American Airlines nationwide ground stop lifted after IT outage disrupts flights
According to CBS News, American Airlines has lifted a national ground stop after a system outage, the airline confirmed Tuesday night...
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Comey claims DOJ ordered illegal surveillance in new motion seeking dismissal of Trump threat charges
Sources from CBS News report that former FBI Director James Comey filed new motions late Tuesday in his effort to toss out federal charges accusing him of threatening President Trump's by posting a photo of seashells arranged to form the numbers "86 47"...
Reports of airport immigration arrests come amid increased TSA-ICE collaboration, sources say
Recent reports of immigration arrests at U.S. airports, some of them captured in videos that have gone viral, stem from increased collaboration between the Transportation Security Administration and Immigration and Customs Enforcement, ICE sources tell CBS News...
Federal Reserve holds interest rates steady, but 3 officials vote for hike
According to Associated Press, the Federal Reserve said on Wednesday that it is leaving its benchmark interest rate unchanged, a sign policymakers expect inflation to ebb despite higher energy costs due to the war in Iran...
Judge allows use of police interview in trial for man accused of killing Tupac Shakur
AP reports that a Nevada judge ruled on Tuesday that the recording of an interview the man accused of killing Tupac Shakur gave to police in 2008 could be used at his upcoming trial...
Teen gets life in prison without parole for killing 4 at Georgia’s Apalachee High School
According to AP, a judge on Tuesday sentenced a teenager who killed two students and two teachers in a shooting at Apalachee High School in Georgia to serve life in prison without the possibility of parole...
Seattle police say 15-year-old arrested in connection with festival shooting had a ghost gun
Sources from Associated Press say that the 15-year-old arrested after a shootout at a food festival near Seattle’s Space Needle over the weekend was armed with a ghost gun with an extended magazine, police said Tuesday...
Thune says of Lindsey Graham "I feel his absence every day" in Capitol ceremony
CBS News reports that Sen. Lindsey Graham is being remembered by his fellow senators as a "towering figure" in the Senate and on the international stage, the Senate majority leader said at a private Capitol ceremony Tuesday morning...
Families face higher costs as back-to-school season nears
Sources from CBS say that as back-to-school season approaches, families will face higher prices for supplies and other costs for the upcoming academic year, a new analysis found...
Trump meets with Zelenskyy and Netanyahu separately amid wars in Iran, Ukraine
According to CBS News, President Trump met with both Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu separately at the White House Tuesday amid the war with Iran and Russia's invasion of Ukraine...
Ohio's GOP governor calls Trump's plans to deport Haitians a "mistake": "You'd be sending people … back to hell"
CBS News reports that Republican Ohio Gov. Mike DeWine told CBS News the Trump administration's plan to ramp up arrests and deportations of Haitian migrants is a "mistake," arguing the move could bruise the state's economy and risk putting Haitians in danger in their home country...
Georgia man who ran toward Capitol with shotgun pleads guilty
Sources from CBS News say that a Georgia man who charged at the U.S. Capitol armed with a loaded shotgun and wearing body armor and camouflage clothing pleaded guilty on Monday to illegally carrying a firearm, court records show...
Fauci diaries, released by Sen. Rand Paul, touch on COVID origins and tense relationship with Trump
According to CBS, Republican Sen. Rand Paul of Kentucky has released more than a thousand pages of journal entries from Dr. Anthony Fauci, teeing up what is likely to be a contentious hearing with the nation's former top infectious disease expert on Wednesday about the origins of the COVID-19 pandemic...
Lindsey Graham eulogized as an ‘American original’ at services drawing world leaders in Washington
According to Associated Press, Sen. Lindsey Graham, the son of pool hall owners who rose to become one of his generation’s more influential U.S. politicians at home and abroad, is being eulogized Tuesday as a “swashbuckling” public servant and “true American original” during memorial services in Washington...
KFC founder Colonel Sanders’ personal items, former home and restaurant up for auction
Associated Press reports that KFC founder Colonel Sanders' pressure cooker, black bow tie and dozens of other personal items are up for public auction Tuesday night, along with his former home and a dinner house Sanders opened after selling his iconic restaurant chain...
Do you toss food once the date on the label has passed? Experts say that’s often a waste
Sources from AP say that if you’ve ever tossed out a carton of milk or a container of yogurt solely because the date on the packaging had passed, you’re not alone...
Johnson & Johnson proposes $5.5 billion talc settlement to end marathon legal fight
According to AP, Johnson & Johnson has agreed to pay $5.5 billion to tie up remaining lawsuits that claim its talc products caused ovarian cancer...
Americans’ confidence in US economy falls as Iran conflict sends gas prices higher
According to Associated Press, Americans’ confidence in the economy fell this month as gas prices resumed their climb after the U.S. and Iran stepped up their fighting...
Reused rice tailwater shows water savings
According to an MSU Press Release, rice production requires a significant amount of water, and while Mississippi still has plentiful supplies of this resource, careful managers are finding ways to cut use of this diminishing resource...
Taylor Farms CEO pressed by lawmaker over cyclospora outbreak and White House ties
According to CBS News, the top Democrat on the House Oversight Committee is investigating whether Taylor Farms used its ties to the White House to influence the federal response to a nationwide cyclospora outbreak linked to the company's recalled lettuce...
Early corn crop headed to apparent good harvest
Sources from an MSU press release say that Mississippi’s corn crop is looking good this year, and harvest began in July for what was one of the earliest planted corn crops in state history...
From non-verbal to MSU graduation: Twin brothers power through adversity, find home and voice
According to an MSU press release, twenty years before Kirklyn Johnson stood in front of thousands of onlookers at his 2026 Mississippi State commencement ceremony to sing the National Anthem, his parents were told he might never speak a word...
Bryan Kohberger challenges conviction in Idaho murders
CBS News reports that Bryan Kohberger, the man serving multiple life sentences for the murders of four University of Idaho students, is challenging his conviction...
Trump asks Supreme Court to step into dispute over mail-in voting executive order
Sources from CBS News say that President Trump's administration asked the Supreme Court on Monday to intervene in a 23-state challenge to his executive order that seeks to impose new restrictions for mail ballots and directs the Homeland Security Department to create lists of eligible voters...
Comey asks judge to drop case over seashells Instagram post, arguing speech is protected by First Amendment
According to CBS, Former FBI Director James Comey urged a federal judge on Monday to throw out an indictment alleging he threatened President Trump's life, arguing that it targets speech protected by the First Amendment and that the phrase at the center of the charges, "86 47," does not connote violence...