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…
SAUCIER, Miss. (WXXV)- One person was injured this weekend after a mobile home fire in Saucier. According to Harrison County Fire Rescue, it happened early Saturday morning. Six…
By DEVI SHASTRI Updated 1:12 PM CDT, August 18, 2025 The Texas measles outbreak that sickened 762 people since late January is over, state health officials said Monday. It’s been more than 42 days since the last new case was confirmed, meeting the…
By STAN CHOE, ELAINE KURTENBACH and MATT OTT Updated 11:26 AM CDT, August 18, 2025 NEW YORK (AP) — Wall Street is holding near its record heights on Monday, ahead of a week likely to be dominated by updates from the head of the Federal…
PASCAGOULA, Miss. (WXXV)- Hundreds of people also gathered in Pascagoula at the loading platform to get a look at the train as it made its way to Mobile Saturday.…