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38 migrants killed in border fire - Northwest Arkansas Democrat-Gazette
nwaonline.com > news > mar...is across from El Paso, Texas, and a major crossing point for migrants.... ...MEXICO CITY -- Migrants fearing deportation set mattresses ablaze at an immigration detention center in northern Mexico, starting a fire that killed... ...Immigration authorities identified the dead and injured as being from Guatemala, Honduras, El Salvador, Venezuela, Colombia and Ecuador, with Guatemalans... ...Guatemala Foreign Affairs Minister Mario Bucaro said 28 of the dead were Guatemalan citizens....

Iowa man gets life sentence for 2018 home-invasion homicide in Little Rock
nwaonline.com > news > mar...A seven-man, five-woman Pulaski County jury ended the two-day trial of Jacovan Deronte Bush of Cedar Rapids, Iowa, with less than 90 minutes of deliberation... ...home-invasion robbery in Little Rock, linked to the killing of 23-year-old Devon Howard by only a few drops of blood.... ...door and on three spots inside the residence at the Eagle Nest apartments, 5 Falcon Court, immediately following the February 2018 murder.... ...Prosecutors Robbie Jones and Michelle Quiller told jurors that Bush's guilt was a matter of "common sense," with his blood found on Howard's front...

Off the wire - Northwest Arkansas Democrat-Gazette
nwaonline.com > news > mar > off-the-wire...Shrewsberry, an Indiana native, was at Penn State for two seasons, leading the Nittany Lions to the NCAA Tournament this season.... ...Rhoades, a Pennsylvania native, will replace Micah Shrewsberry, who was hired away by Notre Dame last week.... ...Amir Abdur-Rahim has been hired as the coach at South Florida after leading Kennesaw State to its first-ever Division I NCAA Tournament berth this... ...Temple goes with Fisher. Temple named Penn State assistant Adam Fisher just its fifth coach since 1973 on Wednesday....

Senator grills Starbucks" ex-chief on unionization - Northwest Arkansas Democrat-Gazette
nwaonline.com > news > mar...Longtime Starbucks CEO Howard Schultz faced sharp questioning Wednesday before the Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee as he defended... ...Sanders also said federal courts and administrative judges at the National Labor Relations Board have found Starbucks guilty of firing labor organizers... ...Starbucks stores have voted to unionize including one Arkansas location in Fayetteville, according to the National Labor Relations Board.... ...Starbucks Workers United, the labor group organizing the stores, has yet to reach a contract agreement with any Starbucks store....

China warns McCarthy against Taiwan meeting - Northwest Arkansas Democrat-Gazette
nwaonline.com > news > mar...House Speaker Kevin McCarthy meets with Taiwan's president during her upcoming trip through Los Angeles.... ...President Tsai Ing-wen left Taiwan on Wednesday afternoon on a tour of the island's diplomatic allies in the Americas which she framed as a chance... ...Speaking later Wednesday, Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesperson Mao Ning said China will "closely follow the development of the situation and resolutely... ...The spokesperson for China's Taiwan Affairs Office, Zhu Fenglian, denounced Tsai's stopovers and demanded that no U.S. officials meet with her....

Congress rescinds Iraq war resolution - Northwest Arkansas Democrat-Gazette
nwaonline.com > news > mar...Bush's administration falsely claimed that Saddam Hussein was stockpiling weapons of mass destruction.... ...WASHINGTON -- The Senate voted Wednesday to repeal the resolution that gave a green light for the 2003 invasion of Iraq, a bipartisan effort to return... ...Barbara Lee, D-Calif.; Abigail Spanberger, D-Va.; and Chip Roy, R-Texas.... ...Michael McCaul of Texas, the Republican chairman of the House Foreign Affairs Committee, has indicated he would like to instead replace it with something...

Aztecs longing to win 2nd title - Northwest Arkansas Democrat-Gazette
nwaonline.com > news > mar...Chris Marlowe," Dutcher said, referring to one of the stars of that 1973 team, who went on to win a gold medal at the 1984 Los Angeles Olympics and... ...SAN DIEGO -- The number of San Diego State teams that have won an NCAA Division I championship can be counted on one finger.... ...SDSU has had some great individual basketball players, including Kawhi Leonard, Michael Cage (West Memphis) and two-sport star Tony Gwynn.... ..."It went on for maybe two minutes about "How great it is for San Diego State and Chris Marlowe, you were an Aztec!" You know how Bill can rant....

In the news - Northwest Arkansas Democrat-Gazette
nwaonline.com > news > mar > In-The-News...Lamont Bagby, Democratic state delegate of Virginia, with 89% of the votes returned, was projected to defeat Republican Stephen Imholt in a special... ...Sheldon Herrington Jr., 22, of Grenada, Miss., was indicted on a capital murder charge in the death of a college student who disappeared last July... ...Mary Carmack-Altwies, New Mexico's district attorney overseeing the shooting criminal prosecutions of Alec Baldwin and armorer Hannah Gutierrez Reed... ...Robby Mills, Republican state senator of Kentucky, said he supported overriding Gov....

Second-chance class lets Army increase recruits - Northwest Arkansas Democrat-Gazette
nwaonline.com > news > mar...So far, 5,400 soldiers have made it through the prep course since it started in August at Fort Jackson, S.C.... ...That's an important boost since the Army fell dramatically short of its recruiting goals last year as the result of low unemployment and general... ...Randy Ready, spokesman for the Army Center for Initial Military Training, said about 6% of those recruits don't make it through basic and advanced... ...Johnny Davis, head of Army Recruiting Command, adding that students who go through the prep course come out more prepared....

Arkansas Court of Appeals - Northwest Arkansas Democrat-Gazette
nwaonline.com > news > mar...Arkansas Department of Human Services and Minor Children, from Sharp County Circuit Court. Affirmed. Barrett and Murphy, JJ., agree.... ...CHIEF JUDGE BRANDON J. HARRISON. CV-22-665. Alicia Womack v.... ...Arkansas Department of Human Services and Minor Child, from Sebastian County Circuit Court, Fort Smith District. Virden and Brown, JJ., agree.... ...JUDGE RAYMOND R. ABRAMSON. CR-22-493. Judrika Houston, Jr. State of Arkansas, from Sebastian County Circuit Court, Fort Smith District....