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The Small Business Administration opened a Business Recovery Center in Rogers where business owners and homeowners can submit applications for federal disaster loans. ROGERS, Ark. — After severe storms damaged several homes and businesses, President Joe Biden has declared a disaster for Arkansas, allowing residents and business owners to access federal assistance. Residents of Arkansas’ Benton, Boone and Marion counties can now apply for federal disaster loans through the U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA). Applications are available online, but the SBA has also opened a Business Recovery Center in Rogers where businesses of all sizes, nonprofits and homeowners can submit…

BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) — Louisiana judges could order the surgical castration of people convicted of sex crimes against children under a bill approved Monday, making the state the first to institute such a punishment if Republican Gov. Jeff Landry signs the bill into law. The Republican-controlled Legislature passed a bill giving judges the option to sentence people to surgical castration if they are convicted of certain aggravated sex crimes, including rape, incest and sexual abuse of a child under the age of 13.Several states, including California, Florida and Texas, have laws allowing chemical castration, and some of those states…

Scalabrine discusses expectations for Celtics vs. Mavs Finals originally appeared on NBC Sports BostonThe Dallas Mavericks will undoubtedly be the toughest test for the Boston Celtics as they look to win Banner 18 this year.After breezing through the first three rounds of the playoffs against undermanned Miami Heat, Cleveland Cavaliers and Indiana Pacers, the Celtics will now face one of the NBA’s best offensive duos in Luka Doncic and Kyrie Irving. Of course, Boston has a superstar duo in Jayson Tatum and Jaylen Brown that should make for a thrilling NBA Finals matchup.Game 1 at TD Garden is scheduled for…

The two new editors handpicked by Washington Post Publisher and CEO William Lewis to oversee a restructuring of the news organization have decades of experience overseeing ambitious, aggressive journalism.Matt Murray, 58, is a well-known figure in US media circles, having worked at The Wall Street Journal for 29 years, the last five as its editor-in-chief before retiring in 2023.Robert Winnett, 47, deputy editor of the Telegraph Media Group, has built his career in the UK but is still relatively unknown in the US.Murray, in particular, was praised by former colleagues at the journal for his deep commitment to the article.”He…

Trend Micro plans to demonstrate new cybersecurity tools that run on Nvidia chips at the Computex conference this week, according to Reuters. Why is this important? Healthcare organizations are leveraging AI to ease the burden of documentation between groups and potentially gather data from across their networks, including electronic health records, in one place that hackers can target when they try to breach medical data, hold it for ransom, and sell it. “They go inside a company and find huge honeypots of information,” Trend Micro Chief Operating Officer Kevin Simser told Reuters. Simser also told a Taiwanese news agency on…

Alyssa Powell/BI, Getty ImagesTechnology stocks have dominated the market for over a decade.But the strong performance of tech stocks may start to spread to other sectors of the stock market, according to Bank of America.According to the bank, here are four reasons why tech’s dominance could come to an end later this year:The technology sector’s stock market dominance may finally come to an end later this year, according to Bank of America.Driven by strong earnings growth, tech-oriented growth stocks have long been favored by investors over value stocks, despite a painful blip during the 2022 bear market.Bank of America equity…

Last Update: 04 Jun 2024 06:10 ISTOdisha Election Results 2024 Live: The results for the Lok Sabha elections and the 2024 Odisha state assembly elections will be counted on Tuesday. Counting will begin at 8 am, but the results of the Odisha state elections are expected to be known by the evening of June 4. According to the News18 Mega exit poll, the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) is likely to win most of the Lok Sabha constituencies in Odisha, while Naveen Patnaik’s Biju Janata Dal (BJD) is likely to win six to eight seats. The poll also said that the…

ATLANTA — A local business owner said he may have been dead when a man stabbed him multiple times in his driveway.Janet Sellers believes her attacker targeted her because he thought he was rich after leaving his job.She is exclusive Tom Jones on Channel 2. [DOWNLOAD: Free WSB-TV News app for alerts as news breaks]”It’s all so traumatic,” she told him. Sellers said the thought of her possibly losing her life in such a vicious attack brought her to tears.”Thankfully, my daughter was born at the right time. I don’t know what happened,” she said. She said on May 14,…

New Mexico trends drier and warmer Updated: June 3, 2024, 6:26 PM MDT Click on this article. More heat and eventually some storms. Chief Meteorologist Jo Jo Diaz tells us when. Yes, the heat is definitely starting. As you can see, temperatures are now in triple digits. From Roswell to Carlsbad, most of northern New Mexico is experiencing above-normal temperatures, and the southwestern part of the state is at normal. But temperatures are trending up everywhere next week. Through the weekend, some areas will experience very hot weather with showers and thunderstorms. In fact, the above-normal temperatures will continue all…

CNN — Hunter Biden is scheduled to go on trial Monday on felony gun charges in a landmark case that could impact President Joe Biden’s reelection campaign. It is the first time in US history that the child of a sitting president has been put on trial. The indictment was filed by the Department of Justice, specifically by special counsel David Weiss, who was appointed last year to oversee the Hunter Biden investigation. Hunter Biden, 54, is charged with federal offenses including illegally purchasing and possessing a firearm while abusing or addicted to drugs. He has pleaded not guilty to…