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The Social Media Safety Act was set to take effect Friday, Sept. 1, and would have been the first in the nation to be implemented.

Samuel Paul Hartman, 39, was arrested along with his wife, his mother and his mother’s boyfriend.

Health officials are investigating an outbreak of E. coli food poisoning tied to the University of Arkansas.

Jeremy Tillman, 45, tragically passed away while helping his son move into an Arkansas college dormitory. He collapsed, and despite attempts to revive him, he was pronounced dead at a local hospital.

It was possibly the cheesiest highway shutdown in history. 

Frisco police said an officer’s mistake led to a “high risk" traffic stop where a family was held at gunpoint.

The number of attempts to ban or restrict books across the U.S. last year was the highest in the 20 years the American Library Association has been tracking such efforts.

Authorities said Layton Boyster had gone underwater but did not resurface. His body was found later that evening.

A federal judge has struck down Arkansas’ ban on gender-affirming care for minors.

"Robbing families of the remains of their loved ones is an unconscionable act and confounds our collective sense of decency,” said Christopher Nielsen, inspector in charge of the Philadelphia Division of the Postal Inspection Service.

Dr. John Forsyth, 49, was last seen alive on May 21, after leaving his car unlocked with his wallet, two phones, a laptop and other items inside.

The Benton County Sheriff’s Office said Sunday that the bodies were identified as those of Chuck Morris, 47, and his 20-year-old son, Charley Morris.

Both bills are among measures aimed at rolling back LGBTQ rights pursued by Republicans this year across the country. The Kansas bill focuses on bathrooms, locker rooms, and other facilities.

A monster storm system has torn through the South and Midwest spawning tornadoes that shredded homes and shopping centers, overturned vehicles and uprooted as people raced for shelter.

Chuck Morris played drums, other percussion instruments in electronic jam band Lotus.

Arkansas Gov. Sarah Huckabee Sanders has signed a new law that will allow a monument near the state Capitol.

Park rangers said it's the largest diamond found at the park this year and the largest since last September.

The giant lacewing was commonly found in eastern North America but mysteriously disappeared in the 1950s.