LOCAL NEWS
Recent collaborations with Southern Arkansas University, Tacos 4 Life, and Feed My Starving Children (FMSC) resulted in the packing of tens of thousands of meals for kids worldwide. Students packed a record-breaking 116,640 lunches while working alongside university staff members, including President Dr. Trey Berry. 320 kids will be fed with these meals for an entire year.
STATE NEWS
According to Arkansas State Parks, Aspen Brown, 7, of Paragould found a 2.95-carat golden brown diamond on September 1 while visiting Crater of Diamonds State Park in Murfreesboro while celebrating her birthday with her dad and grandpa.
https://people.com/girl-7-finds-diamond-arkansas-park-while-celebrating-birthday-7966693
Act 629, which Governor Sarah Huckabee Sanders signed earlier this year, aims to outlaw "poorly regulated products." These include Delta-8, Delta-9, and Delta-10, which have effects resembling those of marijuana.
https://www.4029tv.com/article/arkansas-delta-8-ban-injunction/45051012
NATIONAL NEWS
Republican strategists are considering a departure from "pro-life" messaging on abortion in light of the GOP's repeated defeats on election day when the issue of reproductive rights was at stake.
The nation's second-largest cable television provider's nearly 15 million subscribers will once again have access to channels like ESPN and ABC thanks to the "transformative agreement" that Disney and Charter Communications announced on Monday to resolve a closely watched carriage dispute.
https://www.cnn.com/2023/09/11/media/disney-charter-end-cable-blackout/index.html
INTERNATIONAL NEWS
As Puerto Rico tries to adapt to the effects of climate change while baking under record heat this year, students and teachers are suffering in public schools that lack air conditioning. Puerto Rico bakes in record heat this year, students and teachers there are pleading with the government to put air conditioning in the public schools there.
The violent earthquake, which measured 6.8 on the Richter scale at a depth of 18.5 km and struck just after 10 p.m. local time, according to UN humanitarian center Reliefweb, had its epicenter in the High Atlas highlands, about 71 kilometers southwest of the historic city of Marrakech.
https://news.un.org/en/story/2023/09/1140537
SPORTS NEWS
The Cincinnati Bengals agreed to an agreement with quarterback Joe Burrow on a record-setting contract just days before they played their season opener against the Cleveland Browns, securing the biggest piece of their future.
AP — EAST RUTHERFORD, N.J. Damar Hamlin won't participate in a regular-season game for the first time since experiencing cardiac arrest when the Buffalo Bills take on the New York Jets on Monday night. He was named as one of Buffalo's inactives. When the teams revealed who would not be participating in the game, the Bills officially made their choice. The safety Hamlin, who had on-field resuscitation in Cincinnati in January, participated in three exhibition games this summer. After many questioned if he would be able to play again, he was added to the Bills squad as a backup.
https://apnews.com/article/damar-hamlin-bills-opener-inactive-jets-30b48e02f81cd7d51053ff242077b10d
POP CULTURE
Zach Bryan, a rising talent in country music, was detained on Thursday in a remote area of Oklahoma, Fox News Digital has confirmed. An accusation of obstruction of an inquiry led to the 27-year-old singer/songwriter's booking into the Craig County Jail in Vinita, Oklahoma. He was soon after released.
https://www.foxnews.com/entertainment/country-music-star-zach-bryan-arrested-rural-oklahoma
Rihanna and A$AP Rocky's second child, another boy, was born this summer, and we now know his name. According to a birth certificate obtained by Access Hollywood and viewed by TODAY.com, the couple named their infant Riot Rose Mayers. His name adheres to the family's custom of using "R" names. A$AP Rocky's real name is Rakim Athelaston Mayers, while Rihanna's full name is Robyn Rihanna Fenty.
WEIRD NEWS
AP — GOODYEAR, Arizona It's not likely the most peculiar thing ever donated to a Goodwill store. However, when staff members of a thrift shop in the Phoenix region noticed what appeared to be a human skull in one of their donation boxes, they knew precisely what to do: To the cops. The skull, which was covered in spots and had its upper front teeth attached as well as a false eye in the left socket, was taken into custody by officers who had been dispatched to the Goodyear store that evening.
Attempting to traverse the Atlantic in a massive hamster wheel, a man is detained by the Coast Guard.
https://www.npr.org/2023/09/07/1198252469/coast-guard-hamster-wheel-reza-baluchi-atlantic-ocean
TRENDING ON SOCIAL MEDIA
To assist advertisers in getting ready for the approaching holiday season, Meta has released a new guide to its assortment of automation and generative AI ad solutions.The 16-page manual includes all of Meta's emerging AI advertising capabilities, such as its Advantage+ product line and new AI creation tools that the company is building in its AI sandbox platform. It's a useful explainer that can encourage you to consider how AI tools can improve the way you approach running Facebook and Instagram advertisements.
The social media site X, owned by Elon Musk and formerly known as Twitter, sued the state of California on September 8 in relation to the content moderation statute AB 587.
https://mashable.com/article/elon-musk-x-suing-california-ab-587
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