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National Park College would continue setting its own tuition rates and could gain new transfer and academic opportunities if it joins the University of Arkansas System, system officials said Tuesday, but final authority over major college decisions would shift from NPC's locally elected board.
BALTIMORE -- President Donald Trump on Tuesday touted a $3.7 billion investment by the military technology company Anduril to build components for nuclear-powered submarines at a Baltimore-area shipyard.
Relatives of some soldiers killed in the Iran war joined dozens of Gold Star families from prior U.S. conflicts Tuesday at the White House, where President Donald Trump offered words of comfort and candles were lit for the fallen service members, according to one of the widows who attended.
Paramount Skydance Corp. closed its $110 billion acquisition of Warner Bros. Discovery Inc. on Tuesday, completing one of the biggest media mergers of all time after engaging in a bruising battle for control with Netflix Inc. and fending off antitrust lawsuits.
KYIV, Ukraine -- Russian air defenses intercepted nearly 900 Ukrainian drones overnight over multiple regions of the country, as well as the occupied Crimean Peninsula and the Sea of Azov, the Defense Ministry in Moscow said Tuesday.
I was sitting there impressed with how clever the "Gridiron" was and wondering if the self-spoofing essence of real contemporary politics was making the satire easier or harder.
GREENBELT, Md. -- A hearing for Kilmar Ábrego Garcia that was expected to determine whether the man mistakenly sent by the Trump administration to El Salvador would be deported to Liberia was abruptly canceled Tuesday for reasons that were not immediately clear.
PARIS -- Police fired tear gas to control crowds in Paris and elsewhere in France on Tuesday as more than a quarter of a million people rallied nationwide to support high school students demanding more education funding, according to government figures. The protests increased pressure on the administration of outgoing…
LONDON -- Jeffrey Archer, the bestselling British novelist and former politician who was jailed for lying in a high-profile libel case, died at age 86 on Monday, just one day before his final novel "Adam and Eve" was due to be published.
MIAMI -- The Trump administration is creating a team of attorneys to represent children who traveled alone to the United States in immigration proceedings, which critics say would deprive them of having lawyers who aren't employed by the government and could put them at greater risk of deportation.
LOS ANGELES -- A wealthy couple in suburban Los Angeles recruited women across the country to serve as surrogates, promising them that they were just looking for another child to grow their family.
Acting U.S. Army Secretary Adam Telle said Tuesday that the execution will take place on Dec. 3 at Fort Hood.
WASHINGTON -- Supreme Court Justice Samuel Alito says the escalating volume of emergency appeals before the court isn't a good thing, but he adds there's little the court can do to change the trajectory.
NAIROBI, Kenya -- A Kenyan citizen who had been living in Congo before returning to Nairobi over the weekend became Kenya's first confirmed case of Ebola and the country's first death from the disease in the fast-moving outbreak, authorities said Tuesday, sparking urgent contact-tracing efforts to try to contain the…
BERLIN -- A former head of Germany's foreign intelligence service was arrested Tuesday on suspicion that he had passed state secrets to a foreign intelligence service, the federal prosecutor's office said.
STOCKHOLM -- Belgian-born scientist Francis Halzen won the Nobel Prize in physics Tuesday for his efforts to demystify a rare group of neutrinos, tiny cosmic particles that researchers believe offer clues to how the universe evolved.
Saudi Arabia said three people were injured in the latest attacks on its airports since fighting with Yemen's Houthi rebels reignited. Meanwhile, Palestinian officials said Israeli airstrikes in Gaza City killed two people, while condemning home demolitions in east Jerusalem and violence in the occupied West Bank.
REYKJAVIK, Iceland -- U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio on Tuesday sought to reassure NATO ally Iceland that President Donald Trump's administration has no designs on the island but shares its deep concerns about Arctic security as tensions between the United States and Russia rise in the High North and elsewhere.
Jim Bakker, who built a huge TV following and evangelical empire with his first wife, Tammy Faye, which later collapsed in a sex scandal and financial crimes, has died. He was 86.
On Oct. 4, 1957, Russia launched its satellite, 1884-pound Sputnik 1. It transmitted signals to Earth for 22 days before running out of fuel. It took until January to fall back into the world and burn up on re-entry. At that point, the space race was officially on.
As concerns about the cost and availability of energy have increased among American consumers, Democrats in the House and Senate have stepped up efforts to block Republican legislative initiatives to address these concerns.
Diligent news consumers might have noticed a story recently about a MAGA Missouri senator who humiliated himself before the nation by spinning a slanderous and easily debunked lie against a prosecutor.
The initial idea in Mississippi County was to create an exhibit featuring the history of what had once been Blytheville Air Force Base. That exhibit opened in 2020.
What I ended up writing in last week's column was far more serious than the topic I originally intended, for good reason. The reactions from men to news of the civil suit against Cornell and the men involved in the alleged sexual assault, and to my column last week, proved once again why women don't feel safe around a…
Gunner Stockton has been one of the most productive quarterbacks in the country this season. He just hasn't been one of the most discussed.
ATLANTA -- Yoshinobu Yamamoto felt trust from Los Angeles Dodgers Manager Dave Roberts when he remained in a crucial National League division series game after a stressful fifth inning.
In the Razorback Nation, and maybe privately in the Arkansas athletic department, a lot of fingers are being pointed at who to blame for the Razorbacks having not won an SEC game since Oct. 26, 2024.
BUENOS AIRES, Argentina -- Argentina is girding itself for the once-unimaginable prospect of a national team without soccer great Lionel Messi.
Led by senior Jack Denery, who shot a 5-under 66 on Tuesday during the first day of the Class 6A boys golf state tournament at Jonesboro Country Club, the Little Rock Catholic Rockets claimed the 6A-Central Conference title.
CONWAY -- Cabot's Olivia Ambeau redeemed herself in Tuesday night.
CHARLOTTE, N.C. -- Charlotte Motor Speedway will host a celebration of life for former NASCAR driver Kyle Busch on Friday following the NASCAR Trucks Series race.
NEW YORK -- Max Fried's words were as sharp as the break on some of his pitches.
CHICAGO -- The Chicago White Sox last clinched a postseason series at home when Jiggs Donahue and George Davis helped the South Siders beat the Chicago Cubs in Game 6 of the World Series ... in 1906.
FAYETTEVILLE -- Back-to-back football games that served as recruiting weekends, plus a rescheduled visit have resulted in a surge of new commitments to the University of Arkansas baseball team.
Halfway through the regular season, things are starting to heat up.
CONWAY -- Hendrix had no reason to fold them in the first half of its game with the Schreiner (Texas) Mountaineers last Saturday, but it had plenty of incentive to hold them in the second half.
NFL players have to show sportsmanship or they can draw flags and/or fines and now officiating crews are on notice that they, too, must display appropriate behavior in the heat of the moment.
Dennis Franchione, the longtime college football coach who turned around TCU before stops at Alabama and Texas A&M, has died. He was 75.
President Donald Trump's action Monday night to free up the use of a special kind of diesel fuel typically reserved for farm operations comes after moves by almost a dozen governors across the Midwest and South over the last two weeks to permit dyed diesel fuel in road vehicles.
WASHINGTON -- A lawyer for ABC on Tuesday asked a federal judge to prevent the Trump administration from conducting an unusual, early review of its broadcast licenses, likening it to a looming execution by guillotine that was already chilling the network's editorial decisions just weeks before the U.S. midterm…
Ball said she played basketball, track, squash, lacrosse, tennis and soccer, which benefited her play style on the pitch.
NEW YORK -- Google has contracted for 3,590 megawatts of power from Constellation Energy in the largest U.S. power grid, with new nuclear energy accounting for about a quarter of that supply, the companies said Tuesday.
On Wednesdays we feature an in-state prospect who could be flying under the radar of college coaches.
NEW YORK -- The U.S. stock market has never been higher, even though the list of challenges chipping away at it keeps growing.
FAYETTEVILLE -- Onyx Coffee Lab is the first commercial tenant at Fayetteville's Drake Farms, a large multiuse project on about 165 acres.
WASHINGTON -- After 20 months in office and with the midterm elections approaching, President Donald Trump is at pains to demonstrate his administration's economic wins. But one metric he has identified as an important measuring stick for his policies has been moving steadily in the wrong direction.
BANGKOK -- Risks to Southeast Asia's energy supplies are multiplying faster than nations are coming up with solutions to meet rapidly rising demand for electricity, according to an International Energy Agency report released Tuesday.
FAYETTEVILLE -- Fayetteville joined a number of other cities Tuesday -- state and nationwide -- in adopting an ordinance prohibiting the purchase and use of automatic license plate readers, such as those distributed by Flock Safety.
ROGERS -- A man has died from injuries suffered in a two-vehicle crash early Monday in Rogers.
BENTONVILLE -- The Planning Commission signed off on a new request to rezone property at 405 N.W. Fifth St. despite a fresh wave of concerns from local residents.
FAYETTEVILLE -- The City Council approved the purchase of almost nine acres on East 15th Street on Tuesday for a new, voter-approved animal services facility.
A staffer for Republican U.S. Rep. French Hill is challenging Democratic state Rep. Ashley Hudson for a seat representing west Little Rock in the Arkansas House of Representatives.
The Little Rock School District is considering an elementary school partnership with local microschool Sankofa Learning Academy.
The state's Medicaid, corrections and education programs are expected to be among the key issues during the Arkansas Legislative Council and Joint Budget Committee's budget hearings for state agencies that started Tuesday, legislative leaders said.
With the addition of two more commits from Houston and one from Chicago, the Razorbacks' class includes players from eight states.
BENTONVILLE – Austin McCollum was released Tuesday from the Benton County Jail after posting bond in his two criminal cases.
FAYETTEVILLE -- The race for Washington County assessor pits longtime Republican incumbent Russell Hill against a Democratic political newcomer who said he isn't expecting to win, but wanted to give voters a choice.
MacIntyre has completed 14 of his 20 passing attempts and has 1 touchdown this season.
The mayor of West Memphis estimated Tuesday that the Google data center coming to the city might generate upwards of $20 million in new annual revenue for the city.
A Crittenden County woman is facing up to 15 years in federal prison after pleading guilty Tuesday to possession of a firearm by a felon before a federal judge in Little Rock.
A Jacksonville woman will face up to 40 years in federal prison after she pleaded guilty to one count of distribution of methamphetamine before a federal judge in Little Rock on Tuesday.
RUSSELLVILLE -- Arkansas Tech University officials announced Tuesday they have taken steps to continue a child care program through the end of the fall 2026 semester that was previously funded by a federal grant.
Residential customers of Black Hills Energy Arkansas could see an 8.6% rate increase on their bills next month, about $6.38 for those using 49 Ccf of natural gas.
FAYETTEVILLE -- A Rogers man pleaded guilty in federal court Tuesday to distribution of child pornography, which he told police he played on a television to entertain guests during drug use, according to his plea agreement.
A feuding College Station congregation got no resolution Tuesday about who will run its church after a hearing to help a Pulaski County circuit judge decide the question ran out of time.
Numerous Northwest Arkansas schools serving low-income communities have been recognized by University of Arkansas researchers for academic growth.
FAYETTEVILLE -- A Rogers man was sentenced to federal prison Tuesday after pleading guilty earlier to receipt of child pornography.
These unique beet recipes from the archives reveal the versatility of fall's humble root.
It was the type of production the Razorbacks were looking for in their first fall game against outside competition.
NASHVILLE, Tenn. — Christa Pike, a Tennessee inmate who survived Tennessee’s attempt to execute her, is awake and speaking as she receives treatment at a hospital, her attorneys said Tuesday.
An abnormally dry and hot summer sped up Arkansas' rice harvest this year and laid the groundwork for potentially poor rice milling yields.
Morrilton, circa 1935: Rail Road Avenue is the main street passing through this Conway County seat. Per the banner in the distance, the county fair was underway. The five-story building with the arched entrance was built as the First National Bank in 1916. It still stands today.
Our favorite thing about homemade taco seasoning is that it is so customizable.
The Razorbacks trailed at halftime by an average of 20.3 points in losses to Utah, Georgia and Texas A&M, and were forced to play catch-up.
I knew as soon as I saw the image of Cinnamon Roll Cake that I would be making it.
Northwest Arkansas is booming -- but keeping housing costs low and continuing to diversify the region's economy will be vital if the area is to keep its ranking as a "Best Performing City."
BENTONVILLE -- A section of Southeast Fourth Street in Bentonville will close for several days as the city completes road repairs.
Arkansas regulators are seeking to take over a historic Black cemetery in Little Rock, saying the current owner has allowed it to fall into disrepair and hasn't paid permit fees or kept up maintenance on the grounds.
After allowing 231 rushing yards in a road loss to Texas A&M, the Razorbacks face a Tennessee attack that averages 240 rushing yards per game.
Wine has spent decades cultivating an aura of sophistication that can very quickly turn into intimidation.
Matt Jones and former Arkansas football player Anthony Hicks look back at the Texas A&M game and ahead to this week's matchup against Tennessee.
Also right now? Thanksgiving rehearsal time.
HOT SPRINGS -- National Park College and the University of Arkansas System took an early step Tuesday toward a potential merger of the two institutions, hosting nearly 100 faculty members, staff and students for a series of listening sessions with leaders from both schools.
Arkansas offensive coordinator Tim Cramsey and defensive coordinator Ron Roberts met with media Tuesday to recap Texas A&M and preview Tennessee.
Tuesday marked the finale for the former Baja Grill: Little Rock, 5923 Kavanaugh Blvd. in Little Rock's Heights, and the debut of Lime & Lotus Latin Asian Grill & Sidebar.
Derrell Hartwick, CEO and president of the North Little Rock Chamber of Commerce, will leave the position this week after five years in the role.
A sign on the door of the Fazoli's at 11410 W. Markham St. in west Little Rock, explains the restaurant is "temporarily closed," due, the sign says, "to limited staffing."
ESPN 4-star receiver Darion Moseley, who committed to Arkansas on May 2, has confirmed he has reopened his recruitment.
CENTERTON -- The Centerton Public Works department will be handing out free trees at the end of October to help beautify the community.
BENTONVILLE -- A Siloam Springs man is facing video voyeurism charges after images and video of a woman was found on his cellphone.
FAYETTEVILLE -- The city is warning drivers of lane closure on a section of North College Avenue following a water leak Tuesday morning.
FAYETTEVILLE -- A Siloam Springs man who is a U.S. Postal Service employee was arrested after showing up to meet what he believed to be a minor female for a sexual encounter in Fayetteville, according to police.
About all one can do with Razorback football these days is talk about streaks. And those streaks are all bad ones.
ADEN, Yemen -- Forces of the Saudi-led coalition fighting in Yemen have recaptured several key areas around the strategic Bab el-Mandeb Strait from Iran-backed Houthi rebels, Yemeni officials said Monday, while the Houthis claimed attacks on Saudi oil facilities, airports and military bases as fighting escalated on…
WASHINGTON -- The Supreme Court grappled Monday with whether local governments can sue oil and gas companies in state court to help cover costs associated with climate change, an issue with potentially billions of dollars at stake.