Steel Dynamics announces leadership changes for 2027
Although there are four months still left in the year, Steel Dynamics is looking ahead to 2027...
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MSU-Meridian graduates second Master of Science in Nursing cohort
According to an MSU press release, Healthcare in the Magnolia State gains 35 advanced professionals today [Aug. 6] with the graduation of Mississippi State’s second Master of Science in Nursing cohort...
Judge finds probable cause that Mike Lindell's July Fourth pillow handouts violated Minnesota campaign law
Sources from CBS News say that a case against Minnesota Republican gubernatorial candidate Mike Lindell will continue after a judge decided Thursday there is probable cause to believe he violated campaign laws by giving away pillows promoting his candidacy at a July Fourth parade...
Millions of U.S. children could lose free school meals this fall due to SNAP changes, experts say
According to CBS News, fewer U.S. children may have access to free school meals this academic year amid changes ushered in by the Republicans' tax-and-spending law, the "One Big Beautiful Bill Act," according to food and public policy experts...
Two people wanted in Lamar County now in custody
According to a release, the Lowndes County Sheriff's Department arrested 39-year-old Justin Morris and 31-year-old Ashley Nicole Boyd...
Testing is underway on vaccines to intercept brewing colon cancer before it takes root
According to AP, Dr. Stacy Norton was only 7 years old when her mother died of colon cancer, one of several family members struck by aggressive tumors at unusually young ages. Decades later, Norton rolled up her sleeve to help test if a new kind of vaccine might protect her and her own children from cancer...
Texas judge rules that law regulating firearm suppressors and some guns can’t be enforced
According to AP, a federal judge in Texas on Wednesday struck down a 1930s law that imposed regulations on firearm suppressors and guns that are considered the most dangerous, more than a year after President Donald Trump signed a bill eliminating taxes on those items...
Gatewood receives international Omega Psi Phi award for fraternity advising at MSU
According to an MSU Press Release, a Mississippi State University Information Technology Services leader, also serving as a campus fraternity advisor, is this year’s recipient of the international Dr. Ernest E. Just Undergraduate Chapter Advisor of the Year Award, a prestigious accolade given by Omega Psi Phi Fraternity...
Research supports state watermelon
Sources from MSU press release say, on a hot July morning, more than 60 people walked through dusty research fields at Mississippi State University to see for themselves how melon varieties performed in the state’s summer climate...
Disney deal with TikTok will let people use Marvel, Pixar, Star Wars characters to make videos
According to CBS News, the Walt Disney Company and TikTok on Wednesday announced a deal that will allow content creators to make videos featuring characters from Disney brands such as Marvel, Pixar and Star Wars...
Appeals court says fishermen’s claim in lobster defamation suit raises First Amendment questions
According to AP, a federal appeals court signaled that it might not allow a lawsuit brought by fishing industry businesses and trade groups against a California aquarium to proceed because of the case’s potential impact on free speech...
A man arrested at Trump golf course near Los Angeles set to appear in court on weapons charge
According to AP, a California man who was arrested at President Donald Trump’s Los Angeles-area golf course while pretending to be part of the security detail preparing for Trump’s visit is due in court Wednesday on a federal weapons charge...
Home where astronaut Neil Armstrong’s boyhood dreams of flying took off is for sale
Associated Press reports that inside Neil Armstrong’s boyhood home, at the top of a creaky stairway, sits his bedroom where he launched model airplanes out of the rear window to measure how far they’d fly...
New images of the sun show its surface in the finest detail yet
According to AP, scientists have captured images of the sun’s surface in the finest detail yet, revealing a strange and dynamic facade...
Attorney General Lynn Fitch announces her run for Mississippi Governor
Another hat is being thrown in the ring for the Mississippi Governor's Race...
"Peanut butter" pay raises are out, as employers shift to merit-based hikes
Sources from CBS News say that more companies are moving away from broad "peanut butter"-style pay raises for workers in favor of merit-based and other kinds of compensation sweeteners for top employees, according to new insights from Payscale...
Pirro brought box of evidence to show Trump what caused Reflecting Pool damage
The top federal prosecutor in the nation's capital carted a box full of evidence to the White House on Monday, in a bid to prove to President Trump that the damage to the Reflecting Pool was caused by shoddy construction and not by vandals, sources familiar with the matter told CBS News on Tuesday...
SpaceX shows strong growth in its first earnings report since going public
Sources from CBS News say that SpaceX on Tuesday reported a second-quarter loss of $541 million on revenue of $7.8 billion in its first earnings report as a publicly traded company...
10-year-old rescued from rip current by teen lifeguard says he thought he was going to die
According to CBS News, a 10-year-old boy who was saved from a rip current off the coast of Santa Cruz, California, last month said he thought he was going to die before a 16-year-old lifeguard rescued him...
Record number of U.S. adults are moving in with their parents as costs rise, study finds
Sources from CBS News say that a record number of adult children under 35 in the U.S. are moving back in with their parents, either because they can't afford homes of their own or because they want to save money amid the rising cost of living, according to a recent study...
Dow soars 1,000 points on strong corporate earnings and hopes of Iran deal
Sources from CBS News, the U.S. stock market approached record highs on Tuesday after Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent said a deal to reopen the Strait of Hormuz could be reached within days...
House Ethics Committee investigating Rep. Max Miller for allegations of domestic violence and drug use
According to CBS News, the House Ethics Committee announced on Tuesday that it is opening a probe into allegations that Rep. Max Miller may have engaged in domestic violence or drug use, as the Ohio Republican has faced swirling abuse claims and calls for his resignation in recent days...
How ICE and a data center turned a small Pittsburgh suburb into a civic battleground
ICE spokesman Jason Koontz wrote in an email statement that ICE and Springdale police “were conducting field operations in the Springdale Borough area” when they apprehended Acosta in Harmar...
Chipotle pulls jalapeños from some restaurants as health officials investigate salmonella outbreak
Associated Press reports that Chipotle Mexican Grill said Tuesday that it had removed jalapeños from some of its restaurants, after determining the peppers could potentially be tied to a salmonella outbreak public health officials are investigating...
Mississippi lawmakers launch redistricting process after Supreme Court ruling
Sources from AP say that lawmakers on Monday took the first steps toward potentially redrawing Mississippi’s legislative, congressional and judicial districts in the wake of the U.S. Supreme Court’s landmark Louisiana v. Callais decision that weakened minority voting protections...