The Associated Press UVALDE, Texas (AP) - The governor of Texas says the gunman who killed 19 children and two teachers at an elementary school warned on social media minutes before the attack that he was going to shot up…
Fourteen children and one teacher are dead following a shooting at a Texas elementary school. Police in Uvalde identified the shooter as 18-year-old Salvador Ramos. Ramos is also dead. The shooting happened around noon at Robb Elementary School, about 80…
COLUMBUS, Miss. (AP) - Just hours after graduating high school, a Mississippi teenager was arrested in what has been described as a domestic dispute that left one person dead. News outlets report Lowndes County Sheriff Eddie Hawkins said 18-year-old Justin…
By ALEX VEIGA and REBECCA BOONE Associated Press Americans on the cusp of retiring are facing a tough choice as they watch their nest eggs shrink: Stay the course or keep working. A stock market slump this year has taken…
MIAMI (AP) - Tourists have returned to Florida in numbers that are surpassing pre-pandemic levels. Officials at Miami International Airport are projecting the “busiest Memorial Day weekend ever.” According to a news release sent Monday passenger traffic at the airport…
By TOM KRISHER and HOPE YEN Associated Press DETROIT (AP) - Nearly 43,000 people were killed on U.S. roads last year. That's the highest number in 16 years as Americans returned to the highways after the pandemic forced many to…
By WVUA 23 Digital Reporter Kyle Hamrick Alabama residents have one more year before the Department of Homeland Security's STAR ID program goes into effect. Alabama Law Enforcement Agency Secretary Hal Taylor encouraged Alabama citizens to view the organization's website…
By ADAM GELLER, CARLA K. JOHNSON and HEATHER HOLLINGSWORTH Associated Press The U.S. death toll from the coronavirus will soon surpass 1 million. Through wave after wave, the virus has compiled a merciless chronology of loss -- one by one…
By The Associated Press MOSCOW - Russian President Vladimir Putin says Western sanctions against Russia are provoking a global economic crisis. Speaking during a Thursday meeting on economic issues, Putin said Western nations were “driven by oversized political ambitions and…
By ANDREW DeMILLO Associated Press LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (AP) - Arkansas is suing several drug manufacturers and pharmacy benefit managers over the cost of insulin for diabetes patients. Attorney General Leslie Rutledge on Wednesday filed the lawsuit in state court…
By MICHAEL R. SISAK Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) - A New York judge says he will lift his contempt of court order issued against Donald Trump if the former president meets certain conditions. Those include paying $110,000 in fines…
By ANNE D'INNOCENZIO AP Business Writer NEW YORK (AP) - Last summer, Julio Carmona started the process of weaning himself off a fully remote work schedule by showing up to the office once a week. The new hybrid schedule at…
By The Associated Press Protests over the leaked U.S. Supreme Court draft opinion that would throw out the court’s Roe v. Wade ruling sent people into the streets around the nation. Around 1,000 people gathered in front of the court…
By The Associated Press JAKARTA, Indonesia - Indonesia’s President Joko Widodo says that both Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy and Russian President Vladimir Putin have agreed to attend the G20 summit to be held in Bali in November. Widodo, the current…
By The Associated Press KYIV, Ukraine - Ukrainian officials were reporting more civilian deaths in various parts of eastern Ukraine as Russian forces stepped up attacks on Tuesday. Luhansk governor Serhiy Haidai said three people died after Russian shells hit…
By JILL COLVIN Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) - Former President Donald Trump says he has no intention of rejoining Twitter after Elon Musk reached an agreement to buy the social media giant for roughly $44 billion. Trump told Fox…
By The Associated Press LONDON - The British government says it believes 15,000 Russian troops have been killed in Ukraine since Moscow launched its invasion two months ago. Defense Secretary Ben Wallace said 25% of the Russian combat units sent…
DADE CITY, Fla. (AP) - A Florida man driving drunk sped through a hit and run investigation, running over the detached legs of a victim and nearly striking two deputies. Authorities were investigating the death of a 49-year-old woman who…
By CURT ANDERSON Associated Press ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. (AP) - A federal judge’s decision to strike down a national mask mandate was met with cheers on some airplanes but also concern about whether it’s really time to end the order…
By The Associated Press A senior U.S. defense official says the U.S. believes the Russian guided-missile cruiser that sank Thursday in the northern Black Sea had been struck by at least one Ukrainian anti-ship missile, as claimed by the Kyiv…
JACKSON, Miss. (AP) - Scratch-off cards and other games of chance have put more than $95 million into the Mississippi budget since July. The Mississippi Lottery Corporation says Friday that it has transferred $11.5 million from lottery proceeds into the…
By The Associated Press Russian authorities have accused Ukrainian forces of launching air strikes on the Russian region of Bryansk which borders with Ukraine, the latest in a series of allegations of cross-border attacks by Kyiv on Russian territory. Russia's…
By WVUA 23 Digital Reporter Kyrsten Eller New data from the Federal Reserve has shown that in February, consumer debt jumped to the highest level in 10 years and overall debt…
By WVUA 23 Digital Reporter Kyrsten Eller The famous comedian and actor Gilbert Gottfried passed away as he had been battling an undisclosed illness for a long time. Gottfried rose to fame in the 1990s with his stand-up comedy, and…
