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Washington's Outdoors Claimed 4 Lives This Week in 2 Separate Accidents
8+ hour, 4+ min ago (537+ words) Four people died in separate incidents at Mount Rainier National Park and nearby Olympic National Forest within a week, according to authorities. "We heard a big crack that I'll never forget," Todd told the newspaper. "I ran as fast as…...
Tyson To Shutter Nebraska Beef Plant in January
2+ mon, 1+ day ago (280+ words) The global meat company also plans to downgrade its Amarillo, Texas, beef facility to a single, full-capacity shift and increase production at other plants to optimize volume. "The decision comes amid historically tight U.S. cattle supplies, which have dropped to their…...
Pink Diamond 'Glowing Rose' Could Fetch $20 Million at Auction
2+ mon, 2+ week ago (71+ words) The stone is one of only three vivid pink cushion-cut diamonds over 10 carats to have appeared on the market in the last decade. Sotheby's Geneva is preparing to unveil the "Glowing Rose," a 10.08-carat cushion modified brilliant-cut Fancy Vivid Pink…...
LIVE NOW: Senate Judiciary Committee Holds Hearing on Competition in Seed and Fertilizer Industries
2+ mon, 3+ week ago (142+ words) A "chicken litter" bay near an oven and vents where the process of turning poultry waste into pellets for use as fertilizer'and, perhaps, renewable energy'begins at A&E Pellet Mills, a newly-built plant between Lewisville and Stamps, Ark., on Sept....
University of Arkansas Cleared After False Shooter Reports Trigger Lockdown
4+ mon, 4+ week ago (473+ words) Law enforcement officials concluded there was no active threat at the University of Arkansas campus on Monday after investigating multiple reports of a possible shooter that prompted a campus-wide lockdown and class cancellations. "As of now, there are no confirmed…...
Technology Becoming Increasingly Important for US Elections: Panel
5+ mon, 3+ day ago (111+ words) The DNC 2024 logo featuring three red, waving stripes logo of the Democratic National Convention (DNC) is seen on a building reflecting clouds during preparations outside the United Center ahead of the DNC, in Chicago, Illinois on August 17, 2024. (ROBYN BECK/AFP…...
American Trust in Election System Must Be Improved: Panel
5+ mon, 4+ day ago (314+ words) A voter drops off a mail-in ballot in Doylestown, Pa., on Oct. 15, 2024. (Hannah Beier/Getty Images) President Donald Trump said on August 18 that he will sign executive orders targeting mail-in voting ahead of the 2026 midterm elections, adding that such a…...
Woman Finds Diamond in State Park, Will Use It for Engagement Ring
5+ mon, 1+ week ago (90+ words) Micherre Fox found a two-point-three carat white diamond in Crater of Diamonds State Park in Murfreesboro Murphy's Bro, Arkansas. (Courtesy of Arkansas State Park) A woman from New York is getting married, and she wanted to find her own diamond…...
Arkansas Man Sentenced to Life Without Parole for 2024 Mass Shooting at Grocery Store
5+ mon, 2+ week ago (319+ words) FORDYCE, Ark.An Arkansas man who killed four people and injured 11 others in a mass shooting at a grocery store last year was sentenced Monday to life in prison without parole. A state judge sentenced Travis Eugene Posey to four…...
Teacher Charged in Fatal Stabbings in Arkansas Bounced Between Schools in 3 States
5+ mon, 3+ week ago (872+ words) LITTLE ROCK, Ark.A 28-year-old teacher who authorities say admitted to fatally stabbing two hikers he didn't know in an Arkansas state park bounced between four school districts in three states in recent years. Andrew James McGann was placed on…...