By KATE PAYNE Updated 9:47 AM CDT, August 20, 2025 TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (AP) — Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis has posthumously awarded five notable Floridians with the Governor’s Medal of Freedom, one of the state’s highest honors. The awardees include the state’s last Democratic…
Air Force personnel based at Keesler Air Force Base are helping weather officials measure Hurricane Erin. This footage filmed by the Air Force showed the personnel onboard Super Hercules aircraft assigned to…
By MIKE STOBBE Updated 8:14 AM CDT, August 20, 2025 NEW YORK (AP) — States are warning beachgoers about a summertime surge in infections from a frightening, flesh-eating bacteria found in coastal waters. Vibrio vulnificus are becoming an annual threat along…
By MATT O’BRIEN Updated 8:08 AM CDT, August 20, 2025 NORTH KINGSTOWN, R.I. (AP) — The winged passenger ferry gliding over the surface of Narragansett Bay could be a new method of coastal transportation or a new kind of warship. Its…
By ANNE D’INNOCENZIO Updated 7:03 AM CDT, August 20, 2025 NEW YORK (AP) — Target is counting on a company veteran to revive its magic as it struggles to compete with rivals like Walmart. The Minneapolis-based retailer said Wednesday that Chief…
BAY ST. LOUIS, Miss. (WXXV) -- The American Red Cross is holding multiple blood drives across the coast over the next two weeks in remembrance of…
By SOPHIE BATES Updated 4:44 PM CDT, August 19, 2025 JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — A federal judge has ordered Mississippi to redraw its Supreme Court electoral map, after finding the map dilutes the power of Black voters. U.S. District Judge Sharion…
By JONEL ALECCIA Updated 3:18 PM CDT, August 19, 2025 Walmart has recalled frozen, raw shrimp sold in 13 states because federal health officials say it could have potential radioactive contamination. The U.S. Food and Drug Administration asked Walmart to pull…
MOSS POINT, Miss. (WXXV)- A heads up for Moss Point residents, the Merchants and Marine Bank is moving to their new branch.…
GULFPORT, Miss. (WXXV)- The City of Gulfport is inviting the public to come together later this week for the launch of the ‘Horizons 2045: Charting our Future”…
BILOXI, Miss. (WXXV) -- South Mississippi is mourning the loss of Biloxi icon Peter Roy Elder, who passed away unexpectedly on Monday night. "He was…
GULFPORT, Miss. (WXXV)-Memorial Health System hosted a career expo Tuesday, giving job seekers a chance to explore opportunities across its health systems. Attendees were able to tour…
PASS CHRISTIAN, Miss. (WXXV)- A scary moment for two Pass Christian women driving on Highway 90. The driver avoided another vehicle and their car ended up on…
By ERIC TUCKER, AAMER MADHANI and MATTHEW LEE Updated 3:40 PM CDT, August 19, 2025 WASHINGTON (AP) — The Trump administration moved Tuesday to revoke the security clearances of 37 current and former national security officials in the latest act of retribution targeting public…
BILOXI, Miss. (WXXV)- Mississippi and the U.S. Air Force are marking a new era in cybersecurity research, training, and collaboration as construction has begun on a transformative…
HARRISON COUNTY, Miss. (WXXV)- The Buc-ee’s at Menge Avenue exit has been open for only a couple of months and some are already complaining about traffic problems. The…
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.…