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KANSAS CITY, Mo. (KCTV) - The Kansas City Zoo is expecting a new arrival next year!. The Elephant Expedition announced 17-year-old Zuri is pregnant, with a calf expected in late 2027. The father is 21-year-old Tamani. The zoo said it’s the first offspring for both parents and will be the first baby elephant born at the zoo.

A Bexar County sheriff's deputy held Alek Schott, an oilfield equipment salesman from the Houston area, on the shoulder of Interstate 35 for 76 minutes in March 2022 after a camera flagged his truck. A federal jury in San Antonio has now found the county liable for it. The jury's verdict, dated Sept. 28 on the court docket, awarded Schott $76, a dollar for every minute of the stop, which is the amount Texas Public Radio reported he sued for.

USA TODAY Sports sees a rematch for Nebraska in the latest bowl game projections . The Huskers are now projected to face No. 16 Tennessee in the Music City Bowl. Nebraska and the Volunteers clashed in the 2016 Music City Bowl, where Tennessee toppled the Huskers, 38-24. Nebraska then entered its bowl-game drought, not reaching another postseason game until the 2024 Pinstripe Bowl. The Huskers reemerge for their week following a 5-2 start to the season. Nebraska dropped its last two games, surren

White River Health, an Arkansas hospital system, says it will leave UnitedHealthcare’s Medicare Advantage network on Jan. 1, 2027, and UnitedHealthcare says that happens only if the two sides fail to sign a new contract. Medicare’s annual enrollment closes Dec. 7, so Arkansas members have less than six weeks to choose between waiting for a […] The post White River Health is set to leave UnitedHealthcare’s Medicare Advantage network on January 1 unless a contract is reached, pushing Arkansas pat

BRINKLEY, Ark. (KNOE) - Police across Arkansas are looking for an inmate who escaped from custody on Thursday, Oct. 29, 2026. Rodney Smith, 41, is considered armed and dangerous, according to police. He assaulted both a jailer and a Brinkley police officer before his escape, officers said. Smith also took a taser before escaping, Arkansas State Police (ASP) said.

Six Texas barbecue restaurants made USA TODAY 10Best’s 2026 list of the country’s top Texas-style barbecue spots. See which restaurants made the cut and where they're located.

BRIDGEVIEW, Ill. — Deputies in Cook County say they have recovered more than 23,000 cans of Red Bull that were stolen in Joliet earlier this month. According to the Cook County Sheriff’s Office, back on Oct. 7, a shipment containing $300,000 worth of Red Bull was reported stolen in Joliet.

Check your numbers: A $7.4 million jackpot-winning lotto ticket has been sold at a Chicago gas station. The winning ticket, part of Monday's Illinois Lotto drawing, was sold at 6751 W. Archer Ave., just west of Midway Airport. The ticket matched all six numbers— 6, 12, 13, 14, 30 and 42 — to win.

Another Bears stadium idea has surfaced, this time featuring a dome at the White Sox ballpark and a possible new home for the Sox.

Oklahoma City has approved a permit to build a Pappadeaux Seafood Kitchen restaurant, clearing a bureaucratic hurdle for what would be the Houston-based chain's first-ever location in the state. The company is now looking at a site on the corner of Lake Hefner Parkway and Memorial in northwest Oklahoma City, a notable shift after Pappadeaux had originally been eyeing a spot closer to downtown.