LOUISVILLE, Ky. (AP) — Medina Spirit stripped of 2021 Kentucky Derby title for positive drug test; Mandaloun declared race winner.
WARSAW, Poland (AP) — World leaders are making another diplomatic push in hopes of preventing a Russian invasion of Ukraine, even as heavy shelling continues in Ukraine’s east. The White House said President Joe Biden had agreed “in principle” to meeting with Russian President Vladimir Putin if he refrains from launching an assault on his neighbor that U.S. officials say…
BEIJING (AP) — Russia’s trio of teenage figure skating stars each enter an uncertain future after what may be the most dramatic night in their sport’s history. World record holder Kamila Valieva faces a possible doping ban and a coach whose first response to her disastrous skate Thursday was more criticism. Runner-up Alexandra Trusova was in despair after her history-making…
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) — Star Trek’s Captain Kirk is rocketing into space this month. Actor William Shatner will blast off from West Texas on Oct. 12. Jeff Bezos’ space travel company, Blue Origin, announced Monday that Shatner will join the flight with three others. It will be the company’s second crew flight to space. Bezos was on the debut…
FileFRANKFORT, Ky. (AP) — Gov. Andy Beshear says Kentucky is planning an outreach campaign in the coming months to continue encouraging more people to get vaccinated against COVID-19. He says the campaign also will focus on the virus’s symptoms and long-term effects. Among those to be featured are Kentuckians who lost unvaccinated loved ones to the coronavirus. A target group…
FileMcKEE, Ky. (AP) — The Army says the remains of a Kentucky soldier killed during World War II will be buried this month in his hometown. The burial at Wind Cave Baptist Church in McKee for Pfc. Berton J. McQueen was rescheduled for Oct. 16 and will follow funeral services. The Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency said earlier that the 20-year-old…
FRANKFORT, Ky. (AP) — Kentuckians can now tap into the state’s COVID-19 website to help them search for health care facilities that provide monoclonal antibody treatment. Kentucky’s public health commissioner, Steven Stack, says supplies of the therapy are limited because of high demand nationally. For people infected with COVID-19, he says the treatment can help give their immune system a…
FileFRANKFORT, Ky. (AP) — Officials say Kentucky’s fall forest fire hazard season has begun, meaning it is illegal to burn near a woodland or brushland between 6 a.m. and 6 p.m. The Kentucky Division of Forestry said in a statement that the fall fire season runs Oct. 1 through Dec. 15. Under state law, no burning can take place within…
FRANKFORT, Ky. — Kentucky lawmakers voted Thursday to scrap a statewide mask mandate in public schools and shifted masking decisions to local school boards, acting in a special session as the state’s worst COVID-19 surge threatens to overwhelm hospitals. The GOP-dominated legislature set education policies in response to disruptions caused by the virus, which has forced dozens of school districts…
LEXINGTON, Ky. (AP) — Kentucky will host Southern this season in men’s basketball, tipping off a five-year Unity Series in which the Wildcats will play teams from the Southwestern Athletic Conference. The league is comprised of historically Black colleges and universities (HBCUs). There will be week of activities leading up to the Wildcats’ Dec. 7 meeting against the Jaguars. Southern…
