AARP Foundation for Free Taxes will be assisting with taxes on Friday, Feb. 9. The group will be located at Camp Jack — 411 S. Pine St. in Harrison. Packages will be available for pick up at Camp Jack starting on Feb. 8. Hours for the assistance will be 9 a.m.—1 p.m. every Thursday and Friday until April 15. more

OKLAHOMA CITY — An earthquake measuring 5.1 magnitude rattled an area near Oklahoma City late Friday, with subsequent smaller quakes reported in the following hours, according to the U.S. Geological Survey. The quake was felt as far away as Boone County, and surrounding communities. more

GREEN FOREST — The Arby's Foundation has donated $1 million to pay off the school lunch debt for more than 47,000 students at 762 schools across the country. With more than $19 million in unpaid meal debt — according to the School Nutrition Association, and 30 million students who cannot afford their meals — according to the Education Data Initiative, the donations aim to address the increase in student school lunch debt in the United States. In Green Forest, Arby's donated $22,014.00 to Green Forest Schools to completely pay off lunch debt for 340 students. more

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A National Labor Relations Board regional official has decided that Dartmouth basketball players are employees of the school, clearing the way for an election that would create the first-ever labor … more

A handful of super powerful tropical cyclones in the last decade has a couple of experts proposing a new category of whopper hurricanes: Category 6. Studies have shown that the strongest tropical … more

At least 112 people have been killed by wildfires in central Chile. They have come amid a heat wave that pushed temperatures in the capital city of Santiago to about 37 degrees Celsius (nearly 100 … more

A handful of centuries-old sponges from the Caribbean are causing some scientists to theorize that human-caused climate change began sooner and has warmed the world nearly a degree Fahrenheit more … more

The U.S. economy is humming and there are hundreds of thousands of jobs being added every month. In a stunning burst of hiring to start the year, the nation added 353,000 jobs in January, shrugging … more

Two new studies track the effect of police violence on Black Americans. One study ties police-involved deaths to sleep disturbances. The other finds a racial gap in injuries involving police use of … more

The owner of Snapchat is cutting approximately 10% of its worldwide workforce, or about 530 employees, the latest tech company to announce layoffs. Snap Inc. said in a regulatory filing that it … more

Telemedicine’s early days of handling mostly mild illnesses like sinus infections or cases of pink eye are fading fast. Dr. Roy Schoenberg says the next frontier involves connecting patients more … more

A banner year came to a bumpy end for McDonald’s, which lost sales in many markets due to the war in Gaza. The Chicago-based company said its global same-store sales – or sales at restaurants … more

Boeing says its supplier has discovered another problem with fuselages on its 737 jets that might delay deliveries of about 50 aircraft. Boeing Commercial Airplanes CEO Stan Deal says in a letter to … more

The Grammy pre-show is underway and there are already some winners, including Chris Stapleton, Kylie Minogue and SZA. Killer Mike won three — best rap performance, best rap song and best rap album. … more

The United States and Britain have struck Iran-backed armed groups in Syria, Iraq and Yemen, while Israel presses ahead with its offensive against Hamas in Gaza. U.S. troops maintain a presence in … more

The Russian space agency says one of its cosmonauts has broken the world record for the most time spent in space. Oleg Kononenko, who's 59, has now spent at least 878 days and 12 hours in space, … more

Moscow-installed officials say Ukrainian shelling killed at least 28 people Saturday at a bakery in the Russian-occupied city of Lysychansk. At least one child was among the dead, local leader Leonid … more