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3+ hour, 57+ min ago (611+ words) More maps and statistics: - Delineates dominant impacts S - Short-term impacts, typically less than 6 months (agriculture, grasslands) L - Long-term impacts, typically greater than 6 months (hydrology, ecology) SL - Short- and long-term impacts In eastern Wyoming, dryness increased where precipitation was limited, resulting in some expansion of abnormal dryness. In eastern Colorado, light snowfall helped ease small pockets of abnormal dryness, though most areas saw little change. No drought changes were made in Puerto Rico this week. Temperatures were near normal across the island. Alaska remained free of abnormal dryness or drought this week. Temperatures were generally near to slightly below normal across much of the state, with the coolest anomalies along the southern and southeastern coastline. No changes were made in Hawaii this week. Temperatures across the islands were near to slightly above normal, with only small variations by island and elevation....

6+ hour, 47+ min ago (122+ words) ATLANTA, Ga. (Atlanta News First) " A person was accidentally shot in the parking lot of Stephenson High School in Stone Mountain Friday afternoon, according to Interim Superintendent Norman Sauce. The victim was not a student, the superintendent said. The person was reportedly in a car during dismissal for the day when they were accidentally shot. Sauce said the person shot was taken to the hospital and is in stable condition, the spokesperson said. "Please be assured that all individuals involved in this incident will face appropriate consequences under both the law and school district policies," Sauce said. "We remain committed to the safety and well-being of our students and staff." It's unclear what led up to the gun going off....

6+ hour, 55+ min ago (158+ words) A standoff at an apartment in western North Little Rock on Friday prompted police to evacuate houses and apartments and block off nearby streets. North Little Rock standoff ends with person in custody after evacuations, street closures A standoff at an apartment in western North Little Rock on Friday prompted police to evacuate houses and apartments and block off nearby streets. Around 2:55 p.m., police responded to the 1800 block of West 44th Street, where a person was barricaded in an apartment, police said in a social media post. Police closed off Lynn Lane from Parkway Drive to MacArthur Drive and West 44th Street from Augusta Street to Lynn Lane, the post says. Around 6:35 p.m., the standoff ended with the barricaded person in custody, North Little Rock police Lt. Amy Cooper said. The person, whom police had not identified as of Friday night, was taken to…...

7+ hour, 55+ min ago (158+ words) A standoff at an apartment in western North Little Rock on Friday prompted police to evacuate houses and apartments and block off nearby streets. North Little Rock standoff ends with person in custody after evacuations, street closures A standoff at an apartment in western North Little Rock on Friday prompted police to evacuate houses and apartments and block off nearby streets. Around 2:55 p.m., police responded to the 1800 block of West 44th Street, where a person was barricaded in an apartment, police said in a social media post. Police closed off Lynn Lane from Parkway Drive to MacArthur Drive and West 44th Street from Augusta Street to Lynn Lane, the post says. Around 6:35 p.m., the standoff ended with the barricaded person in custody, North Little Rock police Lt. Amy Cooper said. The person, whom police had not identified as of Friday night, was taken to…...

8+ hour, 31+ min ago (159+ words) Rex Nelson has been senior editor and columnist at the Arkansas Democrat-Gazette since 2017, and he has a biweekly podcast called "Southern Fried." After graduating from Ouachita Baptist University in 1981, he was a sportswriter for the Arkansas Democrat for a year before becoming editor of Arkadelphia's Daily Siftings Herald. He was the youngest editor of a daily in Arkansas at age 23. Rex was then news and sports director at KVRC-KDEL from 1983-1985. He returned to the Democrat as assistant sports editor in 1985. From 1986-1989, he was its Washington correspondent. He left to be Jackson T. Stephens' consultant. Rex became the Democrat-Gazette's first political editor in 1992, but left in 1996 to join then-Gov. Mike Huckabee's office. He also served from 2005-09 in the administration of President George W. Bush. From 2009-2018, he worked stints at the Communications Group, Arkansas" Independent Colleges and Universities, and Simmons First National Corp....

8+ hour, 40+ min ago (187+ words) A South Korean man sued his wife for "malicious abandonment" and filed for divorce after she refused to donate part of her liver to save him, sparking heated debate on Chinese social media. The couple, both in their early 30s, had been married for three years and were raising two daughters " a two-year-old and a newborn just one month old at the time of his diagnosis. Last winter, the husband was diagnosed with primary biliary cirrhosis, a rare liver disease, and doctors warned that without a transplant, he had only a year to live. Desperate to save him, his parents sold their home to fund his treatment, while his wife remained by his side, diligently caring for him. A miracle seemed to occur when tests revealed that she was a perfect donor match. Her HLA (Human Leukocyte Antigen) compatibility exceeded 95 per…...

10+ hour, 19+ min ago (253+ words) Arkansas PBS on Thursday severed ties with the PBS network, a move that will take shows like "Daniel Tiger's Neighborhood" and "Antiques Roadshow" off the air for tens of thousands of viewers. The decision makes Arkansas PBS the first statewide public TV system to break from PBS since Congress voted this summer to strip $500 million in annual funding from the Corporation for Public Broadcasting, which backs TV and radio stations across the United States. The loss of federal funding has put enormous pressure on the public media system, sending stations scrambling for ways to fill big budget gaps. The Arkansas Educational Television Commission, which oversees public television in the state, voted 6 to 2 to disaffiliate with PBS, citing concerns about the cost of membership since the recent loss of federal funding. Arkansas PBS is also changing its name to Arkansas TV....

10+ hour, 32+ min ago (271+ words) NORTH LITTLE ROCK, Ark. " A sudden closure at North Little Rock's biggest creative space. Staff received notice on Wednesday that the Innovation Hub would officially close its doors to the public by Friday. The Hub is usually filled with creative minds, but as of Friday, the chairs for learners sit empty. "I'm the glass studio manager for now. I will be a former employee as of January 1st," she said. This sudden closure follows months of questions about funding, oversight, and trying to keep the lights and ideas on at the Innovation Hub. "It's more heartbreak at this point. I think frustration has passed for the staff. It's more, we're devastated. This is such a treasure in our community for artists, makers, and entrepreneurs are losing a vital resource," Cartwright said. On Friday, you could see employees packing their desks. "Very…...

10+ hour, 49+ min ago (474+ words) FARGO (KFGO) " The mother of a Fargo man who had been charged with murder in a downtown Fargo shooting but later cleared says she never doubted her son. Tyrque Jones, 20, has been released from the Hennepin County Jail after his arrest in Minneapolis four months after the shooting death of 19-year-Azeem Holmes outside a downtown bar. Shannon Jackson, appearing on KFGO Afternoons Live with guest host Dane DeKrey, said she pleaded with police to further investigate. "I advised them (police) that my son would be willing to talk to them in order to show faith and to prove that fact that we able to at the same time, review the evidence that they had against him, so we took that into account that those were ignored, and the fact that his life was in danger," said Jackson. Jackson said her…...

10+ hour, 55+ min ago (602+ words) LITTLE ROCK, Ark. " Arkansas is one of several states where voters can create and approve amendments to the state constitution without getting the approval of the state legislature first. However, the process has been thrust into uncertainty after a ruling by the Arkansas Supreme Court on Thursday. This legal back-and-forth began in 2016, when Arkansas citizens wrote and passed Amendment 98 to legalize medical marijuana. Since then, state lawmakers have passed nearly 30 changes limiting the amendment's power. This led two medical marijuana companies to sue, claiming that lawmakers could not alter a citizen-led amendment to the state constitution. On Thursday, the Arkansas Supreme Court said that lawmakers can make those changes " overturning a decision that had stood for 74 years. "In the 1950s, the state Supreme Court said it is inconceivable that when Amendment 7 was passed to the Arkansas Constitution, they intended to give…...