FRANKFORT, Ky. (AP) — The Kentucky Senate has voted to broaden an address confidentiality program intended to protect domestic violence victims from their abusers. The measure would build on a limited, little-used program that now shields victims’ home addresses from voter rolls. If the bill becomes law, the program would be expanded to mask their addresses on other publicly available…
LOUISVILLE, Ky. (AP) — A Kentucky man charged in the deaths of three police officers during an ambush in a small Applachian town was found dead in his jail cell. Floyd County Sheriff John Hunt says Lance Storz was found in his cell dead of an apparent suicide Tuesday morning at the Pike County Detention Center. He was being held…
TikTok says every account held by a user under the age of 18 will have a default 60-minute daily screen time limit in the coming weeks. Families have struggled with limiting the amount of time their children spend on the Chinese-owned video sharing app. When the 60-minute limit is reached, minors will be prompted to enter a passcode receive a…
(Antenna TV via CNN Newsource) TEMPE, Greece (AP) — A train carrying hundreds of passengers has collided with an oncoming freight train in northern Greece, killing 32 people and injuring at least 85. Officials say multiple train cars derailed and at least three caught fire after the crash during the night near Tempe, some 235 miles north of Athens. Rescue…
TORONTO (AP) — Canada is banning TikTok from all government-issued mobile devices, reflecting widening worries from Western officials over the Chinese-owned video sharing app. Prime Minister Justin Trudeau says it might be a first step to further action. TikTok is wildly popular with young people, but its Chinese ownership has raised fears that Beijing could use it to collect data…
FRANKFORT, Ky. (AP) — Republican Ryan Quarles has endorsed legalizing medical marijuana in Kentucky. He’s pledging to help navigate the proposal past legislative resistance if he’s elected governor. Quarles said Tuesday that it’s time to pass a “responsible” medical marijuana bill to benefit patients. Quarles’ stand on the long-running issue comes as Republican candidates are trying to separate themselves from…
LOS ANGELES (AP) — A Los Angeles judge on Thursday sentenced Harvey Weinstein to 16 years in prison after a jury convicted him of the 2013 rape and sexual assault of an Italian actor and model. The sentence comes on top of the more than 20 years the 70-year-old Weinstein has left to serve for a similar 2020 conviction in…
FRANKFORT, Ky. (AP) — The Kentucky Senate has voted to create a new crime to punish hazing with jail time. The measure responds to calls for action following the death of a university student. The bill would create a felony crime for hazing that results in the death or serious injury of a student. That would be punishable by up…
FRANKFORT, Ky. (AP) — A Kentucky Senate committee has advanced a bill to expand an address confidentiality program intended to protect domestic violence victims from their abusers. The measure builds on a limited program shielding victims’ addresses from voter rolls. The program would be broadened to mask their addresses on other government records if the bill becomes law. The proposal…
FRANKFORT, Ky. (AP) — Republican lawmakers have advanced a bill to give Kentucky parents a pathway to challenge school instructional materials they consider unfit for children. The bill takes aim at books and other materials containing sexual content. It’s among several bills proposing to boost parental input over school policies. The measure advancing Thursday would require school districts to create…
