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Hawaii has nearly 250 confirmed cases of the mosquito-borne virus since September 2015. State health officials say dengue symptoms include fever, rash, severe headaches and eye, joint and muscle pain.

Though Zika was discovered in 1947, few scientists since had studied the virus. Now, while some check its genes, others turn to placental cells for clues to any link between Zika and birth defects.

Lourdes Gourriel Jr. and his older brother Yulieski went missing from their team hotel in Santo Domingo on Monday. Experts saw the potential defection as further sign that Cuban baseball in shambles.

Deep in the woods of New Hampshire, 20 inmates are engaged in a fierce chess tournament in a secluded prison. The prize may be just a paper certificate, but even then, winning means a lot.

A $250,000 grant to the Arkansas Economic Development Commission will be used to improve unpaved county roads in Arkansas.Gov. Asa Hutchinson, the…

A dozen congregations are harboring immigrants facing deportation. It echoes the sanctuary movement of the 1980s, when hundreds of churches sheltered Central Americans escaping war and violence.

Fifty years ago, in January 1963, Little Rock finally set in motion a process that would end segregation in its downtown businesses. Following renewed…

Fifty years ago, Dick Allen became the first African American player for the Arkansas Travelers baseball team. Allen came from the Philadelphia Phillies,…

In April 1963, Jet magazine reported on the progress of Little Rock’s downtown desegregation. James Forman, executive secretary of the Student Nonviolent…

At a panel discussion on the 1927 lynching of John Carter held at the Mosaic Templars Cultural Center in February, a number of fascinating insights came…