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Tech industry group sues Arkansas over new social media laws

June 30, 2025 9:55 am

Arkansas is among several states in the US that have been enacting restrictions on social media, prompted by concerns about the impact on children's mental health.

3 people wounded in Black Friday shooting at mall in Little Rock, Arkansas Little Rock

November 30, 2024 7:02 am

Chief Heath Helton said in an afternoon news conference that responding officers found one wounded person at the scene and two others arrived at a hospital later.

2 injured, 1 missing after explosion at Arkansas defense weapons plant

July 04, 2024 5:42 am

The explosion happened at the General Dynamics Ordnance and Tactical Systems' plant in Camden, about 86 miles (138 kilometers) south of Little Rock, a company spokesperson said.

Shooting at grocery store in Arkansas kills 3 and wounds 10 others, police say

June 22, 2024 3:40 am

A white supremacist in 2022 killed 10 Black people at a Buffalo supermarket. That shooting came a little more than a year after one at a Boulder, Colorado, supermarket, where 10 people were killed.

Deadly storms in Texas, Oklahoma, and Arkansas: Everything you need to know

May 27, 2024 9:58 pm

Nearly 109 million people across vast regions of the US were under threat from large hail, damaging winds, and fierce tornadoes on Sunday, primarily in the mid-Mississippi, Ohio, and Tennessee River valleys.

Police shooting, central Arkansas, shopping mall, Conway,

Police in Arkansas shoot man who barricaded himself at a shopping mall

April 07, 2024 12:02 am

Conway police said on Facebook that officers responded to a report about a man who had driven a vehicle into a massage therapy business at the Lewis Crossing Shopping Center.

Storms strike Arkansas, Illinois, Indiana; 7 reported dead

April 01, 2023 5:37 pm

The destructive weather came as President Joe Biden toured the aftermath of a deadly tornado that struck in Mississippi one week ago and promised the government would help the area recover.

Experts: Force appears excessive in Arkansas beating video

August 24, 2022 9:01 am

All three officers were later suspended, and state and federal authorities have opened criminal investigations into their actions. It's the latest case in which increasingly omnipresent cameras have led to consequences for officers and raised questions about what level of force police are justified in using and when.

US: 3 Arkansas officers suspended after video captures beating

August 22, 2022 11:15 am

In a statement released Sunday evening, Mulberry Police Chief Shannon Gregory said the officer involved in the incident is on leave pending the outcome of the investigation.

Shooting at Arkansas car show kills at least 1, wounds 20

March 20, 2022 11:08 am

Keith Finch, chief of police in the town of Dumas, provided the increased number of casualties but said it wasn’t immediately clear how many kids had been hurt.