Volunteer Fire Department responds to a logging equipment fire in Vardaman
Quick work and inter-agency cooperation helped keep an equipment fire from becoming a wildfire in Calhoun County...
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More Americans report shoplifting as inflation climbs, survey finds
CBS News reports that 30% of Americans say they've shoplifted this year, up from 24% in 2024, with many citing financial strain tied to inflation, according to new research from financial site LendingTree...
Senate committee advances Jay Clayton's nomination for intelligence chief over Democrats' opposition
Sources from CBS News, the Senate Intelligence Committee advanced Jay Clayton's nomination for director of national intelligence on Tuesday, despite opposition from Democrats following his confirmation hearing earlier this month...
GLP-1 drugs linked to 17% drop in worker sick leave, new economic study finds
According to CBS News, GLP-1 drugs could lead to cost savings for workers and their employers by reducing employee sick leave, a new economic study finds...
Mega Millions and Powerball Jackpots Climb Past $1 Billion
According to a press release, Mississippi Lottery players have two incredible opportunities to chase life-changing jackpots this week as the nation's biggest draw games now feature a combined jackpot of more than $1.2 billion...
Luke Skywalker’s ‘Empire Strikes Back’ lightsaber with severed hand attached auctioned for $3.75M
Associated Press reports that the lightsaber with Luke Skywalker’s severed hand from “The Empire Strikes Back” has sold for $3.75 million at auction..
Arizona Republicans pick nominees Tuesday for governor and other top offices
According to AP, Arizona Republicans are choosing nominees Tuesday to challenge Democrats who hold top offices as the GOP searches for a path back to power in a battleground state it used to dominate...
ESPN starts layoffs tied to NFL Network acquisition, memo says
Sources from AP say that ESPN is undergoing a significant round of layoffs for the first time in three years after taking over NFL Network in April...
Judge approves a $1.5B Anthropic settlement over pirated books used to train the Claude chatbot
According to AP, a federal judge has approved a $1.5 billion copyright settlement in which artificial intelligence company Anthropic will pay thousands of authors about $3,000 per book after using pirated copies of their works to train its Claude chatbot...
Smithsonian history museum chief rejects White House criticism of its leaders as radical activists
Associated Press reports that the director of the Smithsonian’s National Museum of American History pushed back on Tuesday against a recent White House report that branded the institution’s leadership as radical activists who cannot be trusted...
US soldier killed in Iraq was a 30-year-old father from North Carolina
Sources from Associated Press say that a U.S. soldier killed in Iraq during a controlled detonation of an Iranian drone was a 30-year-old father from North Carolina who had served for nearly a decade, according to a military statement Tuesday and his family...
Appeals court rejects Biden’s bid to block release of recordings of ghostwriter interviews
According to Associated Press, a federal appeals court has rejected a request by Joe Biden to block the release of audio recordings and transcripts of his interviews with a memoir ghostwriter before he was elected president...
MSU workshop trains on hydroponic farming
According to an MSU press release, a limited number of people with an interest in hydroponic farming are invited to a free workshop Oct. 13 hosted by Mississippi State University...
Trump to impose 50% tariffs on Canadian hockey sticks, milk, alcohol and other goods
Sources from CBS News say that President Trump is imposing 50% tariffs on a range of Canadian goods, from hockey equipment to alcoholic beverages, escalating the trade dispute between the two countries...
New York Times moves to quash subpoenas for phone records of reporters and family members
According to CBS News, the Justice Department, in trying to uncover confidential sources who spoke to the New York Times for its reporting on the security systems on the Qatar-donated Air Force One plane, attempted to gain access to phone records of several Times reporters and their family members...
Spain rejoices in World Cup victory, even if some fans say Trump lingered too long in team's photo-op
Sources from CBS News say, on the streets of Barcelona's historic Gothic Quarter, locals had a lot to celebrate Monday following Spain's 2026 World Cup victory over Argentina. But there were mixed opinions over President Trump lingering on stage around the winning team as cameras snapped shots of the victors hoisting their trophy at the stadium in New Jersey...
Severely ill prisoners granted early release are left stuck behind bars
According to CBS News, every state allows compassionate release for prisoners, though Hawaiʻi is the only one without a specific law, relying instead on an internal policy. The prisoners who typically qualify for compassionate release can't care for themselves or have terminal illnesses and may need an assisted living center, a nursing home, or hospice...
Taylor Farms lettuce is still focus of cyclospora investigation despite false positive test, FDA says
CBS News reports that a sample of lettuce from Taylor Farms that had tested positive for Cyclospora was a false positive, the Food and Drug Administration said Sunday, but the FDA said Monday that its investigation and data "continue to converge on shredded iceberg lettuce from Taylor Farms locations in central Mexico"...
MSU faculty member’s research helps inform Congressional debate on private equity’s impact on national defense industry
According to an MSU Press Release, a Mississippi State faculty member’s research is helping inform federal lawmakers as they discuss how private equity impacts one of America’s most important public services: national security...
F-16s intercept planes, deploy flares in restricted airspace over Bedminster and East Rutherford, New Jersey
Sources from CBS News say that F-16 fighter jets on Sunday intercepted multiple planes that flew through restricted airspace over Bedminster and East Rutherford, New Jersey, the site of the World Cup final, military officials said...
The U.S. labor market may soon face a new crisis: Too few workers
Sources from CBS News say that, even as many workers are fearful that artificial intelligence could endanger their jobs, there's a potentially bigger employment crisis on the horizon: a severe labor shortage that is set to emerge over the next 10 to 15 years, according to a leading demographer...
Cartel boss Ismael "El Mayo" Zambada gets life in U.S. prison 2 years after he says he was kidnapped, flown to Texas
According to CBS News, former Mexican drug kingpin Ismael "El Mayo" Zambada was sentenced in a U.S. court Monday to life in prison, seven years after his Sinaloa cartel co-founder Joaquín "El Chapo" Guzmán was handed the same sentence...
Tate brothers held in federal detention as they face new rape and sex trafficking charges, possible U.K. extradition
CBS News reports that influencer brothers Andrew and Tristan Tate will fight extradition to the United Kingdom, their lawyer told a U.S. magistrate in Miami on Monday after the brothers were arrested to face rape and sex trafficking charges...
How 401(k) fees can cost tens of thousands in retirement savings
Sources from CBS News say more than half of U.S. workers rely on 401(k) plans to save for retirement, but many may not be aware of fees that can fly under the radar and end up costing them tens of thousands — or more — in retirement income...
Judge temporarily halts Paramount-Warner Bros. Discovery merger
According to CBS News, a U.S. district judge temporarily halted the Paramount Skydance-Warner Bros. Discovery merger on Monday, after a coalition of states sued to block the deal...