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38 Special to perform at First Financial Music Hall
38 Special is set to rock the stage at First Financial Music Hall on Wednesday, September 18th. Presented by Murphy USA, the concert will coincide with the El …
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U.S. House committee to start work on Westerman's conservation bill
WASHINGTON -- One U.S. House of Representatives committee will begin consideration of legislation this week that would support wildlife and habitat conservatio…
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A Supreme Court decision could come Monday in a case about barring Trump from the 2024 ballot
WASHINGTON (AP) -- A Supreme Court decision could come as soon as Monday in the case about whether former President Donald Trump can be kicked off the ballot o…
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A woman clutching an infant is found in the rubble of Ukraine building after Russian drone strike
KYIV, Ukraine (AP) -- President Volodymyr Zelenskyy urged Western allies to boost Ukraine's air defenses after a Russian drone strike destroyed an apartment bl…
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Hundreds of inmates flee after armed gangs storm Haiti's main prison, leaving bodies behind
PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (AP) -- Hundreds of inmates fled Haiti's main prison after armed gangs stormed the facility in an overnight explosion of violence that en…
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Arkansas legislators review impact of '23 law limiting local regulations on crypto mines
State Sen. Missy Irvin said Thursday that she did "not have all the information" when she voted for a bill during last year's session that restricted the abili…
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Flu shots are doing OK vs. virus, US numbers indicate
NEW YORK (AP) -- Early estimates suggest flu shots are performing OK in the current U.S. winter flu season.
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Primary apathy in Michigan: Democrats, GOP struggle as supporters mull whether to even vote
LANSING, Mich. (AP) -- Rev. Steve Bland Jr. remembers the massive get-out-the-vote effort he helped mobilize four years ago, when pastors and community leaders…
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Grieving mother believes her siblings let her down
DEAR ABBY: My beautiful adopted son, "Allen," age 32, took his life six months ago. He had struggled with mental illness his entire adult life. He'd had a clos…
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Sanders rejects expanding post-pregnancy Medicaid to 12 months, says other coverage available
To reduce Arkansas' high rate of maternal mortality, Gov. Sarah Huckabee Sanders said Wednesday that the state does not need to expand postpartum Medicaid cove…
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Gov announces appointments; El Dorado resident named to Natural and Cultural Resources Council
Governor Sarah Huckabee Sanders announced the following appointments:
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Past solar eclipses startled Arkansans, bugs and birds
The last time a total solar eclipse occurred in Arkansas -- in 1918 -- people ran out of their houses and into the streets "calling on the Lord for mercy" whil…
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Legislative Council OKs request for $30M in federal funds for mental health, substance abuse services
The Arkansas Legislative Council on Friday approved the state Department of Human Services' request for $30 million in federal American Rescue Plan funds to fi…
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ExxonMobil manager: corporation can make direct lithium extraction work in Arkansas
ExxonMobil Lithium Global Business Manager Patrick Howarth on Thursday detailed some of the oil and gas giant's plans to pump lithium from deep below the groun…