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Groundhog Day 2019: Facts, history and the story 2019-01-31 15:27:04Every Feb. 2, a little groundhog pokes his head out of the ground to see if he can spot his shadow. As the legend goes, if he sees his shadow, he gets

This 2-year-old Texas boy is America's youngest Mensa 2019-01-31 13:03:36Are you smarter than a 2-year-old?Probably not, in the case of Zayn Riyas.[gh:blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-lang="en"][gh:p lang="en" di

POLAR VORTEX: Weather reports from chilly cities across 2019-01-30 16:59:03Temperatures across much of the U.S. plunged to their lowest levels in recent memory on Wednesday.Here's a look at how the polar vortex impacted a nu

Cops: Fla. man thought he was stealing opioids, 2019-01-29 13:34:09A Florida man who thought he was stealing opioids wound up with laxatives instead, police say.Peter Hans Emery Jr., 69, was caught on surveillance vid

Cops: Woman danced half-naked after threatening to shoot 2019-01-25 13:04:44Sheriff’s deputies say 38-year-old woman dropped her pants and danced half-naked in a Waffle House parking lot in Pensacola, Fla., Monday a

This fourth-grader won his science fair by asking: 2019-01-25 11:03:26Say goodbye to baking soda-and-vinegar volcanoes and Mentos-and-Diet Coke fountains.A Kentucky 10-year-old aimed a bit higher with his science fair en

Ariz. police arrest nurse they say raped, impregnated 2019-01-23 13:06:35A nurse has been arrested and charged with raping and impregnating an incapacitated patient at an Arizona nursing home.That 26-year-old patient, whose

'To Catch a Predator' host Chris Hansen arrested, 2019-01-17 13:40:38Former NBC News correspondent Chris Hansen, whose "To Catch a Predator" reports caught countless men soliciting minors for sex, was arrested this we

Texas woman shot, killed man while posing with 2019-01-15 16:17:54A Texas woman who fatally shot a man two days before Christmas was posing with a rifle for Snapchat when she accidentally pulled the trigger, accordin

Fla. mom charged after kids found with rotted 2019-01-15 12:17:47A 23-year-old woman was charged with child neglect without great bodily harm after her children were found in poor condition at their Crestview, Fla.,

Ill. strip-club dancer allegedly invokes Trump’s name, hurls 2019-01-14 13:21:53An Illinois strip-club dancer was arrested after throwing a shot glass at a customer before slapping the back of his head, police said.About 11:20 p.m

Walmart bans shopper caught sipping wine from Pringles 2019-01-14 12:04:37A Texas woman has been barred from shopping at Walmart after police say she spent several hours cruising the store's parking lot in a motorized shopp

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Flash Point: Race, fire, police and Little Rock's 2019-02-01 02:00:00 Can the city's first elected black mayor heal the racial divisions that have long plagued the city's fire and police departments?

The unbearable whiteness of being 2019-02-01 02:00:00 What's lost when we consider the history of racial violence from a white perspective. On Dec. 26, 1920, a mob

Still without weed in Arkansas 2019-02-01 02:00:00 But it looks like medical marijuana will finally roll in. A fractious two years after Arkansas voters approved

Essential New Orleans 2019-02-01 02:00:00 An extensive guide to eating, drinking, dancing, karaoke-ing, strolling and Carnivaling in the Crescent City. Ca

Orval gets redeemed from Hell 2019-02-01 02:00:00 To be paired with a very special spiritual mentor.

The Hot Springs mile-pie club 2019-02-01 02:00:00 Spa City is swiftly becoming a polestar for pizza. Exactly 3 miles along state Highway 7 separate Rod's Pizza C

Best restaurants in Arkansas 2019 2019-02-01 02:00:00 Our readers pick the best. The readers of the Arkansas Times have once again pushed their plates away, belched

What to expect from the 92nd Arkansas General 2019-02-01 02:00:00 Tax cuts for the richest Arkansans top the agenda for the ledge. On Jan. 14, the Arkansas legislature conv

Little Rock's Dos Rocas gives a nod to 2019-02-01 02:00:00Arkansas Times readers named it the "Best New" restaurant in Central Arkansas. The two couples sat at the kitchen tab

Beginnings 2019-02-01 02:00:00A friend of The Observer's had a baby the other day. The word went out the way such things do these days, not by town crier or courier pigeon or folk

Capi Peck’s “eternal optimism” for the future of 2019-01-30 14:26:00 City Director Capi Peck, who represents West Little Rock’s Ward 4, wants to consider a change in the way the board is elected, as does Ma

Kathy Webb wants to talk about the ‘good 2019-01-15 14:14:00 As Kathy Webb enters her fifth year as Ward 3 city director her priorities include improving public safety; working to reduce poverty, hunger a