erin neared North Carolina’s…
This year marks the 90th anniversary of social security. The program has helped generations of seniors. AARP Mississippi State Director Kimberly Campbell talked to WXXV about how critically important social security…
Bay St. Louis, Miss. (WXXV) -- On Monday evening, community members gathered at the Bay St. Louis Fire Department to host a drive-up dinner benefit in…
D’IBERVILLE, Miss. (WXXV)- In D’Iberville, utility work will temporarily close the intersection of Lamey Bridge Road and Mallett Road. That work begins on August 20 and is expected to wrap up that same day. Crews will be out at 8…
By MATT BROWN and MIKE PESOLI Updated 5:22 PM CDT, August 18, 2025 WASHINGTON (AP) — Three more Republican governors authorized the deployment of national guard troops to Washington as part of President Donald Trump’s show of force meant to crack down on…
D’IBERVILLE, Miss. (WXXV)-A heads up for D’Iberville residents, Coast Electric has a planned power outage for Wednesday, August 20. Those residents on West Gay Road, Old Highway 67, Road 120, and Clinton Lane will be affected. Lighting and traffic signals…
GULFPORT, Miss. (WXXV)- Amtrak Service has returned along the Gulf Coast. The new Mardi Gras service officially began operating Monday morning, bringing back passenger service for the first time…
By ANDREW DALTON Updated 4:23 PM CDT, August 18, 2025 LOS ANGELES (AP) — A woman known as the “Ketamine Queen,” charged with selling Matthew Perry the drug that killed him, agreed to plead guilty Monday. Jasveen Sangha becomes the fifth and final…
LONG BEACH, Miss. (WXXV) -- The University of Southern Mississippi’s Gulf Park campus in Long Beach is welcoming students back for the fall semester, with many…
By ERIC TUCKER Updated 3:06 PM CDT, August 18, 2025 WASHINGTON (AP) — The Justice Department has agreed to provide to Congress documents from the Jeffrey Epstein sex trafficking investigation, a key House lawmaker said Monday in announcing a move that appears…
HARRISON COUNTY, Miss. (WXXV)- Harrison County Sheriff Matt Haley has announced multiple arrests related to the seizure of large amounts of cocaine. Hector Rodriguez-Valdez, Bryan Rodriguez-Valdez, and Raul Quijas-Aguero of Mexico were arrested on federal drug trafficking charges. On August…
This month is National Immunization Month in the U.S. Joining us in studio is Memorial Health System Nurse Practitioner Tony Tanner to give us more information about the many types of vaccines out…
By SYLVIE CORBET, SAMYA KULLAB, AAMER MADHANI and JOSH BOAK Updated 4:00 PM CDT, August 18, 2025 WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump said Monday during talks with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy and European leaders that a potential ceasefire and who gets Ukrainian territory seized…
GAUTIER, Miss. (WXXV)- The Gautier Police Department is searching for a missing person. Linsey Brannon is said to have been missing since August 5. She was last seen leaving Siegel Select in a pink Mercedes with a broken rear glass…