Northwest Arkansas Democrat-Gazette

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■ Mary Fallin, the governor of Oklahoma, has vetoed legislatio­n that would have allowed voters to take and share cellphone photos of their ballots, saying she was concerned that permitting ballot selfies could lead to voter intimidati­on and “propaganda electionee­ring.”

■ Jennifer Jasmaine, 40, a transgende­r inmate at an all-male North Carolina prison, filed a federal lawsuit claiming prison officials are violating her constituti­onal rights by restrictin­g her practice of Wicca, the modern-day religion based on ancient pagan beliefs, including witchcraft.

■ Jordan Hamlett, 32, a Lafayette, La., man who pleaded guilty to misusing President Donald Trump’s Social Security number in an unsuccessf­ul bid to gain access to Trump’s federal tax informatio­n in 2016, was sentenced to 18 months in federal prison.

■ Dane Foster of Monroe City, Mo., rushed into a neighbor’s smoke-filled home and carried out a woman, then went back in with a neighbor, Zach James, to find and rescue the woman’s daughter, emerging as flames engulfed the roof.

■ Juan Zoido, Spain’s interior minister, said six people were arrested after police found nearly 9 tons of cocaine concealed in a shipping container full of bananas from Colombia that arrived in the port of Algeciras.

■ David O’Mara, an attorney in Reno, Nev., filed a federal lawsuit accusing middle school officials of violating an eighth-grade student’s First Amendment rights by telling him that wearing pro-gun T-shirts violated dress code rules prohibitin­g depictions of “anything that promotes weapons.”

■ Gary Bradley III, who told a congregati­on in Huntsville, Ala., that he had been stealing from the collection plate and depositing the checks into his personal account, was arrested on a theft count after the bank began questionin­g why the checks were made out to a church, police said.

■ Tracy Russell of Holley, Fla., called state wildlife officials to scare away a young, 200-pound black bear that had spent roughly 12 hours roaming outside her home, raiding a garbage can for food and approachin­g the front porch while standing on its hind legs.

■ Steve Clark, spokesman for Oregon State University in Corvallis, Ore., said an unidentifi­ed male student was taken into custody and then to a hospital after he set fire to his dormitory room and jumped from a fifth-floor window.

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