National news from iSEARK.com with a Southeast Arkansas angle.
Police in Bend, Oregon, say a 16-year-old with a shotgun killed three children and teacher Megan Lambert at Silver Rail Elementary School before an armed father shot him. A teacher who tackled the gunman was not hurt.
Baldcypress trees at Dale Bumpers White River National Wildlife Refuge. *
Nicolás Maduro and Cilia Flores entered not-guilty pleas in Manhattan federal court to an expanded indictment adding conspiracy-to-torture counts to earlier drug-trafficking charges.
At least five House Democrats said their district offices got suspicious letters Friday. Rep. Hillary Scholten said hers claimed to be from the Democratic Socialists of America and warned of a "civil war" after the election.
A prescribed burn in Arkansas. *
President Trump said the Dec. 3 firing-squad execution of Fort Hood shooter Nidal Hasan will proceed but will not be livestreamed, reversing an earlier Pentagon plan.
Cattle grazing in Arkansas. *
Homeland Security Task Force data shows 1,296 Tren de Aragua arrests from Jan. 20, 2025, to Oct. 8, 2026, with nearly 350 members and associates charged federally.
An OCC review found JPMorgan Chase, Bank of America, Wells Fargo and six other big banks had policies from 2020 to 2025 that could deny service over political or religious views.
A soybean field in Arkansas. *
Trump told a Kalispell rally the Department of War will set up a Montana range to test autonomous, space, electronic warfare and hypersonic weapons. No site or timeline was given.