WASHINGTON (AP) — The U.S. gave full approval to Pfizer’s COVID-19 vaccine on Monday, a milestone that may help lift public confidence in the shots as the nation battles the most contagious coronavirus mutant yet. The vaccine made by Pfizer…
By Kayla Rivas | Fox News The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) reiterated a warning against the use of ivermectin as a COVID-19 treatment amid growing reports of individuals taking the drug often used to treat parasitic worms in animals. Mississippi state…
By ERIC TUCKER, MICHAEL BALSAMO and COLLEEN LONG WASHINGTON (AP) — A man who claimed to have a bomb in a pickup truck near the Capitol surrendered to law enforcement after an hourslong standoff Thursday that prompted a massive police…
By MARINA VILLENEUVE NEW YORK (AP) — Gov. Andrew Cuomo announced his resignation Tuesday over a barrage of sexual harassment allegations in a fall from grace a year after he was widely hailed nationally for his detailed daily briefings and leadership…
WASHINGTON (AP/WXXV) — The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention on Tuesday issued a new moratorium on evictions that would last until October 3, ending some of the political pressure being placed on President Joe Biden. The new moratorium could…
By MARY CLARE JALONICK WASHINGTON (AP) — The chairman of the House Homeland Security Committee, Bennie Thompson, didn’t realize the severity of the Jan. 6 insurrection until his wife called him. He was inside the Capitol, sitting in the upper gallery of…
MIAMI (AP) — Firefighters officially ended their search for bodies in the debris of the collapsed Surfside condo building on Friday, even as police and forensic specialists continue working to identify human remains. Miami-Dade Assistant Fire Chief Raide Jadallah told…
A Mississippi man was arrested Tuesday for crimes related to the breach of the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6, which disrupted a joint session of the U.S. Congress that was in the process of ascertaining and counting the electoral votes…
By JOSH BOAK Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) - The U.S. government is starting to deposit child tax credit money into the accounts of more than 35 million families. President Joe Biden has expanded the credit for one year as part…
By KEVIN McGILL NEW ORLEANS, La. (AP) — Edwin Washington Edwards, the high-living four-term governor whose three-decade dominance of Louisiana politics was all but overshadowed by scandal and an eight-year federal prison stretch, died Monday. He was 93. Edwards died…
By EVENS SANON and DÁNICA COTO Associated Press PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (AP) — Haitian President Jovenel Moïse was assassinated in an attack on his private residence early Wednesday, according to a statement from the country’s interim prime minister, who called the…
Jackson County starts their land auction tomorrow. The bidding process begins at 8 a.m. tomorrow, July 7th, and all bids must be received no later than 11:59 p.m.…
The Fort Bayou Drawbridge in Jackson County will have temporary night closures this week. During those overnight closures, crews will be pouring concrete and lifting…
This weekend is going to be a busy one on the Mississippi Sound with the Fourth of July and the end of the recreational red snapper season on…
By AMY FORLITI and STEVE KARNOWSKI Associated Press MINNEAPOLIS (AP) - Former Minneapolis police Officer Derek Chauvin has been sentenced to 22 1/2 years in prison for the murder of George Floyd. The punishment handed out Friday fell short of…
SAN JOSE, Calif. (AP) — The mayor of San Jose, California says several people are receiving medical treatment after police and sheriff’s officials responded to reports of a shooting at a railyard. Mayor Sam Liccardo said Wednesday in a tweet…
For the first time since the landmark decision of Roe V. Wade, in which the U.S. Supreme Court ruled the decision to terminate a pregnancy in the first trimester falls under a woman's right to privacy, the…
WASHINGTON (WXXV) — The Supreme Court has agreed to take up a major abortion case that will give the court an opportunity to reconsider Roe v. Wade and Planned Parenthood v. Casey. Bans on abortion prior to viability have been…
NEW YORK (AP) — AT&T will combine its massive media operations that include CNN, HBO, TNT and TBS in a $43 billion deal with Discovery, the owner of lifestyle networks including the Food Network and HGTV. It is a major…
PICAYUNE, Miss. (WXXV) — A Picayune man has been arrested in connection to a decades-old cold case that was reopened in October of last year. Capt. Rhonda Johnson with the Picayune Police Department tells WXXV 47-year-old Sergio Williams was arrested…
BILOXI, Miss. (WXXV) — Autopsy results are set to be released by noon Wednesday for a four-month-old boy killed Monday during a two-state police chase. Authorities announced Tuesday morning that the child died at a Mobile, Alabama hospital. The four-month-old…
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Former President Donald Trump won’t return to Facebook — for now. The social network’s quasi-independent Oversight Board voted to uphold his ban from the platform after his account was suspended four months ago for inciting violence…
A murder suspect is dead following a vehicle chase that ended on I-10 eastbound in Biloxi this afternoon with multiple law enforcement agencies taking part in the pursuit. Around 11:30 this morning, deputies with the East Baton Rouge Sheriff’s Office in Louisiana responded to the scene of a double murder in the city of Baker, […]
YAZOO CITY, Miss. (AP) — Multiple tornadoes have caused damage across Mississippi, destroying homes and uprooting trees. But no injuries have been reported. A line of severe storms rolled through the state Sunday. Meteorologists declared a “tornado emergency” for Tupelo…