Hurricane Francine makes landfall in Louisiana as a Category 2 storm
Hurricane Francine struck Louisiana on Wednesday evening as a Category 2 storm that forecasters warned could bring deadly storm surge, widespread flooding and destructive winds on the northern U.S. Gulf Coast.
The first general election ballots are going in the mail as the presidential contest nears
The first general election ballots for the presidential race are going out Wednesday as Alabama officials begin mailing them to absentee voters with the Nov. 5 contest less than two months away.
Donald Trump faces his own debate fallout just months after benefiting from Joe Biden’s
Donald Trump emerged Wednesday from a rocky debate against Kamala Harris looking to regain his footing with 54 days until Election Day, the first ballots already going out in Alabama and other states on the cusp of early voting.
Mary Means Business: Restaurants open in Starkville
The former Guadalajara location on Highway 12 prepares for a new tenant.
Starkville man arrested for alleged strangulation
A Starkville man was arrested Monday after he allegedly strangled his romantic partner.
Former West Point detective found guilty in Covid fraud case
A former West Point detective was convicted Wednesday by a federal jury for his part in a scheme to steal more than $11.2 million in pandemic relief funds.
Election commissioners, incumbents fill Lowndes ballots for November
When voters choose the country’s president in November, they will also decide several state and local races across the region.
Vice mayor denies adding raises to FY 2025 budget
With the clock ticking on passing the city’s Fiscal Year 2025 budget, almost $89,000 in raises and benefit increases for the city council — and where they came from — are still up for debate.
Congress bestows its highest honor on the 13 troops killed during Afghanistan withdrawal
House Speaker Mike Johnson on Tuesday presented Congress’ highest honor — the Congressional Gold Medal — to 13 U.S. service members who were killed during the disastrous withdrawal from Afghanistan, even as the politics of a presidential election swirled around the event.
Companies are crafting new ways to grow cocoa, and chocolate alternatives, to keep up with demand
Climate change is stressing rainforests where the highly sensitive cocoa bean grows, but chocolate lovers need not despair, say companies that are researching other ways to grow cocoa or develop cocoa substitutes.
Cars collect troves of data about traffic and road hazards. Should they share it?
The secret to avoiding red lights during rush hour in Utah’s largest city might be as simple as following a bus.
A 9/11 anniversary tradition is handed down to a new generation
A poignant phrase echoes when 9/11 victims’ relatives gather each year to remember the loved ones they lost in the terror attacks.
Trump’s rhetoric on elections turns ominous as voting nears in the presidential race
With early voting fast approaching, the rhetoric by Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump has turned more ominous with a pledge to prosecute anyone who “cheats” in the election in the same way he believes they did in 2020, when he falsely claimed he won and attacked those who stood by their accurate vote tallies.
SpaceX launches billionaire to conduct the first private spacewalk
A daredevil billionaire rocketed back into orbit Tuesday, aiming to perform the first private spacewalk and venture farther than anyone since NASA’s Apollo moonshots.
Americans’ inflation-adjusted incomes rebounded to pre-pandemic levels last year
The inflation-adjusted median income of U.S. households rebounded last year to roughly its 2019 level, overcoming the biggest price spike in four decades to restore most Americans’ purchasing power.
AP-NORC/USAFacts poll: Republicans are more likely to trust Trump than official election results
For Christopher Pugh, the 2020 election was a turning point.
Waffle House CEO Walt Ehmer has died at age 58
Walt Ehmer, the president and CEO of Waffle House and a member of the board of trustees for the Atlanta Police Foundation, has died at age 58, the foundation announced Sunday.
Alabama Sen. Tuberville blocks quick promotion of top aide to Defense Secretary Austin
Alabama Sen. Tommy Tuberville is blocking the quick promotion of the top military aide to Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin over concerns that he and other senior staff did not immediately notify President Joe Biden when Austin was hospitalized with complications from cancer treatment earlier this year.
The US and Britain accuse Iran of sending Russia missiles to use against Ukraine
The United States and Britain formally accused Iran on Tuesday of supplying short-range ballistic missiles to Russia to use against Ukraine, announcing new sanctions on Moscow and Tehran before a joint visit to Kyiv by their top diplomats.