William Carey University has ranked high on Money.com’s Best College in America list. William Carey takes the number one spot for Mississippi’s four-year schools. Requirements for the ranking…
By ED WHITE Updated 2:43 PM CDT, July 23, 2025 A judge on Wednesday rejected a Trump administration request to unseal transcripts from grand jury investigations of Jeffrey Epstein years ago in Florida, though a similar request for the work of a different grand jury is…
GULFPORT, Miss. (WXXV)- Keesler Federal Credit Union hosted their largest and last distribution this morning for their Bright Futures Program. The program is providing school supplies to kindergarteners…
By SIMEON GATES/Mississippi Today Updated 10:58 AM CDT, July 23, 2025 Technology trade group NetChoice is asking the U.S. Supreme Court to stop Mississippi from enforcing a law that requires age verification for users of social media. The group filed an emergency application…
By MARCIA DUNN Updated 3:28 PM CDT, July 3, 2025 CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) — NASA has discovered an interstellar comet that’s wandered into our backyard. The space agency spotted the quick-moving object with the Atlas telescope in Chile earlier this week, and…
GULFPORT, Miss. (WXXV)- The City of Gulfport announced a traffic notice for this week. A new traffic signal is being activated at the intersection of Dedeaux Road and Northpark Drive on Thursday, July 24. That activation takes place at 9…
By NADIA LATHAN Updated 9:51 AM CDT, July 23, 2025 AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — Texas lawmakers on Wednesday began reviewing the July 4 floods that killed at least 136 people, a disaster that put local officials under scrutiny over why residents along the…
By ALEX VEIGA Updated 9:15 AM CDT, July 23, 2025 LOS ANGELES (AP) — Sales of previously occupied U.S. homes slid in June to the slowest pace since last September as mortgage rates remained elevated and national median sales prices hit unprecedented levels.…
By JOCELYN GECKER Updated 9:07 AM CDT, July 23, 2025 No question is too small when Kayla Chege, a high school student in Kansas, is using artificial intelligence. The 15-year-old asks ChatGPT for guidance on back-to-school shopping, makeup colors, low-calorie choices at Smoothie…
By MOLLY QUELL Associated Press The United Nations' top court says that if countries fail to take measures to protect the planet from climate change, they could be in violation of international law. The International Court of Justice on Wednesday…
OCEAN SPRINGS, Miss. (WXXV)- The Gulf Coast Community Foundation’s GivHer Circle brings women in the community together through service. One way they stay engaged is through their monthly book club, where…
PARIS (AP) — With the support of international partners and the mobilization of $115 million, the U.N. cultural agency UNESCO recently helped rebuild the Iraqi city of Mosul after it was devastated by the Islamic State group. The restoration of…
Mississippi University for Women has announced a new Bachelor of Science in Early Childhood Education. The new program will launch in fall 2025 and is designed to prepare students for licensure as pre-K educators. The program is offered through the…
BILOXI, Miss. (WXXV) -- A prayer service was held on Tuesday evening at Heritage Baptist Church for a beloved father, friend and softball coach.…
The Biloxi Breakers revealed the name of the official dance team performing at their games. The Shoreline Shakers will be on the sidelines bringing cheer and hype for all in…
By DEE-ANN DURBIN and JONEL ALECCIA Updated 2:18 PM CDT, July 22, 2025 President Donald Trump teased the announcement last week, but the Coca-Cola Co. confirmed it Tuesday: a cane sugar-sweetened version of the beverage maker’s trademark soda will be released in the U.S. this fall. For…
By ISABELLA O’MALLEY and SARAH BRUMFIELD Updated 2:22 PM CDT, July 22, 2025 A wildfire burning in a sparsely populated region of central Oregon has become the largest fire this year and is on the verge of surpassing 100,000 acres to become what’s…
BILOXI, Miss. (WXXV)- Day two of the Mississippi Municipal League Conference in Biloxi finished up Tuesday. Mayors and city council members from cities across…
By ERIC TUCKER Updated 12:01 PM CDT, July 22, 2025 WASHINGTON (AP) — The Department of Justice wants to interview Jeffrey Epstein’s former girlfriend Ghislaine Maxwell, who was convicted of helping the financier sexually abuse underage girls and is now serving a lengthy prison…
By STEPHEN GROVES and LISA MASCARO Updated 1:58 PM CDT, July 22, 2025 WASHINGTON (AP) — House Speaker Mike Johnson is rebuffing pressure to act on the investigation into Jeffrey Epstein, instead sending members home early for a month-long break from Washington after the…
PASCAGOULA, Miss. (WXXV)- Resurrection Catholic School holding a day of service where students helped clean up their campus ahead of their return to school in just over a…
By DAVID KLEPPER Updated 12:15 PM CDT, July 22, 2025 WASHINGTON (AP) — People with congestive heart failure, undergoing treatment for schizophrenia or who have a history of paraphilic disorders will no longer be eligible for a medical waiver to serve…
HARRISON COUNTY, Miss. (WXXV)- The Harrison County Sheriff’s Office wants to make the public aware of another scam alert. Multiple complaints have been made of scams using the Harrison…
By AMANDA SWINHART Updated 11:03 AM CDT, July 22, 2025 TUNBRIDGE, Vt. (AP) — An electrical engineer by trade, Patrick Schlott has spent countless hours tinkering with new and old technology. But it wasn’t until he found himself living in rural…