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March 17, 2017

89-year-old man found in suitcase identified as WWII veteran

Police say an 89-year-old man whose body was discovered in a suitcase on a rural Arkansas farm was a World War II veteran from New York.

March 17, 2017

Arkansas official: State has drugs to conduct 8 executions

An Arkansas prisons spokesman says the state has obtained enough doses of a lethal drug to execute eight inmates next month.

March 17, 2017

New York woman jailed after body found at Arkansas farm

Authorities say a body found in a suitcase at a farm in central Arkansas appears to be that of an elderly man who died in upstate New York.

March 17, 2017

No charges for Arkansas officer who accidentally shot teen

Prosecutors in eastern Arkansas say they won't charge a police officer whose gun accidentally misfired, striking a 16-year-old boy whom she was trying to arrest.

March 17, 2017

Collector who used fake Heisman as collateral pleads guilty

An Arkansas sports memorabilia collector who federal prosecutors say defrauded investors by offering a phony Heisman Trophy as collateral for a $100,000 loan has pleaded guilty to wire fraud.

March 17, 2017

Amazon shares data with Arkansas prosecutor in murder case

Amazon dropped its fight against a subpoena issued in an Arkansas murder case after the defendant said he wouldn't mind if the technology giant shared information that may have been gathered by an Amazon Echo smart speaker.

March 16, 2017

At least 2 dead after tornadoes touch down in central US

Tornadoes touched down in the upper Midwest and northern Arkansas, killing at least two people, as a spring-like storm system posed a risk to 45 million people.

March 16, 2017

Former US missionary in Haiti accused of child sexual abuse

U.S. authorities have charged an Arkansas man with sexually abusing children while working as a missionary in Haiti.

March 16, 2017

The Latest: Storm destroys more than 100 homes in Missouri

The Latest on severe weather affecting a large swath of the central U.S. (all times local): 9:05 a.m.

March 16, 2017

Forecast predicts Midwest tornadoes, wildfires in Texas

Forecasters say parts of the central United States could see strong tornadoes and damaging winds in a late-winter storm system, while areas of Texas, Oklahoma and New Mexico could be beset by wildfires.