Georgia Republican leader seeks changes after school shooting, but Democrats want more
Georgia’s state House speaker says lawmakers in 2025 will consider new policies to foster student mental health, detect guns and encourage people to safely store guns after a school shooting killed four at a high school northeast of Atlanta.
Most Americans don’t trust AI-powered election information: AP-NORC/USAFacts survey
Jim Duggan uses ChatGPT almost daily to draft marketing emails for his carbon removal credit business in Huntsville, Alabama.
Autistic child drowns after wandering from home in Mississippi
A 4-year-old autistic boy drowned in a pond in central Mississippi after wandering away from his family’s apartment while his father took a shower, a police chief said.
Frankie Beverly, the Maze singer who inspired generations of fans with lasting anthems, dies at 77
Frankie Beverly, who with his band Maze inspired generations of fans with his smooth, soulful voice and lasting anthems including “Before I Let Go,” has died.
More than 67 million people watched Donald Trump and Kamala Harris debate. That’s way up from June
An estimated 67.1 million people watched the presidential debate between Kamala Harris and Donald Trump, a sharp increase from the June debate that eventually led to President Joe Biden dropping out of the race.
Young women are more liberal than they’ve been in decades, a Gallup analysis finds
Young women are more liberal than they have been in decades, according to a Gallup analysis of more than 20 years of polling data.
Investigators say teen smuggled assault rifle into Georgia school in backpack before shooting
The student accused of killing four people in a Georgia high school shooting rode the school bus that morning with a semiautomatic assault rifle concealed in his backpack, investigators confirmed Thursday.
No raises for mayor, council next year
The city council approved a Fiscal Year 2025 budget Thursday that includes no raises for elected officials.
Francine blows down trees, knocks out power in Golden Triangle
While Francine was a Category 2 hurricane when it struck Louisiana Wednesday, the storm had weakened before it reached the Golden Triangle on Thursday morning.
Ackerman woman dead after head-on collision on Hwy 12
An Ackerman woman died Wednesday in a head-on collision on Highway 12, according to Oktibbeha County Coroner Michael Hunt.
Posting crime scene photos puts witness in handcuffs
A man who discovered a burned body claimed he was detained and threatened with charges after taking and posting photos of the crime scene on social media. Officials are claiming the man’s post could hinder future prosecution in the homicide case.
To pumped-up Democrats, Harris was everything Biden was not in confronting Trump in debate
To many Democrats, Kamala Harris was everything Joe Biden was not in confronting Donald Trump on the debate stage: forceful, fleet of foot, relentless in going after her opponent.
Top US and UK diplomats pledge almost $1.5B in additional aid for Ukraine during visit to Kyiv
The United States and Britain pledged nearly $1.5 billion in additional aid to Ukraine on Wednesday during a visit to Kyiv by their top diplomats as Ukrainian officials renewed their pleas to use Western-provided missiles against targets deeper inside Russia.
9/11 anniversary brings Biden, Harris and Trump together at ground zero
With presidential candidates looking on, some 9/11 victims’ relatives appealed to them Wednesday for accountability as the U.S. marked an anniversary laced with election-season politics.
Israeli airstrikes hit UN school and homes in Gaza and kill at least 34 people, hospitals say
Israeli airstrikes across Gaza overnight and Wednesday hit a U.N. school sheltering displaced Palestinian families as well as two homes, killing at least 34 people, including 19 women and children, hospital officials said.
Jon Stewart presses for a breakthrough to get the first 9/11 troops full care
The first U.S. troops to deploy after the Sept. 11 attacks are suffering from radiation exposure that the government has yet to officially recognize 23 years later.
Mississippi man found not guilty of threatening Sen. Roger Wicker
A jury has cleared a Mississippi man on a charge of threatening to kill Republican U.S. Sen. Roger Wicker during a confrontation with one of Wicker’s relatives.
US inflation reaches a 3-year low as Federal Reserve prepares to cut interest rates
The post-pandemic spike in U.S. inflation eased further last month as year-over-year price increases reached a three-year low, clearing the way for the Federal Reserve to cut interest rates and likely shaping the economic debate in the final weeks of the presidential race.
Speaker Johnson pulls a vote on a bill to avoid a partial government shutdown
Speaker Mike Johnson postponed a vote Wednesday on a temporary spending bill that would keep federal agencies and programs funded for six months as opposition from both parties thwarted his first attempt at avoiding a partial government shutdown in three weeks.
Election officials warn that widespread problems with the US mail system could disrupt voting
State and local election officials from across the country on Wednesday warned that problems with the nation’s mail delivery system threaten to disenfranchise voters in the upcoming presidential election, telling the head of the U.S. Postal Service that it hasn’t fixed persistent deficiencies.