Woman arrested on statutory rape charge following an investigation by Holly Springs Police
According to CBS affiliate WJTV, Ciara Hughes was arrested Friday and charged with statutory rape under Mississippi law...
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Pamela Smart, serving life, seeks a new trial as a New Hampshire judge weighs her latest petition
According to Associated Press, lawyers for Pamela Smart, who is serving life in prison for orchestrating the murder of her husband by her teenage student in 1990, urged a New Hampshire judge Monday to allow her latest petition for a new trial to move forward...
US soldiers killed by Iran were from Texas and Hawaii, military says
AP reports that two U.S. soldiers killed in Jordan by Iranian ballistic missile and drone attacks were identified on Monday, the first troop deaths from direct Iranian fire since the opening days of the war...
US gas prices back up to an average of $4 a gallon as Iran war heats up
Sources from AP say that U.S. gas prices jumped to an average of $4 a gallon again Monday as the U.S. and Iran launched more attacks...
Ex-Olympian charged with damaging Reflecting Pool gets Sept. 28 trial date
According to AP, a judge in the nation’s capital has set a trial date in September for a former Olympic canoe racer charged with deliberately damaging the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool, the site of a troubled multimillion-dollar renovation project championed by President Donald Trump...
Mississippi Legislature special session ends with major changes to youth court system
A special session of the Mississippi Legislature has ended with some major changes to the state's youth court system...
University expands global partnerships with new Universidad ORT Uruguay MOU
According to an MSU press release, a new Memorandum of Understanding between Mississippi State and Universidad ORT Uruguay highlights the significance of research and global exchange between the two partners...
Senator says key piece of college sports legislation ‘probably’ has 60 votes to clear upper chamber
Sources from Associated Press say that a lawmaker sponsoring a key piece of federal college sports legislation said he believes the bill likely has the support it needs to make it through the upper chamber...
Federal appeals court rules that New Jersey’s assault weapons ban is unconstitutional
According to Associated Press, a federal appeals court ruled Friday that New Jersey’s bans on assault firearms and magazines that can hold more than 10 rounds are unconstitutional...
Wildfire smoke from Canada and Minnesota pushes further into US, engulfing DC in eerie haze
Sources from AP say that Millions of people in the Great Lakes, Northeast and Mid-Atlantic states muddled through another day of unhealthy air from uncontrolled wildfires on Friday, as smoke enveloped the nation’s capital in a gloomy, eerie haze...
Taylor Farms pulls iceberg lettuce linked to cyclosporiasis outbreak
CBS News reports that Taylor Farms on Friday said it is "voluntarily removing" iceberg lettuce sourced from central Mexico after it was linked to one of the largest outbreaks of cyclosporiasis in the U.S. in recent years...
Cyclosporiasis outbreak traced to lettuce from Mexico used by Taco Bell, CDC says
CBS News reports that a lettuce supplier to fast-food giant Taco Bell has been linked to a nationwide cyclosporiasis outbreak that has sickened thousands of people, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention confirmed Friday...
Appeals court keeps in place Pentagon's escort policy for reporters
According to CBS, a divided federal appeals court said Thursday that the Pentagon can continue enforcing a policy that requires journalists to be escorted while on its grounds...
MSU’s Brown earns prestigious PRSA College of Fellows recognition
According to MSU press release, Mississippi State’s Karyn Brown has been named a Public Relations Society of America Fellow, one of the profession’s highest honors, and is among just seven communication professionals nationwide selected for induction this year into the organization’s College of Fellows...
Brenda Fricker, Oscar winner known for roles in "My Left Foot" and "Home Alone 2," dies at age 81
According to CBS News, Brenda Fricker, the Irish actor who won an Academy Award for 1989's "My Left Foot," played the Pigeon Lady in "Home Alone 2" and appeared in "A Time to Kill" and "So I Married an Axe Murderer," has died, her agent confirmed to CBS News on Friday. She was 81...
Coca-Cola halts U.S. Fairlife milk production after cyberattack hits systems, company says
Sources from CBS News say that the Coca-Cola Co. said a cyberattack has forced it to temporarily halt its Fairlife milk operations in the U.S...
Darline Graham in serious discussions about running for Lindsey Graham's seat
According to CBS News, Sen. Darline Graham of South Carolina, who was appointed to fill the vacancy left by the death of her brother, GOP Sen. Lindsey Graham, is engaged in serious discussions about running for his seat in the upcoming special Republican primary on Aug. 11...
Moody, Watts awarded Huddleston scholarship
According to an MSU press release, Sarah Grace Moody and William Watts of the Mississippi State University College of Veterinary Medicine have been named recipients of the Dr. Elton “Mac” Huddleston Rural Veterinary Scholarship...
MSU alumni selected for prestigious international JET program
According to an MSU Press Release, three Mississippi State alumni are headed to Japan as part of a highly competitive, international work exchange program...
Need for speed? Driving above the speed limit costs you — and doesn’t actually save much time
Associated Press reports that speeding in your car to work, to pick up your children from school, or go from one errand to the next not only wastes money in gas and sends harmful emissions into the air, it barely saves you time, new research says...
AI chatbots are at risk of spreading government restrictions on online speech, a new study says
Sources from Associated Press say, ask Claude to make a pamphlet critical of President Donald Trump or Britain’s King Charles III, and Anthropic’s chatbot would oblige. Prompted to do the same for Thailand’s king, Saudi Arabia’s crown prince or China’s leader, and the artificial intelligence model declined...
Trump administration races the clock to rebuild US tariff wall knocked down by Supreme Court
According to Associated Press, the U.S. Treasury last year swelled with revenue from President Donald Trump’s double-digit taxes on imports from almost every country on earth...
Admission to MSU for 2027 term kicks off Aug. 1
According to an MSU Press Release, prospective undergraduate students interested in joining Mississippi State’s Bulldog family for the 2027 summer or fall semester should power up their computers by Aug. 1 for Hail State @ 8 CT...
NYPD officer who saved woman on Brooklyn Bridge says rescue happened on his 3rd day with elite unit
According to CBS News, an officer who saved a woman's life on the Brooklyn Bridge last week said the rescue happened on just his third day on the job with the New York Police Department's elite Emergency Service Unit, which takes on some of the most dangerous rescues...
Harbor seal pup shot in head, third incident in less than a year, Washington state wildlife hospital says
According to AP, a three-week-old male harbor seal is in critical but stable condition and undergoing treatment at a Washington state wildlife rehabilitation center after being shot in the head, according to a wildlife hospital...