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Murder charge dropped for Arkansas sheriff nominee who killed daughter’s alleged abuser
A judge on June 4 dismissed a murder charge against an Arkansas man who won the GOP nomination for sheriff while awaiting trial for the shooting death of his teenage daughter's alleged abuser.
The ruling came weeks before Aaron Spencer, who will be on the November ballot, had been set to face a jury on a second-degree murder cha ... (full story)
Today In History: June 15, over 1,000 killed in New York steamboat accident
Today is Monday, June 15, the 166th day of 2026. There are 199 days left in the year.
Today in history:
On June 15, 1904, more than 1,000 people died when fire erupted aboard the steamboat PS General Slocum in New York’s East River; it remained the deadliest individual event in the New York area until 9/11.
Also on ... (full story)
What to know about the New World screwworm fly and its reappearance in the US
The New World screwworm fly is threatening the $113 billion U.S. cattle industry for the first time in more than a half century, with an infestation from its flesh-eating larvae confirmed in south Texas.
The infestation was discovered in a single 3-week-old calf in La Pryor, Texas, about 100 miles (161 kilometers) southwest of S ... (full story)
Cannons lost underwater during the American Revolution will soon go on display at a Georgia museum
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SAVANNAH, Ga. (AP) — A museum in Georgia's oldest city on June 3 welcomed a truckload of treasures from the earliest period of U.S. history — 17 cannons that experts believe sank to the bottom of the Savannah River during the American Revolution and remained undiscovered for nearly 240 years.
Workers carefully hoiste ... (full story)
In Iowa, water pollution is a health threat that also disrupts summer fun
MANCHESTER, Iowa (AP) — Hannah Ray J Childs propelled her kayak into a rapid on Iowa’s Maquoketa River on a recent afternoon and dipped her paddle in the water to swing the front of her boat into the air.
She loves to spend her days performing whitewater kayaking acrobatics that dunk her body in the water and give he ... (full story)