State News

Fireworks

What's open on New Year's Day 2026? Here are open stores, restaurants and fast-food chains.

USA Flag America

2026 to mark the 250th Birthday of the United States

Betty Boop Figurine

Betty Boop and ‘Blondie’ enter the public domain in 2026, accompanied by a trio of detectives

Supreme Court

Chief Justice says Constitution remains ‘firm and unshaken’ with major Supreme Court rulings ahead

Healthcare

Health subsidies expire, launching millions of Americans into 2026 with steep insurance hikes

Trump Golf

Trump administration takes back control of D.C. golf courses

Gavel

Judge voids decision to end legal status of 60,000 immigrants from Honduras, Nepal and Nicaragua

President Trump

Farmers can now learn how much aid they will get from the Trump administration

Netflix

Lions-Vikings Christmas game on Netflix sets NFL streaming record, averaging 27.5M viewers

MS Lottery launches new scratch-off games for 2026

National Guard

Trump says National Guard is leaving Chicago, Los Angeles and Portland

MSDH releases top baby names of 2025

President Trump

Trump vetoes the first 2 bills of this term

Open Sign

Is anything open on New Year's Eve 2025? Here are open stores, restaurants and fast-food chains.

Mortgage

Mortgage rates fall to their lowest level in 2025

Trump Tower

Trump Mobile pushes back release of gold-colored phone

Time Square

Law enforcement ramps up New Year's security measures across the country

Videos released in Epstein files raise fresh questions about jail footage

Disney Land

Disney cast member recovering after videos show runaway boulder at Indiana Jones show

Stores closing

These national and regional retailers went out of business in 2025

Tate Reeves

Mississippi man serving an illegal sentence granted clemency, weeks after after his brother

Wall Street

Wall Street is slipping in light trading on the final day of 2025

NBA

NBA Christmas viewership hits 15-year high with 47M viewers. And social media numbers set records

Help wanted

US applications for jobless benefits fell below 200,000 last week with layoffs historically low