FRANKFORT, Ky. (AP) — Kentucky lawmakers have taken aim at reversing the state’s high rates for child abuse and neglect. They passed a measure Wednesday to bolster prevention and oversight efforts. The bill won final passage in the House, sending the measure to Gov. Andy Beshear. Child welfare advocates says the legislation advances efforts to confront the state’s high national…
MOSCOW (AP) — President Vladimir Putin announced that Russia will demand “unfriendly” countries pay for Russian natural gas exports only in rubles from now on. Putin told a meeting with government officials Wednesday that “a number of Western countries made illegitimate decisions on the so-called freezing of the Russian assets, effectively drawing a line over reliability of their currencies, undermining…
FRANKFORT, Ky. (AP) — After years of inaction, charter schools would gain a foothold in Kentucky under a bill that has won state House passage. The bill also would provide a permanent funding stream for charter schools. The bill calling for initial charter school openings cleared the House on Tuesday after a long debate. The measure barely emerged from a…
ARABI, La. (AP) — Louisiana is sending 300 National Guard troops to the New Orleans area where tornadoes flipped cars, ripped off rooftops and killed at least one person. The St. Bernard Parish president says a girl on a ventilator was rescued from a house that was lifted up and landed in the middle of a street. Authorities said another…
DALLAS (AP) — Officials say multiple tornadoes ripped through parts of Texas and Oklahoma, killing one person and causing multiple injuries and widespread damage. The storm system is headed toward Louisiana and Mississippi on Tuesday, and forecasters say more tornadoes are expected. Several tornadoes were reported Monday in Texas along the Interstate 35 corridor, particularly in the Austin suburbs of…
File PhotoFRANKFORT, Ky. (AP) — Gov. Andy Beshear says Republican lawmakers have taken votes that will “kick struggling Kentuckians while they are down.” The Democratic governor’s response Tuesday comes a day after the legislature overrode his vetoes of measures affecting jobless benefits and food aid. One bill revamps rules for Kentucky’s laid-off workers to receive unemployment benefits. The other measure…
WUZHOU, China (AP) — Mud-stained wallets and bank cards are among personal effects found on a mountainside where 132 lives were presumed lost when a China Eastern plane inexplicably fell from the sky and burst into a fireball. Video clips show small pieces of the plane and exposed earth where the plane crashed, but no survivors have been found. Family…
FRANKFORT, Ky. (AP) — Crews are searching for a Kentucky miner who was working underground when a roof collapse occurred. A statement from the Kentucky Energy and Environment Cabinet says 33-year-old James D. Brown of Lynch began his shift as a roof bolter operator late Sunday and was working about 14,000 feet underground when the collapse happened about an hour…
BEIJING (AP) — Civil aviation officials say a China Eastern Boeing 737-800 with 132 people on board crashed in the southern province of Guangxi. The Civil Aviation Administration of China said in a statement the crash occurred Monday near the city of Wuzhou in Teng county. China Eastern’s flight No. 5735 had been traveling at around 30,000 feet when suddenly,…
DUMAS, Ark. (AP) — Police in Arkansas say at least one person has been killed and 24 people wounded in a shooting outside a car show. Arkansas State Police said in a news release Sunday that one person was in custody and authorities were searching for others who may have fired into the crowd Saturday evening. Additional information, including conditions…
