By PHILIP MARCELO Updated 3:39 PM CDT, July 18, 2025 NEW YORK (AP) — A Manhattan pawn shop owner pleaded guilty Friday to serving as a fence for luxury items stolen from wealthy residences across the country, including a brazen burglary…
By MARCIA DUNN Updated 2:47 PM CDT, July 16, 2025 CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) — Astronomers have discovered the earliest seeds of rocky planets forming in the gas around a baby sun-like star, providing a precious peek into the dawn of our own solar system.…
GULFPORT, Miss. (WXXV)-The Mississippi Aquarium is teaming up with the University of Southern Mississippi Center for Fisheries and Research Development for Shark Weekend. Shark Weekend takes place Saturday, July 26 and Sunday, July 27 at the Mississippi Aquarium. Visitors to…
WXXV-Representative Mike Ezell is sharing a telephone town hall is scheduled for Monday, July 21. He will provide an update on work being done in Congress for South Mississippi. Representative Ezell will also be taking questions and hearing concerns on…
By KEVIN FREKING and MARY CLARE JALONICK Updated 8:46 AM CDT, July 18, 2025 WASHINGTON (AP) — The House gave final approval to President Donald Trump’s request to claw back about $9 billion for public broadcasting and foreign aid early Friday as Republicans intensified their…
By JONEL ALECCIA Updated 2:33 PM CDT, July 14, 2025 Ice cream makers representing about 90% of the U.S. supply of the frozen treat have pledged to remove artificial dyes from their products in less than three years, federal health officials…
Governor Tate Reeves has appointed Dr. LaWanda Baskin to serve on the Mississippi Board of Nursing, pending confirmation by the state Senate. Dr. Baskin is the executive associate dean for academic affairs in the College of Nursing and Health Professions…
STARKVILLE, Miss. (WXXV)- Mississippi State University is launching a new degree program next month. The new Master of Science in Construction Management degree program will prepare students for leadership roles in the construction industry. The new program was recently approved…
By CHRISTINE FERNANDO Updated 1:57 PM CDT, July 17, 2025 CHICAGO (AP) — Nine puppies from parts of Texas submerged by catastrophic flooding that killed at least 132 people arrived Wednesday at the no-kill shelter PAWS Chicago, joining dozens of puppies that had already arrived. The…
By REBECCA SANTANA and WYATTE GRANTHAM-PHILIPS Updated 9:11 AM CDT, July 18, 2025 NEW YORK (AP) — When limits on liquids were introduced at TSA checkpoints across the country in 2006, bins overflowed with bottled water, toothpaste, shaving cream and so much more.…
GULFPORT, Miss. (WXXV)-The Lynn Meadows Discovery Center shares the passing of the center’s founder's husband today. Joe Meadows Jr. passed away on June 29, the…
D'IBERVILLE, Miss. (WXXV) -- What is chronic venous insufficiency? That's a question on many Americans' minds, as the White House recently announced President Donald…
By SEUNG MIN KIM and ALAN SUDERMAN Updated 2:39 PM CDT, July 18, 2025 WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump on Friday signed into law new regulations for a type of cryptocurrency, a major milestone for an industry that has spent heavily to strengthen…
PASS CHRISTIAN, Miss. (WXXV) -- A free kids gun safety class is happening this weekend in Pass Christian, teaching young ones the importance of gun safety. Certified instructors…
GULFPORT, Miss. (WXXV) - On July 4th, 2025, President Donald Trump officially signed The One Big Beautiful Bill into law. The White…
Ocean Springs is one of several cities on the Coast with new mayors taking office July 1. Former Alderman at Large Bobby Cox won…
By ALANNA DURKIN RICHER and LARRY NEUMEISTER Associated Press The Justice Department has asked a federal court to unseal grand jury transcripts in Jeffrey Epstein’s case amid a firestorm over the Trump administration’s handling of records related to the wealthy…
By DAVID KLEPPER Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth has dismissed claims that U.S. strikes on Iranian nuclear facilities failed to destroy their targets. Speaking to reporters at the Pentagon ahead of a meeting with Israeli Defense Minister Israel Katz, Hegseth said the…
BILOXI, Miss.- Lt. Candace Young with the Biloxi Police Department speaks to WXXV to discuss golf cart registrations happening July 23. Bring your golf cart to the Dr.…
By ANNIE MA Updated 12:50 PM CDT, July 18, 2025 WASHINGTON (AP) — The Education Department will release $1.3 billion in previously withheld grant money for after-school programs, days after 10 Republican senators sent a letter imploring the Trump administration to allow frozen…
GULFPORT, Miss. (WXXV)-The Junior Auxiliary of Gulfport is hosting a back-to-school bonanza at West Elementary School. The event is happening Monday, July 21 from…
By ETIENNE LAURENT and ERIC TUCKER Updated 1:53 PM CDT, July 18, 2025 LOS ANGELES (AP) — A deadly explosion that shook a law enforcement training facility in Los Angeles early Friday was being investigated as a possible training accident, officials said. Three…
By MARY CLARE JALONICK, JOEY CAPPELLETTI and ALAN SUDERMAN Updated 5:00 PM CDT, July 17, 2025 WASHINGTON (AP) — The House has passed three bills intended to boost the legitimacy of the cryptocurrency industry with new regulations as President Donald Trump has pushed to make the…
BILOXI, Miss. (WXXV)- The Mississippi Gaming Commission has approved a site for one Biloxi casino. According to our media partner, the Sun Herald, the gaming commission granted Biloxi…