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Sara Drew of the Arkansas Imagination Library on grief, Dolly Parton's 2022 visit and why 45% enrollment isn't enough. Northwest Arkansas has the two lowest enrollment counties in the state.
Clifton Hull photograph collection - Little Rock (BC.PHO.37.A), courtesy of the Butler Center for Arkansas Studies, Central Arkansas Library System
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While the high-profile shooting at Utah Valley University had only one homicide victim, Kirk's assassination was witnessed by thousands in person and even more as video spread online. -
After the Census Bureau issued a report tied to a Trump-aligned think tank, the bureau's parent agency cut language banning political interference from its scientific integrity policy, NPR learned. -
Jurors said Duane Davis is guilty of murder in orchestrating the killing of Tupac Shakur. The rap star was gunned down in a gang-related drive-by shooting in Las Vegas in 1996.
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The Trump administration says it's asking countries to voluntarily cut off business with Iran to squeeze its economy further. But the most critical country — China — already says it won't cooperate.
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Beyond the Ozarks
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Photo by Ainsley Platt/Arkansas AdvocateArkansas Advocate editor-in-chief Andrew DeMillo breaks down two court rulings on the state's initiative process, growing local resistance to data centers and Betty Bumpers' vaccination legacy. -
Maggie Ryan/KUARThe Arkansas Women's Hall of Fame exhibit now sits at the North Little Rock Event Center in Argenta. Board chair Stacy Hurst unveiled the space ahead of next week's induction of seven honorees.
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