The Latest Breaking News from Arkansas

Carole Baskin’s Big Cat Rescue to close and move wildlife to Arkansas

Howard Baskin, husband of Tiger King star, said the center agreed to move most of its cats to Turpentine Creek Wildlife Refuge

The Guardian - US · Apr 1, 2023

Plague of tornadoes scourge America’s South and Midwest

A fierce tornado has blasted through Little Rock, Arkansas, and neighbouring towns, killing at least two people and injuring dozens of others as it

The New Daily · Apr 1, 2023

Tornado rips Little Rock; central US braces for more storms

A tornado ripped across suburban Little Rock, Arkansas, as a massive weather system battered the central U.S. with thunderstorms, hail and blizzards.

Tribune News Service · Apr 1, 2023

Taking a giant leap backwards by getting rid of child labor laws

A law voiding restrictions on factory jobs for 14- and 15-year-old children isn’t about the white, suburban kids Arkansas Gov. Sarah Huckabee Sanders gathers around her for photo ops.

Chicago Sun-Times · Mar 30, 2023

Carole Baskin’s Big Cat Rescue to send most animals to Arkansas

TAMPA, Fla. — Big Cat Rescue, the Hillsborough County sanctuary that became internationally famous as part of Netflix’s “Tiger King” documentary series, will send most of the animals in its care to an Arkansas refuge, its proprietors announced Monday.

Tribune News Service · Mar 30, 2023

ACLU: Lawsuit likely if Nebraska bill on trans health passes

The American Civil Liberties Union says that parents and children likely to be affected by a Nebraska bill to ban gender-affirming treatments for minors are preparing for a legal fight if it's enacted

The Independent UK · Mar 24, 2023

Francis Wilkinson: Arkansas loosened child labor laws. That’s a travesty

The Dickensian spirit that animates a vast swath of American conservatism has moved from aspirational to operational in recent years. Anti-abortion laws now force women to carry unviable fetuses and prolong, and publicly endure, the physical and emotional pain of their misfortune. Republican politicians deliberately target the small, often vulnerable,…

Tribune News Service · Mar 24, 2023

Deaths of woman, girl raise issues over boyfriend's release

A passerby discovered the bodies of a missing Washington state woman and her 7-year-old daughter down a road embankment

The Independent UK · Mar 24, 2023

Arkansas bans trans students from using bathroom that matches gender

State could also pass harsher bill to criminalize transgender people using public bathrooms based on gender identity

The Guardian - US · Mar 22, 2023

US state bans transgender people from using toilet in public schools that matches their gender identity

Lawmakers say they will not ‘rewrite the rules of biology’ for ‘a handful of far-left advocates’

Evening Standard · Mar 22, 2023