(Credit: Pixabay)RENO, Nev. (AP) — State lawmakers nationwide are responding to the deadliest overdose crisis in U.S. history by pushing harsher penalties for possessing fentanyl and other powerful lab-made opioids that are connected to about 70,000 deaths a year. Imposing longer prison sentences for possessing smaller amounts of drugs represents a shift in states that in recent years have rolled…
FRANKFORT, Ky. (AP) — The Kentucky Senate has voted to legalize medical marijuana in the state. The endorsement came Thursday after years of Senate resistance to cannabis access for people suffering from debilitating illnesses. The chamber sent the measure to the House, which has supported medical cannabis measures in the past. The vote came before lawmakers began an extended break….
ARLINGTON, Texas (AP) — Officials say two students have been injured in a shooting outside a Dallas-area high school and police arrested the person suspected of opening fire. Police and school district officials says the shooting began Monday on a high school campus in the suburb of Arlington around 6:55 a.m., before many students arrived for the first day back…
(Source: CNN via CNN Newsource) THE HAGUE (AP) — The International Criminal Court says it has issued an arrest warrant for Russian President Vladimir Putin for war crimes, accusing him of personal responsibility for the abductions of children from Ukraine. It was the first time the global court has issued a warrant against one of the five permanent members of…
FRANKFORT, Ky. (AP) — Republican lawmakers in Kentucky have passed a measure to ban gender-affirming care for transgender minors. It completes whirlwind voting Thursday on a proposal that triggered outrage and tears among opponents. They were unable to stop the sweeping policymaking on a culture wars issue. The proposal also affects how gender is discussed in schools. Supporters beat a…
FRANKFORT, Ky. (AP) — Kentucky lawmakers have given final passage to a bill designed to give parents a pathway to challenge school instructional materials they consider unfit for children. The measure cleared the House late Wednesday. The bill now heads to Gov. Andy Beshear. Supporters said the measure aims to ensure the right for parental responses to books and other…
(Photo courtesy of Chris Higa, CNN Newsource) TOPOCK, Ariz. (AP) — BNSF Railway says a freight train carrying corn syrup, not hazardous material, derailed in western Arizona, near the state’s border with California and Nevada. BNSF spokesperson Lena Kent says in a statement that “preliminarily reports indicate there are no hazardous materials involved” in the Wednesday evening derailment. A Mohave…
Frankfort, Kentucky, USA with the Kentucky State Capitol at dusk.FRANKFORT, Ky. (AP) — Republican lawmakers in Kentucky are struggling to wrap up a bill restricting gender-affirming care for minors. Internal differences are complicating their push to beat Thursday’s deadline to complete the proposal. The Senate scaled back the bill on a narrow vote Wednesday night. But action then abruptly halted…
FRANKFORT, Ky. (AP) — Kentucky lawmakers have passed a bill aimed at creating a new crime to punish hazing. The bill is in response to calls for action following a university student’s death. The Senate voted 30-4 for final passage Thursday. The bill now goes to Gov. Andy Beshear. The bill would create a felony crime for hazing that results…
(CNN, POOL, STRINGR via CNN Newsource)NEW YORK (AP) — The recent failures of Silicon Valley Bank and Signature Bank, which catered mostly to the tech industry, may have you worried about your money. They were the second- and third-biggest bank failures in U.S. history. There’s no need to worry if your money is in a bank insured by the Federal…
