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One taken to hospital after reported shootout

One taken to hospital after reported shootout

One person was loaded into an ambulance with unspecified injuries after authorities responded to a report of a shootout between two men on a Little Rock street Thursday afternoon. Officers were called about 1:20 pm to the area of Wright Avenue and Battery Street to investigate m...

I-5 bridge collapses in NW Wash.; people in water

MOUNT VERNON, Wash. — An Interstate 5 bridge over a river north of Seattle collapsed Thursday evening, dumping vehicles and people...

Home invasion suspect dies day after being shot by resident

Police in Russellville say an apparent home invasion Wednesday ended with the resident shooting the assailant, causing injuries th...

Arkansas' teen birth rate U.S.' highest, report finds

The nation's record-low teen birth rate stems from robust declines in nearly every state, but most dramatically in several Mountai...
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JOHN BRUMMETT

John Brummett

EDITORIAL

Together in hypocrisy

As you behold the human loss and heartbreak in Oklahoma, you might ask yourself a question.

BRYAN HENDRICKS

Bryan Hendricks

SPORTS

Missouri on hook for stripers

Against the wishes of the Arkansas Game and Fish Commission and anglers in north Arkansas, the Missouri Department of ...

CLAY HENRY

Clay Henry

OPINION

COMMENTARY: Fayetteville Must Adjust Without Allens

Life is different around Fayetteville High School. There are no more Allen boys to play quarterback. Offensive coordinator Zak ...

Arkansas to submit 'private option' waiver in August

Arkansas Medicaid officials say the state will submit its request to use federal money to purchase private insurance for thousands of low-income residents by August.

James gets last laugh; Miami trips up Indiana

LeBron James caught the in bounds pass, changed direction and immediately attacked the rim.

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MovieStyle: Loud, fast and out of control

This week we’ve got your franchises in MovieStyle — the vroom, vroom, vroom of the Fast and the Furious franchise continues with this sixth entry, returning director Justin Lin and all the usual suspects (Vin Diesel, Paul Walker, Michelle Rodriguez), with at least some of the action set in London.

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Humane Society, Boy Scouts, others pitching in to send aid to Moore

Years ago, Kay Simpson found herself in the heart of search-and-rescue efforts for animals in the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina. After Monday’s deadly tornado in Moore, Okla., Simpson is helping out again, this time from home.

LR airport fears D.C. flight at risk

Ron Mathieu, executive director of the state’s largest airport, is urging U.S. Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood to let US Airways keep all its slots at Reagan National Airport as a way to ensure the daily direct flight between Little Rock and Washington, D.C., continues as scheduled.

THE WEEKEND TEN

It’s Memorial Day weekend. Which means it has to be Riverfest weekend, Friday-Sunday along both sides of the Arkansas River in downtown Little Rock and North Little Rock.

IRS official swears she never misled Congress

The Internal Revenue Service official who first disclosed that the agency had targeted conservative groups denied Wednesday that she had ever provided false information to Congress. She then invoked her Fifth Amendment right not to testify.

Wait, this could be good

GOODNESS, what now? The latest excuse in the IRS mess is that a lone bureau in Cincinnati is to blame. Along with lax supervision. And that’s how the federal government came to target conservative groups with names like Tea Party and Patriot in their names? Really?

James gets last laugh; Miami trips up Indiana

LeBron James caught the in bounds pass, changed direction and immediately attacked the rim.

Boy Scouts approve plan to accept openly gay boys

GRAPEVINE, Texas (AP) — After lengthy and wrenching debate, local leaders of the Boy Scouts of America have voted to open their ranks to openly gay boys for the first time, but heated reactions from the left and right made clear that the BSA's controversies are far from over.

Safe room mandates remain rare in tornado states

MOORE, Okla. (AP) — After living nearly 20 years in their one-story brick home, Sherry and Larry Wells finally won the lottery — for a state rebate on a home storm shelter, that is. A contractor finished installing the concrete bunker beneath the slab of their garage in early May. About three weeks later, the shelter saved their lives when a tornado that killed 24 people tore through their neighborhood.

Police: Suicidal jumper's fall kills SKorean girl

SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — South Korean police say a suicidal man jumping to his death killed a 5-year-old girl by falling on her as she walked with her parents outside the apartment building.

Japan's PM Abe defends policies as markets settle

TOKYO (AP) — Japan's top leaders are defending the economic strategies championed by Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, though the central bank chief acknowledged a need for better communication with financial markets, a day after Tokyo shares suffered their worst loss since the 2011 tsunami disaster.

GOP's Walker touts state ties during trip to Iowa

WEST DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — Scott Walker tried to introduce himself to Iowa Republicans Thursday as so many would-be presidential candidates often do — one of their own.

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Together in hypocrisy

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ARKANSAS SPORTSMAN: Missouri on hook for stripers

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