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October 11, 2019

Board strips Little Rock teachers' union bargaining power

The Arkansas Board of Education on Thursday stripped the collective bargaining power of the Little Rock teachers' union, ...

October 10, 2019

Politician charged in human trafficking adoption scheme

An Arizona elected official ran a human smuggling scheme that promised pregnant women thousands of dollars to lure them from ...

October 03, 2019

Slain man’s brother, judge hug ex-cop sentenced to 10 years

A white Dallas police officer who said she mistook a neighbor’s apartment for her own and fatally shot him in his living room ...

September 27, 2019

No. 23 Texas A&M, Arkansas very different with same record

While No. 23 Texas A&M and Arkansas both have 2-2 records and lost their SEC openers, the programs are in entirely different ...

September 25, 2019

Plan for Little Rock schools stokes fears about segregation

A plan to only grant Little Rock partial control of its schools is stoking fears that the district may return to a racially ...

September 21, 2019

Houston area sees relief, rescues after Imelda leaves 4 dead

Emergency workers used boats Friday to rescue about 60 residents of a Houston-area community still trapped in their homes by ...

September 14, 2019

No. 3 Georgia romps to another win, 55-0 over Arkansas State

Now, the real season begins for No. 3 Georgia. Finishing off a dominating run through their first three games, the Bulldogs ...

September 04, 2019

Ginsburg: Work on court 'saved me' during cancer treatment

Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg said Tuesday night that her work on the bench saved her during her cancer ...

August 27, 2019

Arkansas building owners conceal 'KKK' welded on facade

The letters "KKK" that were welded on an Arkansas building have been replaced with U.S. Marshals stars after one of the ...

August 23, 2019

Walmart to revamp, reopen El Paso store after mass shooting

Walmart plans to reopen the El Paso store where 22 people were killed in a shooting earlier this month, the retail giant said ...

August 21, 2019

Former VA pathologist charged in deaths of 3 patients

A pathologist fired from an Arkansas veterans hospital after officials said he had been impaired while on duty was charged ...

August 20, 2019

Wendy Anderson, wife of Arkansas State coach, dies at 49

Wendy Anderson, the wife of Arkansas State football coach Blake Anderson, has died after a two-year fight with breast cancer.

August 13, 2019

Parts of South and Midwest grapple with dangerous heat wave

Forecasters are warning about days of scorching, dangerous heat gripping a wide swath of the U.S. South and Midwest, where ...

August 04, 2019

Oscar-winning documentary maker D.A. Pennebaker dies at 94

D.A. Pennebaker, the Oscar-winning documentary maker whose historic contributions to American culture and politics included ...

August 02, 2019

Feds: Arkansas white supremacist jail fugitives captured

A jail breakout ended without violence as authorities scooped up a white supremacist gang leader and another fugitive more ...

July 28, 2019

Police: 1998 Arkansas school shooter killed in crash

A man who was 11 years old in 1998 when he and a friend fatally shot four students and a teacher at their Arkansas middle ...

July 26, 2019

Eye surgery law sparks unusually public dispute in Arkansas

As an optometrist in the small Arkansas town of Osceola, Dr. Matthew Jones must tell patients several times a week to seek ...

July 26, 2019

Gulp! Arkansas photographer snaps images of snake eating bug

An amateur photographer has snapped some startling gone-in-a-gulp images of a venomous snake devouring an unlucky bug at ...