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Historian Jared Phillips draws on Vance Randolph’s collections for stories of Ozark water witchers, yarb doctors, Bible magic, a phantom black hog and the ghost of Dead Man’s Pond.
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The U.N.'s long-running peacekeeping mission for the disputed Western Sahara ceased operations Sunday after 35 years. Once ruled by Spain, it is claimed by both Morocco and the pro-independence Polisario Front.
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U.S. Transportation Secretary Duffy says all nine people died aboard a business jet that crashed into a Florida neighborhood. The aircraft departed from Austin, Texas, and was headed to the Bahamas.
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Andy Taeger & James Purcell are trying to become the first people ever complete the board game Campaign for North Africa. The is so complex it could take decades to finish.
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Republicans started the year believing tax cuts would benefit them in the midterms. Instead other affordability issues are driving voters to Democrats.
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Beyond the Ozarks
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Arkansas Advocate’s Andrew DeMillo discusses early voting, takeaways from Arkansas TV debates, new polling and how candidates for governor answered a question on executions.
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Arkansas Advocate's Andrew DeMillo discusses $10 million maternal health grants, Kentucky Gov. Andy Beshear's Oct. 1 North Little Rock visit and the decline of political debates in Arkansas.
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