arkansas
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It’s Becoming Hard for GOP to Defend President’s Refusal to Release Tax Returns
It’s getting hard for Republicans to defend President TrumPutin’s foolishness. On Monday, Sen. Tom Cotton (R-Ark.) was viciously booed during a town hall meeting in Little Rock, Ark., after he tried miserably to defend President I-Do What-I-Want’s refusal to release his tax returns. A resident asked Cotton, who has defended the president’s right not to…
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Ark. Supreme Court Blocks Executions of 2 Inmates Scheduled to Die Monday Night
The fast-tracked Arkansas executions hit another snag Monday when the Arkansas Supreme Court ruled to halt the executions of two men who were scheduled to be put to death Monday night. The state was in a rush to execute eight inmates before the end of the month, when one of the drugs in its lethal…
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Ark. Ready to Execute 8 Men in 10-Day Period as Lethal-Injection Drug Set to Expire
The state of Arkansas is moving quickly to pull off eight executions in 10 days during the month of April as it tries to beat the clock on an expiring supply of a controversial sedative used during the lethal-injection process. The state plans to carry out two executions a day on four days between April…
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Ark. Rushes to Execute 8 Men in Almost as Many Days—Half of Them Black
In what only can be described as a mad rush toward death, the state of Arkansas plans to execute eight inmates in April because of a looming expiration date for a drug the state uses in executions. The New York Times reports that all eight men—four black, four white—were convicted of murders that occurred between…
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Tracing Your Roots: Untangling the Origins of My Dad’s Blended Family
A reader seeks details on grandparents who left behind a family tree with many branches. Dear Professor Gates: Can you please help me get some clear history on my grandfather and grandmother? My father, George W. Murphy, was born March 25, 1919, in Little Rock, Ark., one of many siblings. My grandmother Ada Wiley Murphy…
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Ark. School District Investigating After Teacher Allegedly Compares the Obamas to Monkeys
An Arkansas school district has reportedly launched an investigation after a high school teacher allegedly wrote racially charged posts on Facebook comparing President Barack Obama and first lady Michelle Obama to monkeys, KARK-TV reports. Trent Bennett, a teacher at Malvern High School, is accused of targeting the president and first lady in the offensive posts,…
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Suspect Arrested in Shooting Death of 3-Year-Old in Ark. Road Rage Incident
Updated Friday, Dec. 23, 2016, 1:30 p.m. EST: A Little Rock, Ark., police affidavit reveals that the man who allegedly fatally shot a 3-year-old boy in a road rage incident fired his gun because he thought a car was following him too closely, CBS News reports. Gary Eugene Holmes, 33, was taken into custody late…
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911 Tapes Reveal Grandmother's Agony After Ark. 3-Year-Old Killed in Road Rage Incident
The 911 tapes released after the horrific shooting death of 3-year-old Acen King in Little Rock, Ark., over the weekend reveal his grandmother’s pain as she and a bystander tried to get help for the little boy, Raw Story reports. According to the report, a woman at a J.C. Penney store that the grandmother had…
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3-Year-Old Killed in Ark. Road Rage Incident Identified
Updated Monday, Dec. 19, 2016, 1:30 p.m. EST: The 3-year-old who was fatally shot in a car during a road rage incident over the weekend has been identified as Acen King, according to THV11. Little Acen was shot while riding in his grandmother’s car Saturday night. Neither the grandmother, identified as Kim King-Macon, nor Acen’s…
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Ark. School Board Member’s Blackface Photo Leads to Calls for Resignation
Ted Bonner, an eastern-Arkansas school board member, is being called on to resign by the Arkansas NAACP and several residents after photos surfaced of him wearing blackface as a costume for a Halloween party while also holding a sign referring to the Black Lives Matter movement, the Associated Press reports. On Monday, during a Blevins…