FRANKFORT, Ky. (AP) — Child welfare advocates cheered when Kentucky lawmakers passed a bill last spring to support adults willing to step up at desperate times to care for young relatives who endured suspected abuse or neglect at home. Their joy has turned to frustration as the new law, which was supposed to take effect in July, became entangled in…
SHEPHERDSVILLE, Ky. (AP) — A Kentucky woman pleaded guilty Wednesday to fatally shooting her two young sons last year. Tiffanie Lucas entered guilty pleas to murder charges in Bullitt County Court, news outlets reported. She had previously entered a not guilty plea by reason of insanity and was scheduled to stand trial in December before changing her plea. Sentencing is…
KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — The two-time defending Super Bowl champion Kansas City Chiefs are acquiring three-time All-Pro wide receiver DeAndre Hopkins from the Tennessee Titans, replenishing a position group that has been ravaged by injuries, a person familiar with the deal told The Associated Press on Wednesday. The person spoke to the AP on condition of anonymity because the…
SAVANNAH, Ga. (AP) — Georgia authorities said Sunday they are investigating the “catastrophic failure” of a dock gangway that collapsed and killed seven people on an island off the state’s Atlantic seacoast, where crowds gathered for a celebration by the island’s tiny Gullah-Geechee community of Black slave descendants. “It is a structural failure. There should be very, very little maintenance…
FEASTERVILLE-TREVOSE, Pa. (AP) — Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump manned the fry station at a McDonald’s in Pennsylvania on Sunday before staging an impromptu news conference, answering questions through the drive-thru window. As reporters and aides watched, an employee showed Trump how to dunk baskets of fries in oil, salt the fries and put them into boxes using a scoop….
ATLANTA (AP) — A grand jury in Georgia has indicted a father and son in a mass shooting at Apalachee High School in Winder. A Barrow County deputy court clerk confirms both were indicted on Thursday. Colt Gray is charged with 55 counts, including murder, aggravated assault and cruelty to children. The 14-year-old’s father, Colin Gray, faces 29 counts, including…
DELPHI, Ind. (AP) — A murder trial in the 2017 killings of two teenage girls was beginning Friday in the small Indiana town where the teens and the man charged with killing them all lived. Richard Allen, 52, is accused of killing 13-year-old Abigail Williams and 14-year-old Liberty German. Their deaths had gone unsolved for more than five years when…
BUENOS AIRES, Argentina (AP) — Former One Direction singer Liam Payne, 31, was found dead after falling from a third-floor hotel balcony in Buenos Aires on Wednesday, local officials told Argentine media. Alberto Crescenti, head of the state emergency medical system, said on Argentina’s Todo Noticias TV channel that Payne fell into a courtyard of the Casa Sur Hotel in…
NEW YORK (AP) — Expect to see more northern lights in unusual places as the sun continues to sizzle, space weather forecasters said Tuesday. Strong solar storms this year have triggered shimmering auroras much farther south than usual, filling skies with hues of pink, purple, green and blue. The sun is currently at the maximum phase of its 11-year cycle,…
RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — Officials say federal disaster workers paused and then changed some of their hurricane-recovery efforts in North Carolina, including abandoning door-to-door visits, after receiving threats. The threats that they could be targeted by a militia emerged over the weekend, at a time when the government response to Helene is being targeted by rampant disinformation. The Rutherford County…
