A pickup truck that caught on fire west of Marshall on Tuesday was destroyed, Minneota Fire Chief Jeff Sussner said. Sussner said the Minneota Fire Department was called to a report of a vehicle fire ...

In 1861, Mississippi became the second state to secede from the Union, the same day the Star of the West, a merchant vessel bringing reinforcements and supplies to Federal troops at Fort Sumter, South ...

Modest moves for Wall Street overall masked some big swings underneath the surface on Thursday, including for makers of weapons and other military equipment after President Donald Trump said he wants ...

Elon Musk’s AI company, xAI, plans to spend $20 billion on a data center in Southaven, Mississippi. Gov. Tate Reeves announced Thursday that this is the largest private investment in the state’s ...

President Donald Trump says he is directing the federal government to buy $200 billion in mortgage bonds, a move he said would help reduce mortgage rates at a time when Americans are worried about ...

Brazil’s President Lula da Silva has vetoed a bill that could reduce Jair Bolsonaro’s 27-year prison sentence for his failed 2023 coup attempt. Lula announced the decision Thursday during a ceremony ...

It’s hard not to ponder the horrific irony in the timing of this year’s Epiphany feast celebrated Jan. 6, and the killing of ...

Syrian authorities have warned civilians to leave a contested area in Aleppo as clashes between government and Kurdish forces intensify. On Thursday, a corridor was opened for evacuation. The ...

Pope Leo XIV said Thursday he intended to bring the world’s Catholic cardinals together annually, indicating a new governing style for the church that cardinals welcomed as a chance to get to know ...

Although this may not reach Georgia Garvey, the syndicated columnist, who wrote the editorial, “The happy-enough holiday more ...

Federal immigration officers shot and wounded two people in a vehicle outside a hospital in Portland, Oregon, on Thursday, a day after an officer shot and killed a driver in Minnesota, authorities ...

The head of Venezuela’s national assembly says a “significant number” of citizens and foreigners will be released from prison as a gesture to “seek peace.” The announcement by Jorge Rodríguez on ...