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Stars and hype on the rise as the NCAA volleyball tournament reaches the Final Four
In the booming world of NCAA volleyball, it’s Final Four time.
NFL playoffs will miss Mahomes, Brady and Manning for the first time since the 1998 season
John Elway and Dan Marino were still starting quarterbacks, Tom Brady was a little-known college player at Michigan and at least six starting quarterbacks for potential 2025 playoffs teams weren’t even alive the last time the NFL had a postseason like this.
Woman charged after Mississippi Walmart shoppers say they found razor blades in loaves of bread
A woman who allegedly pushed razor blades into loaves of bread at two Biloxi, Mississippi, Walmart stores was arrested on Tuesday.
‘Still the same Pete’: An introduction to Pete Golding by those who know him best
Before his career could get off the ground, Pete Golding’s first boss wanted him gone. Fired. Out.
‘Buck Rogers’ star Gil Gerard dies at 82
Gil Gerard, who played television’s hunky sci-fi hero William “Buck” Rogers soon after the Star Wars franchise took hold in the late 1970s, has died.
Young Democrat launches primary challenge against U.S. Rep. Bennie Thompson in Mississippi
A 33-year-old antitrust lawyer with ties to major Democratic politicians is challenging U.S. Rep. Bennie Thompson to represent Mississippi’s 2nd congressional district.
Trump orders blockade of ‘sanctioned oil tankers’ into Venezuela, ramping up pressure on Maduro
President Donald Trump said Tuesday he is ordering a blockade of all “sanctioned oil tankers” into Venezuela, ramping up pressure on the country’s authoritarian leader Nicolás Maduro in a move that seemed designed to put a tighter chokehold on the South American country’s economy.
Jack Smith tells lawmakers his team developed ‘proof beyond a reasonable doubt’ against Trump
Former Justice Department special counsel Jack Smith told lawmakers in a closed-door interview Wednesday that his team of investigators “developed proof beyond a reasonable doubt” that President Donald Trumphad criminally conspired to overturn the results of the 2020 election, according to portions of his opening statement obtained by The Associated Press.
Trump pays respects to 2 Iowa National Guardsmen and interpreter killed in Syria as they return home
President Donald Trump on Wednesday paid his respects to two Iowa National Guard members and a U.S. civilian interpreter who were killed in an attack in the Syrian desert, joining their grieving families as their remains were brought back to the country they served.
4 Republicans defy Speaker Johnson to force House vote on extending ACA subsidies
Four centrist Republicans broke with Speaker Mike Johnson on Wednesday and signed onto a Democratic-led petition that will force a House vote on extending for three years an enhanced pandemic-era subsidy that lowers health insurance costs for millions of Americans.
Froma Harrop: Fight or flee: A tale of two congresswomen
Marjorie Taylor Greene’s early exit from Congress reveals that her tough-broad persona was very much an act. After she angered Donald Trump by demanding release of the Epstein files, she became target of the slings, arrows and threats unleashed by the president and his enforcers.
Senate passes $901B defense bill that pushes Hegseth for boat strike video
The Senate gave final passage Wednesday to an annual military policy bill that will authorize $901 billion in defense programs while pressuring Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth to provide lawmakers with video of strikes on alleged drug boats in international water near Venezuela.
2 big rail unions oppose $85B Union Pacific-Norfolk Southern merger over safety and cost concerns
The proposed $85 billion merger of Union Pacific and Norfolk Southern railroads has lost the support of two unions that represent more than half their workers over concerns it will jeopardize safety and jobs, raise shipping rates and consumer prices, and cause significant disruptions.
FCC leader says agency is no longer independent as he’s grilled by Democrats over Kimmel controversy
Democratic senators on Wednesday hammered the Federal Communications Commission’s leader for pressuring broadcasters to take ABC late-night host Jimmy Kimmel off the air, suggesting that Brendan Carr was politicizing an independent agency and trampling the First Amendment.
Mary Means Business: Starkville consignment shop opens under new ownership
Two years ago, Michele Austin, owner of Revolution, planted a seed with store manager Jessica Taylor: start saving so you can buy the shop when I’m ready to retire.
Barrin Simpson out as Falcons’ head coach after 2-year tenure
COLUMBUS – Columbus is on the market for a new head football coach for the fifth time in the past decade. Former Mississippi State and
Purse pirates: UPS ripped off seasonal workers with unfair pay practices, lawsuit alleges
UPS stole tens of millions of dollars in pay from seasonal workers who help the shipping giant deliver packages during the busy holiday season, forcing some to clock in well after their shifts started and deducting pay for lunch breaks they never took, New York Attorney General Letitia James alleged in a lawsuit Monday.
