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by Compiled Democrat-Gazette Staff From Wire Reports - July 24, 2021Death toll from China floodwaters climbs
by Compiled Democrat-Gazette Staff From Wire Reports - July 24, 2021The Arkansas Legislative Council on Friday approved Arkansas Tech University's request for $12.65 million in spending authority for its use of American Rescu...
by Michael R. Wickline - July 24, 2021Gov. Asa Hutchinson overstepped his authority when he ended federally funded pandemic unemployment supplements that can pay out-of-work job seekers an extra ...
by John Lynch - July 24, 2021Stocks rallied to records Friday on Wall Street, and the Dow Jones Industrial Average closed above the 35,000 level for the first time, as the market continu...
by DAMIAN J. TROISE AND STAN CHOE THE ASSOCIATED PRESS - July 24, 2021Small businesses in the U.S. that depend on tourism and vacationers say business is bouncing back, as Americans rebook postponed trips and spend freely on fo...
by MAE ANDERSON THE ASSOCIATED PRESS - July 24, 2021The coronavirus outbreak last year caused the proportion of people working from home in the U.S. to nearly double, with the shift most pronounced among colle...
by AMY DIPIERRO THE ASSOCIATED PRESS - July 24, 2021Companies across Europe are stepping up price increases to cope with mounting cost pressure and business disruption, adding to the alarm bells about an infla...
by CATHERINE BOSLEY BLOOMBERG NEWS (WPNS)CATHERINE BOSLEY BLOOMBERG NEWS (WPNS) - July 24, 2021Arkansas Governor's School officials said Friday evening it is sending everyone home Saturday morning after learning that three students and one faculty memb...
by Arkansas Democrat-Gazette - July 23, 2021Pandemic restrictions on Florida-based cruise ships are no longer in place under a Friday ruling by a federal appeals court, while the U.S. Centers for Disea...
by The Associated Press - July 23, 2021Emergency response times in Central Arkansas could be slower as covid-19 cases rise in the state and hospitals fill up, Metropolitan Emergency Medical Servic...
by Teresa Moss - July 23, 2021Arkansas' count of coronavirus cases rose Friday by 1,987 — the biggest one-day new-case total since early February. Meanwhile, the Arkansas Department of He...
by Andy Davis - July 23, 2021St. Louis city and county officials say they will require masks in indoor public places and on public transportation, even for those who are vaccinated, star...
by The Associated Press - July 23, 2021The University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences will limit patients to one visitor per day in most situations, effective Monday, because of the rise in covid...
by Arkansas Democrat-Gazette - July 23, 2021As U.S. regulators weigh giving the final stamp of approval for certain covid-19 vaccines, governors in states hard hit by the pandemic hope the move will he...
by The Associated Press - July 23, 2021Belated and beleaguered, the virus-delayed Tokyo Summer Olympics finally opened Friday night with cascading fireworks and made-for-TV choreography that unfol...
by The Associated Press - July 23, 2021The number of coronavirus patients in Arkansas hospitals grew Thursday as the state's count of cases rose by 1,860 -- the second-largest number of new cases ...
by Andy Davis - July 23, 2021Vaccinations are beginning to rise in some states where covid-19 cases are soaring, White House officials said Thursday in a sign that the summer surge is ge...
by Compiled Democrat-Gazette Staff From Wire Reports - July 23, 2021A dozen Democratic state lawmakers from Pulaski County in a letter Thursday urged Gov. Asa Hutchinson, House and Senate leaders, and other lawmakers to suppo...
by Michael R. Wickline - July 23, 2021With classrooms about to reopen, counteracting the delta variant must be a top priority, Arkansas Gov. Asa Hutchinson told the Reagan Institute Summit on Edu...
by Frank E. Lockwood - July 23, 2021