Author: Associated Press

Canadian police hunt for suspects after 10 stabbed to death

(CNN, CBC NEWS via CNN Newsource)WELDON, Saskatchewan (AP) — Canadian police are searching for two men two men suspected of killing 10 people in a series of stabbings in an Indigenous community and a nearby town. The massive manhunt for the perpetrators of one of the deadliest attacks in the nation’s history stretched into its second day Monday. Authorities have…

3 fatally shot in apparent murder-suicide in Kentucky

SMITH MILLS, Ky. (AP) — State police say three people were fatally shot, including one by a self-inflicted gunshot, at a home in western Kentucky. Officers responded to a report of a shooting at a home in Smith Mills in Henderson County. Officers found two gunshot victims outside the home. One, a woman, was already dead. The second, a man,…

Leak ruins NASA moon rocket launch bid; next try weeks away

(Source: CNN, NASA TV, Kennedy Space Center Newsroom via CNN Newsource)CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) — NASA has called off a second launch attempt for its new moon rocket because of yet another fuel leak. The test flight is now off for at least a few weeks, if not months. Mission managers decided after Saturday’s scrub to haul the 322-foot rocket…

Independent voter registration increasing in Kentucky

FRANKFORT. Ky. (AP) — Kentucky Secretary of State Michael Adams says the number of people registering to vote as independent is outpacing those who are registering with the two major political parties. Adams said in a statement that the number of people who registered as “other” in July grew at more than double the rate of those registering as either…

Kentucky man charged with fatally shooting daughter, 12

PAINTSVILLE, Ky. (AP) — Officials say an eastern Kentucky man has been charged in the fatal shooting of his 12-year-old daughter. News outlets report Johnson County Sheriff Doug Saylor said 47-year-old Stacy Collins was charged with murder in the death of Stacia Collins. Saylor says the girl’s body was found on Aug. 11 along a rural road after her father…

McConnell says he’s unsatisfied with federal flood response

FRANKFORT, Ky. (AP) — Senate Republican leader Mitch McConnell says he’s far from satisfied with the federal response to catastrophic flooding in eastern Kentucky. But the senator acknowledges that communication problems has complicated the outreach to flood victims. McConnell on Monday visited the Kentucky Emergency Management Operations Center. He was updated on the government response to the flood-stricken Appalachian region….

NASA scrubs launch of new moon rocket after engine problem

(Source: NASA TV via CNN Newsource) CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) — NASA has scrubbed the launch of its new moon rocket on a no-crew test flight after a cascade of last-minute problems, including unexplained trouble related to an engine. The next launch attempt won’t be until Friday at the earliest. The 322-foot rocket was set to lift off Monday morning…

Moderna sues Pfizer over patents behind COVID-19 vaccine

COVID-19 vaccine maker Moderna is suing its main competitors Pfizer and the German drugmaker BioNTech, accusing the rivals of copying Moderna’s technology in order to make their own vaccine. Moderna said Friday that Pfizer and BioNTech’s vaccine Comirnaty infringes on patents Moderna filed several years ago protecting the technology behind its preventive shot, Spikevax. The company filed patent infringement lawsuits…

Study: Pfizer COVID pill showed no benefit in younger adults

WASHINGTON (AP) — Pfizer’s COVID-19 pill appears to provide little or no benefit for younger adults. That’s according to a large study by Israeli researchers. The study of more than 100,000 patients showed the drug significantly reduced hospitalization and death among seniors, similar to past research. But younger adults didn’t show any measurable benefit in the study, which was published…

Kentucky flood victims file suit against mine companies

(Credit: Pixabay)JACKSON, Ky. (AP) — Dozens of eastern Kentucky flood victims have filed a lawsuit that says two coal companies contributed to the damages they suffered. Nearly 60 people who live along River Caney in the Lost Creek community of Breathitt County were listed as plaintiffs in the complaint against Blackhawk Mining and Pine Branch Mining. The complaint alleges the…