Follow Northwest Arkansas Democrat Gazette - National, filter it, and define how you want to receive the news (via Email, RSS, Telegram, WhatsApp etc.) https://follow.it/nwaonline5 Mon, 25 Sep 2023 05:07:41 +0200 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/fH7l1LRCAzQOOt6f1_H_YezdsCmHakzH m Emmy-winning actress Zendaya shut down speculation that she and boyfriend Tom Holland are engaged after a recent Instagram selfie showing off a black Golden State Warriors hat and a pearl ring on her right hand sent social media fans into a frenzy. She said in a since-expired Instagram story that the rumors had her feeling like, "I can't post anything, you guys." "I posted it for my hat. Not for the ring on my right finger, you guys," she said and laughed in the video that recirculated on X and Instagram. "Seriously, you think that's how I would drop the news? What?" Doubling down on the non-engagement, Zendaya shared the uncropped selfie to her Instagram story. "Let me just put the full body back so y'all can relax lmao," she captioned a since-expired Instagram picture.]]> Sun, 24 Sep 2023 11:00:00 +0200 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/fH7l1LRCAzQOOt6f1_H_YezdsCmHakzH https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/fH7l1LRCAzT9oNLV58Yyvsb1naedg1wr Tropical Storm Ophelia swirled across North Carolina after making landfall near Emerald Isle early Saturday, lashing eastern parts of the state with rain, damaging winds and dangerous surges of water.]]> Sat, 23 Sep 2023 15:08:00 +0200 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/fH7l1LRCAzT9oNLV58Yyvsb1naedg1wr https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/fH7l1LRCAzR8hRU9pT_OhyejEQ2Mq9rY The United Auto Workers union expanded its strike against major carmakers Friday, walking out of 38 parts-distribution centers operated by General Motors and Jeep and Ram owner Stellantis in 20 states.]]> Sat, 23 Sep 2023 12:08:00 +0200 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/fH7l1LRCAzR8hRU9pT_OhyejEQ2Mq9rY https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/fH7l1LRCAzQCGudjQ87JDOT5HJgy6HUf The White House prepared Friday to direct federal agencies to get ready for a shutdown after House Republicans left town for the weekend with no viable plan to keep the government funded and avert politically and economically costly disruption of federal services.]]> Sat, 23 Sep 2023 12:05:00 +0200 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/fH7l1LRCAzQCGudjQ87JDOT5HJgy6HUf https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/fH7l1LRCAzQCGudjQ87JDJVjH6qdYdAk Sen. Bob Menendez of New Jersey was charged Friday with secretly aiding the authoritarian government of Egypt and trying to thwart the criminal prosecution of a friend in exchange for gold bars and cash under a corruption indictment that accuses him of using his foreign affairs influence for personal gain.]]> Sat, 23 Sep 2023 12:00:00 +0200 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/fH7l1LRCAzQCGudjQ87JDJVjH6qdYdAk https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/fH7l1LRCAzQ33kvMA1dgsuzdsCmHakzH Tech companies released multiple new artificial intelligence products this week, capable of reading emails and documents or conversing in a personal way. But even in their public unveilings, these new tools were already making mistakes -- inventing information or getting basic facts confused -- a sign that the industry is rushing out their latest developments before they are ready.]]> Sat, 23 Sep 2023 11:58:00 +0200 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/fH7l1LRCAzQ33kvMA1dgsuzdsCmHakzH https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/fH7l1LRCAzQ33kvMA1dgssb1naedg1wr The week began in Eagle Pass with rumors that large crowds of migrants might show up. On Friday, the small Texas border city was scrambling: Nearly 9,000 asylum-seekers and counting had crossed from Mexico, an international bridge remained closed and a 3-year-old boy had drowned in the Rio Grande.]]> Sat, 23 Sep 2023 11:56:00 +0200 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/fH7l1LRCAzQ33kvMA1dgssb1naedg1wr https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/fH7l1LRCAzQ33kvMA1dgsqCY3L745TL_ A third arrest was made Friday in connection with a shooting outside an Albuquerque baseball stadium that killed an 11-year-old boy and prompted the New Mexico governor to issue a controversial gun ban.]]> Sat, 23 Sep 2023 11:52:00 +0200 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/fH7l1LRCAzQ33kvMA1dgsqCY3L745TL_ https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/fH7l1LRCAzQ33kvMA1dgsuT5HJgy6HUf Tropical Storm Ophelia formed off the mid-Atlantic coast and was expected to bring heavy rain, storm surge and windy conditions over the weekend, the National Hurricane Center said Friday.]]> Sat, 23 Sep 2023 11:51:00 +0200 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/fH7l1LRCAzQ33kvMA1dgsuT5HJgy6HUf https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/fH7l1LRCAzQ33kvMA1dgspVjH6qdYdAk President Joe Biden said Friday he was determined to stop gun violence in the U.S. as he formally announced the first-ever federal office to be dedicated to uncovering solutions and supporting communities ravaged by shootings.]]> Sat, 23 Sep 2023 11:48:00 +0200 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/fH7l1LRCAzQ33kvMA1dgspVjH6qdYdAk https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/fH7l1LRCAzQx19_RDgdwj-zdsCmHakzH Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas flew on a private jet in 2018 to speak at the annual winter donor summit of the Koch network -- a trip that was intended to be a fundraising draw for the influential conservative political organization with interests before the court, according to a report published Friday by ProPublica.]]> Sat, 23 Sep 2023 11:43:00 +0200 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/fH7l1LRCAzQx19_RDgdwj-zdsCmHakzH https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/fH7l1LRCAzQx19_RDgdwj8b1naedg1wr A New York judge peppered Donald Trump's lawyers with questions Friday -- sometimes admonishing them -- as they tried to persuade the court to throw out a civil lawsuit brought by New York's attorney general accusing the former president and his company of deceiving banks, insurers and others by exaggerating his wealth.]]> Sat, 23 Sep 2023 11:38:00 +0200 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/fH7l1LRCAzQx19_RDgdwj8b1naedg1wr https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/fH7l1LRCAzRPcUHXzQzQH8b1naedg1wr A military judge at Guantanamo Bay has ruled one of the 9/11 defendants unfit for trial after a military medical panel found that the man's sustained abuse in CIA custody years earlier has rendered him lastingly psychotic.]]> Sat, 23 Sep 2023 11:36:00 +0200 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/fH7l1LRCAzRPcUHXzQzQH8b1naedg1wr https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/fH7l1LRCAzRPcUHXzQzQHyejEQ2Mq9rY In only eight days, the U.S. government is set to shut down, unleashing real and wide-ranging financial hardship on American families, workers and businesses. The lapse in funding would mark a fundamental breakdown in an ever-divided, intransigent Washington, where lawmakers this year have struggled -- time and again -- to fulfill their most basic fiscal responsibilities.]]> Sat, 23 Sep 2023 11:34:00 +0200 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/fH7l1LRCAzRPcUHXzQzQHyejEQ2Mq9rY https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/fH7l1LRCAzTh8QcjqPB_SHn9ye8UNv30 Mom sentenced over daughter's abortion]]> Sat, 23 Sep 2023 11:23:00 +0200 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/fH7l1LRCAzTh8QcjqPB_SHn9ye8UNv30 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/fH7l1LRCAzTh8QcjqPB_SOT5HJgy6HUf Suga, a member of K-pop group BTS, began fulfilling his mandatory military duty Friday as a social service agent, an alternate form of military service in the country.]]> Sat, 23 Sep 2023 11:19:00 +0200 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/fH7l1LRCAzTh8QcjqPB_SOT5HJgy6HUf https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/fH7l1LRCAzSXdWc5INRDNOzdsCmHakzH Eric Johnson, Democratic mayor of Dallas, announced in a Wall Street Journal editorial that he is switching to the Republican Party, writing that "the overwhelming majority of Americans who call our cities home deserve to have real choices -- not 'progressive' echo chambers -- at city hall."]]> Sat, 23 Sep 2023 11:15:00 +0200 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/fH7l1LRCAzSXdWc5INRDNOzdsCmHakzH https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/fH7l1LRCAzTK3WF5Tpc5CilmFkX7M1Jw A longshot candidate for Missouri governor and his supporters describe his use of a flamethrower at a recent "Freedom Fest" event outside St. Louis as no big deal. They said it was a fun moment for fellow Republicans who attended, and that no one talked about burning books as he torched a pile of cardboard boxes.]]> Fri, 22 Sep 2023 15:34:00 +0200 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/fH7l1LRCAzTK3WF5Tpc5CilmFkX7M1Jw https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/fH7l1LRCAzQUjR9yozzMhXn9ye8UNv30 President Volodymyr Zelenskyy worked to shore up U.S. support for Ukraine on a whirlwind visit to Washington on Thursday, delivering an upbeat message on the war's progress while facing new questions about the flow of American dollars that for 19 months have helped keep his troops in the fight against Russian forces.]]> Fri, 22 Sep 2023 12:01:00 +0200 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/fH7l1LRCAzQUjR9yozzMhXn9ye8UNv30 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/fH7l1LRCAzQUjR9yozzMhaCY3L745TL_ U.S. Rep. Steve Womack, R-Ark., admits he is not a fan of soap operas, but it was easy for the congressman to compare divisions among House Republicans over funding the government to a daytime serial.]]> Fri, 22 Sep 2023 11:59:00 +0200 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/fH7l1LRCAzQUjR9yozzMhaCY3L745TL_