(Source: CNN, WDIV via CNN Newsource) DETROIT (AP) — General Motors is offering buyouts to most of its U.S. salaried workforce and some global executives in an effort to trim costs as it makes the transition to electric vehicles. The Detroit automaker wouldn’t say how many workers it is targeting, but confirmed that the move is aimed at accelerating attrition…
(Source: CNN via CNN Newsource) WASHINGTON (AP) — Senate Republican leader Mitch McConnell suffered a concussion after a fall at a local hotel and remains hospitalized “for a few days of observation and treatment,” a spokesman said Thursday. The Kentucky senator, 81, was at a Wednesday evening dinner for the Senate Leadership Fund, a campaign committee aligned with him, when…
(Boone County Sheriff’s Office KY/Facebook) BURLINGTON, Ky. (AP) — Nearly 50 years after a northern Kentucky teenager was found slain in a rural roadside ditch, investigators say they used advanced DNA testing to identify a suspect. The Boone County Sheriff’s Office began working the case of 16-year-old Carol Sue Klaber in 2017 after establishing a new cold case unit. Investigators…
LOUISVILLE, Ky. (AP) — The U.S. Justice Department has found Louisville police have engaged in a pattern of violating constitutional rights following an investigation prompted by the fatal police shooting of Breonna Taylor. The announcement was made Wednesday by Attorney General Merrick Garland. A Justice Department report found the Louisville/Jefferson County Metro Government and Louisville Metro Police Department “engage in…
FRANKFORT, Ky. (AP) — Supporters of legalizing sports wagering in Kentucky have cleared their first hurdle. Their bill won strong bipartisan approval from a House committee Wednesday. It marks their latest quest to regulate and tax the activity. Republican Rep. Michael Meredith says the bill would take an industry that now “exists in darkness” and regulate it. Past efforts to…
WASHINGTON (AP) — U.S. health officials are alerting consumers about two more recalls of eyedrops due to contamination risks that could lead to vision problems and serious injury. The announcements follow a recall last month of eyedrops made in India that were linked to an outbreak of drug-resistant infections. There’s no indication the latest recalls are related to those products….
FRANKFORT, Ky. (AP) — Gov. Andy Beshear has launched a supply chain initiative for Kentucky companies. He said Monday the “Supply Kentucky” effort aims to create a more interconnected Kentucky economy by matching manufacturers with suppliers. The goal is to bolster job growth, reduce manufacturing costs and create more secure supply chains. Manufacturing accounts for 12.5% of Kentucky’s workforce. A…
(Source: CNN via CNN Newsource) CIUDAD VICTORIA, Mexico (AP) — A Mexican official says two U.S. citizens missing since their violent abduction last week in the northern Mexican border city of Matamoros have been found dead. Two others have been found alive, with one wounded. Tamaulipas Gov. Américo Villarreal announced on Tuesday that they had been located. The FBI had…
WALTERBORO, S.C. (AP) — South Carolina lawyer Alex Murdaugh has been convicted of murder in the shooting deaths of his wife and son. The jury deliberated for less than three hours before finding Murdaugh guilty of two counts of murder Thursday. The tangled case chronicled the unraveling of a powerful Southern family with tales of privilege, greed and addiction. Murdaugh…
Federal health officials are warning parents of newborns to sterilize equipment used for both bottle- and breast-feeding after a baby died last year from a rare infection tied to a contaminated breast pump. The infant was a premature boy. He was infected with the bacteria that sparked a recall and nationwide shortage of powdered infant formula last year. But this…
