GULFPORT, Miss. (WCBI) – Hurricane Warnings have been issued for the Alabama and Mississippi Gulf Coasts. Tropical Storm Warnings are in effect from Southeast Louisiana through Destin, Florida. As the storm carries to the north and west, it is expected to develop into a Category 1 Hurricane before making landfall Tuesday Night on the Mississippi Coast. Sustained winds will be…
Mississippi State freshman catcher Luke Hancock has been suspended indefinitely.
Much of the Midwest is underwater from relentless rain storms, as Tropical Storm Gordon pounds South Florida and the Keys with high winds and up to five inches of rain. The rains were a once-in-500-year event that quickly turned towns into lakes in Riley County, Kansas. “It was one of the most significant events that we have experienced,” said Ron Fear, the…
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It might have been the stains on his shirt, or the name tag, or the look of concentration as he priced a shopper’s bag of potatoes. But pictures of former “Cosby Show” star Geoffrey Owens, who played the son-in-law of Bill Cosby’s character for five seasons, now working as a cashier in Clifton, New Jersey, stirred people this Labor Day…
A Republican county official in Pennsylvania has resigned after writing Facebook posts calling NFL players who protest during the national anthem “baboons” and “ignorant blacks.” Carla Maloney, who served as secretary of the Beaver County Republican Committee, wrote in a resignation letter Friday that her posts were “distasteful, inappropriate and insensitive.” “I know my posts and comments were disrespectful to…
Colin Kaepernick will be featured in Nike’s signature “Just Do It” campaign as it celebrates its 30th anniversary. ESPN’s Darren Rovell reports that Kaepernick will now be the face of the campaign. Kaepernick, an unsigned free agent, began kneeling during the national anthem in 2016 to bring attention to police brutality against unarmed African Americans, as well as other racial injustices….
TROPICAL STORM GORDON: Tropical Storm Gordon looks to make landfall as a category 1 hurricane on Tuesday night on the Mississippi Gulf Coast. Hurricane Warnings are in effect for the Mississippi and Alabama Gulf Coasts. MONDAY NIGHT: Look for mostly clear skies with temperatures falling into the low 70s overnight and south winds 5-10 mph. TUESDAY: A typical late-summer pattern for our area,…
Rev. Gregory Livingston, the organizer of the march, appeared to be arrested during Monday’s protests. Fox News Channel CHICAGO — A dozen anti-violence activists were arrested Monday as they sought to interrupt Labor Day traffic near Chicago’s O’Hare International Airport. About 40 to 60 protesters participated in the march, which called for more investments into neighborhoods where most shootings occur….
President Trump chastised Attorney General Jeff Sessions on Twitter on Monday for federal indictments of two sitting Republican congressmen ahead of the midterm elections, the latest attack by a president who pledged to “drain the swamp” against the attorney general he handpicked. “Two long running, Obama era, investigations of two very popular Republican Congressmen were brought to a well publicized…
A moose stands in Lake Champlain in South Hero, Vermont, on Sept. 1, 2018, in a photo provided by Bernadette Toth. Bernadette Toth via AP SOUTH HERO, Vt. — A moose drowned in Lake Champlain after people crowded around the animal to take its picture, Vermont wildlife officials said. Fish and Wildlife Warden Robert Currier said the moose swam across the…
Last Updated Sep 3, 2018 11:14 AM EDT A storm system moving quickly toward the central U.S. Gulf Coast strengthened to a tropical storm early Monday, according to the National Hurricane Center. At 11:00 a.m. ET Tropical Storm Gordon was located about 60 miles west-northwest of Key Largo, Florida, moving west-northwest at 16 mph. Maximum sustained winds were clocked at…
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WASHINGTON — A U.S. service member was killed and another wounded in an apparent insider attack in eastern Afghanistan on Monday, the NATO mission in Afghanistan said. U.S. Army Gen. Scott Miller, commander of the NATO-led Resolute Support Mission, said in a statement “the sacrifice of our service member, who volunteered for a mission to Afghanistan to protect his country…
What to watch for The confirmation hearing process is expected to last much longer than one day. Here are some things to watch for during the back-and-forth of questioning. Senators to watch Senators to watch for: Keep an eye on questions and reactions from senators who are vulnerable this fall. Sen. Joe Manchin, D-West Virginia, Sen. Joe Donnelly, D-Indiana, Sen….
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Giannis Antetokounmpo Namisha Rakheja for CBS News NEW YORK — Despite tension surrounding the controversial arrest of Sterling Brown, Milwaukee Bucks star Giannis Antetokounmpo says his teammate’s arrest brought the team together last season. “I’m going to have his back no matter what. What I saw from the video was disturbing,” Antetokounmpo said in an interview with CBS News. Brown recently…
A white man facing criminal charges for fatally shooting an unarmed black man in a Florida convenience store’s parking lot told CBS affiliate WTSP-TV he wouldn’t change what he did but apologized to the dead man’s family. Michael Drejka initially wasn’t arrested for killing Markeis McGlockton in July because of the state’s controversial “stand your ground” law. Surveillance video shows…
Matthew Mainieri South Windsor Police Department SOUTH WINDSOR, Conn. — Police say a Connecticut police officer has died from injuries he sustained while trying to break up a bar fight in South Carolina. South Windsor Police say 41-year-old Matthew Mainieri was a 20-year veteran of the department. The Hartford Courant reports Mainieri was attempting to break up the fight when…
Heading into the midterm elections, the most volatile candidate this year isn’t on the ballot. But President Trump still loves to take his freewheeling political stylings on the road on behalf of his fellow Republicans and he’s raring to go for the sprint to Nov. 6. His eagerness to campaign for candidates — and protect his political flank — has…
Former Defense Secretary Leon Panetta said President Trump’s “failed” Singapore summit with North Korean leader Kim Jong Un in June was “doomed” from the beginning. “The problem is that in many ways it was doomed to failure from the beginning, because there was never the preparatory work that has to be done prior to a summit meeting,” Panetta said on…
Here are the top trends and people to watch in politics this week: With nine weeks to go to the midterms, Trump’s travel schedule focuses on Senate map More Washington incumbents – Rep. Michael Capuano (MA-7), Rep. Richard Neal (MA-1) and Sen. Tom Carper (D-DE) – face primary challenges from Washington outsiders – Ayanna Pressley, Tahirah Amatul-Wadud, and Kerri Evelyn…
Keep the government running and confirm Brett Kavanaugh as the next Supreme Court justice. Those are the big-ticket items that Republican leaders in Congress hope to accomplish as lawmakers look to wrap up their work and head home to campaign for the November elections. Democrats want to keep the government open, but they also are fighting to derail the nomination…
Judge Brett Kavanaugh’s life seems as carefully constructed as the Supreme Court arguments he will hear if he is confirmed to the high court. He checks all the boxes of the ways of Washington, or at least the way Washington used to be. President Trump, at a rally in West Virginia last month, said Kavanaugh looks like someone straight out of…