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Arkansas Hosts World's Shortest St. Patrick's Parade

Hot Springs event draws crowds with quirky 98-foot celebration

(Newser) - Thousands descended on a resort town in Arkansas Monday to watch what it bills as the World's Shortest St. Patrick's Day Parade. This 98-foot parade in the city of Hot Springs manages to pack in 40 different floats, and it's exploded in popularity since its inception in...

Powerful Storms Threaten Mardi Gras

New Orleans warns celebrations could be canceled at the last minute

(Newser) - Powerful storms with a threat of tornadoes are expected to punch through Louisiana and other parts of the South on Tuesday just as costumed revelers celebrate Mardi Gras in the streets of New Orleans and other cities in the region. New Orleans moved up its two biggest Mardi Gras Day...

States Where People Spend Less on Groceries

Consumers in Jersey spend the least, while those in Mississippi are paying the most, per WalletHub

(Newser) - With inflation rising and increasing prices for products like eggs making headlines, it's natural to want to cut your supermarket bill as much as possible. WalletHub used recent data from the US Census Bureau and Council for Community and Economic Research to assess the cost of a variety of...

Answer to Our Lithium Demand May Lie in Arkansas
Answer to Our
Lithium Demand
May Lie in Arkansas
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Answer to Our Lithium Demand May Lie in Arkansas

New research shows the state could have up to 19M tons buried in Smackover Formation area

(Newser) - The International Energy Agency has predicted that demand for lithium could grow by 40 times by 2040, and one US state in particular may be the solution to that demand. Researchers say that Arkansas could have between 5 million and 19 million tons of the chemical element, used in batteries...

Feeling Political? So Are These US States

Maryland ranks as the No. 1 state in terms of political engagement, per WalletHub

(Newser) - Election Day is less than three weeks away, but early voting is already underway in some states, and others are gearing up to open their own polls. WalletHub wanted to see which states were the most politically engaged, so it looked at all 50 using 10 metrics as a gauge....

Woman Sentenced for Killing Pregnant Woman to Take Child

Remains of Ashley Bush, 33, and fetus were found in Missouri

(Newser) - A Missouri woman has been sentenced to two life terms in prison after being convicted of killing a pregnant Arkansas woman and trying to pass off Ashley Bush's fetus as her own stillborn baby. Amber Waterman, 44, pleaded guilty in July to kidnapping resulting in death and causing the...

Alice Walton Makes a Massive Giveaway

$249M gift to fund a medical school in Arkansas

(Newser) - Alice Walton reclaimed her spot as the world's richest woman even after opening her wallet in a big way. The Walmart heiress, who sits in the 18th spot on the Bloomberg Billionaires Index with a $100 billion estimated net worth, gave out $390 million in the year ending Sept....

Johnny Cash Finds New Home at US Capitol

Bronze statue of late country legend is unveiled in DC, with family members in attendance

(Newser) - Johnny Cash now stands among the most famous politicians, trailblazers, and activists of American history as he became the first professional musician to be honored with a statue in the US Capitol. Congressional leaders from both parties and members of the Cash family were among the several hundred guests who...

Arkansas' Top Court Rejects Bid for Abortion Ballot Measure

Justices say paperwork wasn't properly submitted

(Newser) - The Arkansas Supreme Court dealt a blow to advocates of abortion rights on Thursday, upholding the state's rejection of signed petitions for a ballot initiative. The move keeps the proposal from going before voters in November, per the AP .
  • Current law: Arkansas bans abortion at any time during a
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Johnny Cash Has a Date at the Capitol

Statue of Man in Black will be unveiled in September

(Newser) - Former Sen. James Clark has been evicted from the US Capitol and the Man in Black is moving in. Rolling Stone reports that Johnny Cash will become the first musician in the National Statuary Hall Collection on Sept. 24, when congressional leaders will attend an unveiling ceremony. The 8-foot Cash...

This Is the Most Dangerous State in America

New Mexico tops the list, while Rhode Island is deemed the safest

(Newser) - Perhaps no one knows better than personal injury lawyers how dangerous simply existing can be these days—especially in the US, where death rates are about 2.5 times higher than the average rates in other high-income nations, per Newsweek . That's why the Caputo and Van Der Walde Injury...

Parents Charged With Murder After Toddler Dies in Hot Car

Deja and Justin Rollins allegedly left 4 kids in a car in Arkansas while another got treatment

(Newser) - An Arkansas couple has been charged with capital murder after one of their young children left inside a hot vehicle died from apparent heat exhaustion, authorities said. Prosecutors in Little Rock filed the murder charges Monday against Deja and Justin Rollins following their 2-year-old's death. They've pleaded not...

Police: Nurse Was Killed During 'Selfless Act' Amid Shooting

Callie Weems was helping gunshot victim at Arkansas grocery store

(Newser) - Callie Weems, the youngest person killed in a mass shooting at a grocery store in Arkansas on Friday, died a hero, police and family members say. Arkansas State Police Director Mike Hagar said Sunday that Callie Weems, a 23-year-old nurse, was treating a gunshot victim when she was shot. "...

Death Toll Rises to Four in Grocery Store Shooting

Another four are still hospitalized in Arkansas attack

(Newser) - Police said a fourth victim has died a day after a shooter opened fire at an Arkansas grocery store , sending panicked bystanders scrambling for cover. The person died Saturday evening, Arkansas state police said in a statement, listing 11 civilians and two law enforcement officers shot. The dead were identified...

3 Dead, 10 Injured in Mass Shooting at Arkansas Store

'The bullets were just flying,' one witness says of gunfire at Mad Butcher grocery in Fordyce

(Newser) - A shooter who opened fire on Friday at a grocery store in Arkansas left the store and parked cars riddled with bullet holes as bystanders ducked for cover both indoors and in the parking lot, killing three people and wounding 10 others, authorities said. The wounded included two law enforcement...

Latest Round of Deadly Storms Kills at Least 18

Including 3 family members found dead in one home in Texas

(Newser) - The death toll from the latest deadly weather to strike the central US has been raised to at least 18 people, the AP reports. Powerful storms also injured hundreds, left tens of thousands without power, and left a wide trail of destruction across Texas, Oklahoma, and Arkansas after obliterating homes...

Louisiana, You're No. 1 (But You May Not Like Why)

State earns the dubious honor of having the most aggressive drivers, per ConsumerAffairs

(Newser) - "What the heck is making Montana drivers so unnecessarily angry?" That's the question posed by Jalopnik after viewing ConsumerAffairs' latest ranking of states where drivers are, shall we say, a little hot behind the wheel. Montana comes in third on that list, which ConsumerAffairs culled by looking at...

US Capitol Is Getting a Johnny Cash Statue

Statues of Man in Black, civil rights leader will replace little-known figures from Arkansas

(Newser) - Instead of two little-known figures from the 19th century, Arkansas will soon be represented at the US Capitol by the "Man in Black" and a woman who was instrumental in the fight over school desegregation. Officials plan to install statues of civil rights leader Daisy Bates this week and...

These States Have the Most Expensive Home Insurance

Florida comes in at No. 1 on Insurify's list, with an average annual cost of close to $11K

(Newser) - The average annual rate for home insurance comes in at just under $2,400, but in many parts of the country, what homeowners are paying exceeds that figure by far. Insurify lays out the damage, citing rates that rose an average of 20% over the past two years across America....

This Is the Most Stressed-Out State in America

Louisiana tops WalletHub's list, while Minnesotans emerge as the least stressed

(Newser) - If you've been living a relaxed, relatively stress-free life for the past few years, a) you're lying, and b) if you're not lying, can you tell us your secret? The folks in Louisiana certainly would like to know, as the Pelican State ranks as the most-stressed state...

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