By TOM MURPHY Updated 1:31 PM CDT, July 24, 2025 UnitedHealth Group says it is cooperating with federal criminal and civil investigations involving its market-leading Medicare business. The health care giant said Thursday that it had contacted the Department of Justice…
By MATT OTT Updated 7:47 AM CDT, July 24, 2025 WASHINGTON (AP) — The number of Americans filing for jobless aid fell for the sixth straight week, hitting the lowest level since mid-April. The Labor Department reported Thursday that jobless claims…
By MIKE STOBBE Updated 10:26 AM CDT, July 24, 2025 NEW YORK (AP) — The fertility rate in the U.S. dropped to an all-time low in 2024 with less than 1.6 kids per woman, new federal data released Thursday shows. The U.S. was…
By DAVID FISCHER Updated 11:05 PM CDT, July 23, 2025 FORT PIERCE, Fla. (AP) — A man charged with attempting to assassinate President Donald Trump last year at his Florida golf course will return to court Thursday to once again explain why he…
By MARK KENNEDY Updated 1:05 PM CDT, July 24, 2025 NEW YORK (AP) — Two-time Grammy Award-winning musician Chuck Mangione, who achieved international success in 1977 with his jazz-flavored single “Feels So Good” and later became a voice actor on the animated TV…
By MATT OTT and THE ASSOCIATED PRESS Updated 8:53 AM CDT, July 24, 2025 Union Pacific and Norfolk Southern confirmed Thursday that they are in merger talks that would create a single U.S railroad with service stretching from the East to the West…
By MICHELLE CHAPMAN Updated 9:56 AM CDT, July 24, 2025 Pura Scents is recalling more than 850,000 diffusers because some magnets may detach and cause a possible ingestion hazard to children. The company is recalling about 851,400 Pura 4 Smart Home…
LONG BEACH, Miss. (WXXV) - A new scholarship is paving the way for Pearl River Community College students to continue their education along the Mississippi…
CLEARWATER, Fla. (AP) — Hulk Hogan, the mustachioed, headscarf-wearing icon in the world of professional wrestling, has died at the age of 71, Florida police and WWE said Thursday. In Clearwater, Florida, authorities responded to a call Thursday morning about…
By ADRIAN SAINZ Updated 10:51 PM CDT, July 23, 2025 MEMPHIS, Tenn. (AP) — Three men who were reported missing while fishing and swimming on a sandbar in the Mississippi River have been found dead near Memphis, Tennessee, authorities said Wednesday.…
WASHINGTON (AP) — Justice Department officials were set to meet on Thursday with Ghislaine Maxwell, the imprisoned girlfriend of financier and convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein, according to a person familiar with the matter. The meeting in Florida, which Deputy Attorney General…
OCEAN SPRINGS, Miss. -- With kids getting ready to go back to school, parents are loading backpacks with books and supplies, preparing for a successful year. We…
GULFPORT, Miss. (WXXV) -- Wednesday marked a milestone for Gulfport-Biloxi International Airport, as officials cut the ribbon for its third t-hangar. This expands the facility's general aviation area,…
BILOXI, Miss. (WXXV)- The Biloxi Shuckers are teaming up with a coastal football team, the Gulf Coast Raiders to host a supply drive. The…
A singular vehicle crash on South Swan Rd and Highway 49 in Gulfport has left one person dead. Harrison County Coroner, Brian Switzer, has identified the victim as 58 year old Steven Johnson of Saucier. It was around 7:09 PM…
By SARA CLINE Updated 12:51 PM CDT, July 23, 2025 Nine men accused of breaking out of a New Orleans city jail in May after slipping through a hole behind a toilet and scaling a barbed wire fence pleaded not guilty to escape…
OCEAN SPRINGS, Miss. (WXXV)- In Ocean Springs, a road closure is planned for Friday, July 25. The road closure is at the intersection of Jackson and Porter Avenues. The…
By SUSAN HAIGH Updated 2:58 PM CDT, July 23, 2025 The U.S. Postal Service on Wednesday marked its upcoming 250th anniversary with the release of new commemorative stamps, including an exclusive, modernized version of the nation’s first 5-cent stamp featuring Benjamin…
Dr. Josh Luke with Memorial Hospital joins us in studio to discuss signs of heat exhaustion, heat stroke, and how to stay protected.
By REBECCA BOONE Updated 3:02 PM CDT, July 23, 2025 BOISE, Idaho (AP) — Friends and relatives of four University of Idaho students murdered in their rental home by Bryan Kohberger delivered powerful statements of love, anguish and condemnation Wednesday as…
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…