Pickens Co. School Board chooses new superintendent
The Pickens County School Board has chosen a new superintendent...
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Longtime publisher of Stars and Stripes to retire, citing differences with Pentagon leadership
Sources from AP say that the longtime publisher of Stars and Stripes has announced his retirement, ending a decades-long career with the military newspaper as Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth’s Pentagon moves to exert editorial control and eliminate what it asserts are “woke distractions"...
Prosecutors say bullet engraving shows Charlie Kirk was targeted for his politics
According to AP, prosecutors in Charlie Kirk ‘s killing pointed Tuesday to an engraved bullet, arguing that the inscription “Hey Fascist! CATCH!” demonstrates that Kirk was targeted for how the defendant perceived his politics...
Moderna stock more than doubles after melanoma vaccine trial shows "landmark moment"
Sources from CBS News say drugmaker Moderna's stock more than doubled on Wednesday morning after the company announced a successful experimental mRNA vaccine to treat melanoma, the deadly skin cancer from which more than 8,500 people in the U.S. are expected to die this year...
Safari helicopter crash kills 7 people in Kenya, including 5 Americans
According to CBS News, a helicopter taking tourists on a safari crashed Wednesday in a remote part of northern Kenya, killing all seven people on board — six passengers and the pilot...
Trump nominates policy aide Dr. Heidi Overton as next FDA commissioner
According to CBS, President Trump on Wednesday announced he's nominating Dr. Heidi Overton, a physician and deputy assistant to the president for domestic policy at the White House, to be the next head of the Food and Drug Administration.
National debt tops $40 trillion after doubling in less than a decade, Treasury data shows
CBS News reports that the national debt topped $40 trillion, according to Treasury Department data released on Wednesday, representing a fiscal milestone that underscores the federal government's mounting borrowing and interest costs...
2 members of Tennessee college cycling team killed in highway collision, officials say
Sources from CBS say that two members of the Milligan University cycling team were killed, and several more injured, in a collision with a vehicle on a rural highway in eastern Tennessee Wednesday morning, both state officials and the school confirmed...
Michael Cohen, Trump's fixer-turned-nemesis, says he'll interview former boss
According to CBS News, Michael Cohen's long and winding relationship with his former boss, President Trump, is poised to take another unexpected turn Thursday when the man he testified against in two separate trials calls into his radio show...
Burn bans issued for areas in Alabama and Mississippi
Temperatures are high, and so are the chances for fires to start, and that's causing cities to be more cautious in Mississippi and Alabama...
MSU adds transfer coordinator to help meet students where they are
According to an MSU press release, Mississippi State is expanding its resources for transfer students with the appointment of Katelynn Potter as the university’s first coordinator for transfer services within the Center for Academic Excellence...
Former Meta engineer says Instagram took a ‘don’t ask, don’t tell’ approach on kids under 13
Sources from AP say a former engineering director at Meta who has testified before Congress about child safety on Instagram told jurors Wednesday at a landmark trial that the company took a “don’t ask, don’t tell” approach on kids under 13 on its platforms...
‘Many’ Fed officials think higher rates will be needed if inflation stays high
According to AP, many Federal Reserve officials think the central bank will have to lift its key short-term interest rate in the coming months if inflation doesn’t subside, minutes of the Fed’s meeting last month showed...
Read our big scoop: Ice-cream cones, the ingenious invention of American immigrants
Sources from AP say to read this quickly, before it melts...
Kennedy Center tells court it won’t try to restore Trump’s name to the building before Sept. 8
Associated Press reports that the Kennedy Center has told a federal court that it would not attempt to return President Donald Trump’s name to the building’s facade before at least Sept. 8 as another legal battle over the performing arts venue’s future takes shape...
Trump plays White House tour guide to show off work on his helipad and ballroom
Sources from AP say that President Donald Trump played White House tour guide on Wednesday, showing off the helipad he is building on the lawn before leaning over to autograph a piece of it and bragging about the ballroom he’s rushing to complete despite legal challenges...
Amazon set to expand drone delivery of lightweight packages to 500 US cities
According to AP, millions more people may be able to get smaller, lightweight Amazon packages delivered by drones by the end of the year under a plan the company announced Wednesday to expand the airborne shipping to suburban areas in nearly 500 U.S. cities...
Concerns about the New World screwworm have put Texas pet adoptions on hold
According to AP, adoptions are on hold for thousands of dogs and cats in Texas, potentially putting the animals at risk of being euthanized, because of efforts to stop the spread of the New World screwworm, an insect that has crossed the border from Mexico into the United States for the first time in 60 years...
Frank Beard, ZZ Top drummer, dies at age 77
According to CBS News, Frank Beard, longtime ZZ Top drummer, has died, the band confirmed to CBS News. He was 77...
MSU faculty member appointed to EPA Farm, Ranch and Rural Communities Federal Advisory Committee
Sources from a press release say that Mississippi State’s Whitney Crow is a new appointee to the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s Farm, Ranch and Rural Communities Federal Advisory Committee, giving the state’s agriculture sector a voice in national discussions about environmental policy and its impact on farmers and rural areas...
MSU hosting preview days for prospective Bulldogs this fall
According to an MSU press release, Prospective Bulldogs and their families can sample life at Mississippi State through a variety of recruiting events this fall...
State Farm is sending $5 billion in dividend checks to customers. Here's who qualifies.
Sources from CBS say millions of customers are now receiving checks from State Farm after the company announced its largest dividend in history earlier this year...
Tupac Shakur autopsy photos shown at Las Vegas murder trial after some family members leave court
According to CBS News, some members of Tupac Shakur's family stepped out of the courtroom Tuesday before prosecutors showed photos from his autopsy at the Las Vegas trial of Duane "Keffe D" Davis, who is charged with orchestrating the 1996 drive-by shooting that killed the rap giant...
Meta's federal trial begins over child social media addiction claims
According to CBS, opening statements kicked off Tuesday in a pivotal trial for Meta Platforms in a California federal court, where states are seeking billions of dollars in damages for social media harms to children...
U.S. quietly deporting Mexican migrants to Guatemala and Honduras, angering Mexico
The Trump administration has been quietly deporting migrants from Mexico to different countries in Central America despite the Mexican government's willingness to accept the return of all its citizens, two Department of Homeland Security officials told CBS News...