July 16, 2020 Cotton to visit New Hampshire later this month, stirring more 2024 speculation Republican Sen. Tom Cotton of Arkansas will travel to the first-in-the-nation presidential primary state of New Hampshire later this month, sparking more speculation that the conservative lawmaker and strong supporter of President Trump may have his own national ambitions in 2024.
July 15, 2020 Arkansas Racing Commission suspends trainer Bob Baffert after horses fail drug tests The Arkansas Racing Commission announced Wednesday the suspension of renowned trainer Bob Baffert for 15 days after two of his horses tested positive for a banned substance.
July 14, 2020 Arkansas police officer charged after colleague's shooting death on his doorstep Arkansas authorities say a police officer allegedly told a co-worker that he’d shoot through his door if protesters arrived on his front step in May following nationwide unrest over the police-involved death of George Floyd in Minneapolis. Then a colleague was shot to death through the officer’s door.
July 14, 2020 Daniel Lewis Lee executed for torturing, killing Arkansas family in 1996, first federal execution in 17 years A White supremacist who tortured and killed an Arkansas family – including an 8-year-old girl – was executed Tuesday morning in Indiana.
July 12, 2020 Execution of Daniel Lee can proceed, federal appeals court rules A federal appeals court on Sunday ruled that the first federal execution in nearly two decades can proceed as scheduled on Monday, overturning a lower court order that had delayed the execution over concerns of the coronavirus.
July 10, 2020 US appeals to proceed with 1st federal execution in 17 years Determined to proceed with the first federal execution in nearly two decades, the Justice Department plans to appeal a judge’s ruling that would halt authorities from carrying it out on Monday.
July 7, 2020 Brother of Little Rock mayor arrested after stealing car with two children inside: police Darrell Lamont Scott is accused of driving with the kids to McCain Mall in North Little Rock, where he was later arrested in the parking lot.
July 5, 2020 Mike Huckabee: Racism a 'spiritual' problem for US -- and elections can't solve it America's racism problem is more "spiritual" than political, Mike Huckabee said Saturday night.
June 19, 2020 Ex-Arizona assessor Paul Petersen admits to charges in adoption fraud scheme A former county assessor in Arizona has pleaded guilty to running an adoption fraud scheme that defrauded the state of more than $800,000 in Medicaid funds.
June 10, 2020 Cotton's NY Times op-ed controversy ups senator's profile, sparks more speculation Sen. Tom Cotton’s opinion piece last week in the New York Times in which he called for the U.S. military to be deployed in cities engulfed in unrest following George Floyd’s death at the hands of the police sparked controversy and grabbed headlines for the conservative first-term senator with a rising national profile. The attention helped Cotton energize conservatives and antagonize Democrats – and stoked speculation about Cotton’s possible national ambitions in 2024.
