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The following state, federal and local government offices' schedules may be affected by the Independence Day holiday on Friday.

WASHINGTON -- First lady Melania Trump visited with sick patients at Children's National hospital in Washington on Thursday as the children made Fourth of July arts and crafts ahead of the holiday.

David Reynolds, 49, of Little Rock, and Julia Leher, 26, of Mayflower. Gavin Riley, 23, of Cabot, and Ashlynn Martin, 23, of Midway. Reginald Grant, 34, and Katrina Tura, 24, both of Irving, Texas.

A Thursday evening shooting at the Outlets of Little Rock shopping center left one person wounded and in stable condition, a police news release states.

"If a good bleeding can bring those Bible-faced Yankees to their senses, the fever of independency should soon abate." ...