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State adjusts surging total COVID-19 deaths slightly lower State health officials have lowered their surging total COVID-19 death count slightly, saying an automation error in a switch in its counting method erroneously added about 225 fatalities to the total. by Associated Press Published Jul. 30 2020 @ 10:36pm

Arkansas reports 791 new virus cases, 8 additional deaths Arkansas reported 791 confirmed new cases of the coronavirus, and eight more people in the state have died from the illness caused by the virus, Gov. Asa Hutchinson said Thursday. by Associated Press Published Jul. 30 2020 @ 9:31pm

Suspended Arkansas professor indicted on fraud counts The 44-count indictment returned Tuesday in Fayetteville, Arkansas, accuses Simon Saw-Teong Ang of failing to disclose close ties to the Chinese government and Chinese companies when he obtained federal grants. by Associated Press Published Jul. 30 2020 @ 1:40am

Italian firm opening $15M ammunition plant in Little Rock Fiocchi of America, the United States subsidiary of the Italian-based Fiocchi Group, announced that it will hire 57 additional workers for its new manufacturing plant in southwest Little Rock. The company already employs 28 people at the plant, which manufactures some ammunition components. by Associated Press Published Jul. 30 2020 @ 1:39am

Arkansas to fund statue of Black woman civil rights leader Arkansas officials plan to use a state grant to help fund the construction of a statue of civil rights leader Daisy Bates in the U.S. Capitol, instead of using that money for an easement at the site of a Confederate statue in downtown Little Rock. by Associated Press Published Jul. 30 2020 @ 1:38am

Feds: Group sold meth in Tennessee, 17 charged in 3 states including Arkansas Two defendants are from Blytheville, Arkansas, by Associated Press Published Jul. 30 2020 @ 1:32am

'Miracle': Two hurt when plane crashes in Houston neighborhood The airplane hit a tree and landed in a front yard shortly before 2 a.m. Tuesday. by Associated Press Published Jul. 30 2020 @ 1:30am

Naked man chasing car dies in El Paso after campus police use stun gun on him The driver called police at about 3:30 a.m. Tuesday to report a nude man who was running after her car, University of Texas at El Paso officials said. by Associated Press Published Jul. 30 2020 @ 1:27am

Houston man jailed after getting jump on lobster miniseason The annual lobster miniseason began Wednesday morning and runs through Thursday night, while the regular 8-month commercial season begins on Aug. 6. by Associated Press Published Jul. 30 2020 @ 1:25am

Storm causes erosion at Trump backers' private border wall Weeks after it was criticized by President Donald Trump as "done to make me look bad," a private border wall built by his supporters in South Texas has suffered new erosion in a weekend tropical storm that was the project's first major weather test. by Associated Press Published Jul. 30 2020 @ 1:23am

J.C. Penney lawyer says chain is going forward with sale The potential sale comes as Plano, Texas-based Penney is looking at three bidders, which are looking at buying the company as a going concern. by Associated Press Published Jul. 30 2020 @ 1:19am

Texas gas pipeline erupts in flames after cut by contractor No injuries or secondary damage was reported in the rupture and fire on the line owned by Lone Star NGL, company officials said. by Associated Press Published Jul. 30 2020 @ 1:17am

Group alleges greyhounds being trained with live rabbits Two U.S. representatives introduced legislation Wednesday that would ban greyhound racing nationwide, after an advocacy group released videos showing greyhounds being trained by chasing, mauling and killing live rabbits in Kansas, Oklahoma and Texas, a practice that is prohibited by the greyhound racing industry. by Associated Press Published Jul. 30 2020 @ 1:16am

Buffalo Soldiers museum vandalized with graffiti A museum in Houston honoring the nation's Black Buffalo Soldiers was vandalized with graffiti, including with a symbol that appears to be a swastika, according to the facility by Associated Press Published Jul. 29 2020 @ 11:02pm

WATCH | Trump downplays West Texas energy worries, attacks Democrats President Donald Trump took sweeping digs at "crazy left radical Democrats" on a trip Wednesday to the fracking fields of West Texas, saying that a Democratic administration would destroy everything from the country's suburbs to the U.S. energy industry. by Associated Press Published Jul. 29 2020 @ 10:19pm

Jury will not indict Dallas sergeant accused of tampering in Guyger shooting A Texas grand jury will not indict the president of a police association accused of tampering with evidence in the case of a white Dallas police officer who fatally shot her unarmed Black neighbor in his apartment two years ago. by Associated Press Published Jul. 29 2020 @ 10:12pm

Texas passes 6,100 deaths by COVID-19 Texas passed a grim milestone of more than 6,100 deaths caused by the coronavirus, with 313 newly-reported fatalities Wednesday. by Associated Press Published Jul. 29 2020 @ 10:11pm

Arkansas reports 787 new virus cases, 6 deaths Arkansas on Wednesday reported 787 new confirmed cases of the coronavirus, and six more people in the state have died from the illness caused by the virus. by Associated Press Published Jul. 29 2020 @ 10:09pm

Cotton Holocaust quote is fabricated, paper says An inflammatory comment about the Holocaust, attributed to U.S. Sen. Tom Cotton and purportedly taken from the Arkansas Democrat-Gazette, never appeared in its pages, originating, instead, in a fictional article on the website of former U.S. Sen. Al Franken, D-Minn. by Frank E. Lockwood / Arkansas Democrat-Gazette Published Jul. 29 2020 @ 4:14pm

Louie Gohmert tests positive for COVID-19 House Speaker Nancy Pelosi will require that masks be worn on the House floor after a Republican member of Congress tested positive for the coronavirus. The member, Texas Rep. Louie Gohmert, TX-District 1, often shunned wearing masks and was known to vote without one. by Associated Press Published Jul. 29 2020 @ 11:37am

Arkansas reports new record in virus deaths Arkansas on Tuesday reported a new one-day record increase in deaths from the illness caused by the coronavirus, as the state's virus cases surpassed 40,000. by Associated Press Published Jul. 29 2020 @ 12:05am

FBI agent is involved in shooting; 1 hurt One person was hospitalized Tuesday after a shooting in Little Rock that involved an FBI agent, a bureau spokesman said. by Associated Press Published Jul. 28 2020 @ 11:58pm

Neighborhood Crash A law enforcement officer works at the site of a plane crash in the front yard of a home Tuesday in Houston. T by Associated Press Published Jul. 28 2020 @ 10:56pm