President Donald Trump paid just $750 in federal income taxes the year he ran for president and in his first year in the White House, according to a report in The New York Times. Trump has fiercely guarded his tax filings, becoming the only president in modern times not to make them public. The details of the tax filings complicate…
LOUISVILLE, Ky. (AP) — A Kentucky lawmaker spent a night in jail after her arrest during protests demanding justice for Breonna Taylor. State Rep. Attica Scott was arrested and charged Thursday evening with first-degree rioting, a felony, and two misdemeanor counts: unlawful assembly and failure to disperse. The Black lawmaker on Friday called the charges “ludicrous.” She says she’ll redouble…
LOUISVILLE, Ky. (AP) — Police in Louisville, Kentucky, say at least 24 people were arrested from a protest in the city on Thursday. A statement says charges included unlawful assembly, failure to disperse and riot in the first degree. Authorities allege the protesters broke windows at a restaurant, damaged city buses, tried to set a fire and threw a flare…
LOUISVILLE, Ky. (AP) — Activists in Louisville, Kentucky, and other U.S. cities are back out chanting Breonna Taylor’s name and marching for a second night after a decision not to charge officers with killing the Black woman. Police in riot gear blocked roads Thursday night but kept their distance as the crowd streamed through the streets in Taylor’s hometown. Protesters…
LOUISVILLE, Ky. (AP) — The publisher of an online news website says two of the site’s reporters were arrested while covering protests of a grand jury’s decision not to indict officers in the fatal shooting of Breonna Taylor. Daily Caller publisher Neil Patel says the two reporters were peacefully doing their jobs in Louisville, Kentucky, on Wednesday night when they…
No. 21 Pittsburgh looks for its first 3-0 start since 2014 when the Panthers host 24th-ranked Louisville. Pitt’s defense has led the way through two games. The Panthers collected seven sacks in a win over Syracuse and lead the country in rush defense. Louisville will try to bounce back after falling at home to Miami in its ACC opener. The…
LOUISVILLE, Ky. (AP) — Democratic U.S. Senate candidate Amy McGrath says there is a need to “tackle the systemic racism” in the U.S. McGrath is challenging U.S. Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell in Kentucky’s November election. She met in downtown Louisville on Thursday with some of the protesters who have taken to the streets to seek justice for Breonna Taylor….
No. 23 Kentucky visits No. 8 Auburn to open the season in the only Top 25 matchup of the Southeastern Conference’s first weekend. It matches up the Tigers’ overhauled front lines against the Wildcats’ veteran big men. Kentucky quarterback Terry Wilson is back from a knee injury that cost him most of last season. Auburn is led by sophomore quarterback…
FRANKFORT, Ky. (AP) — Kentucky’s horse racing industry has suffered a potentially huge setback. The state’s Supreme Court ruled Thursday that at least some historical racing games being offered in betting parlors aren’t legal. Historical racing features slots-style machines allowing people to bet on randomly generated, past horse races. Bettors in Kentucky wagered more than $2 billion on historical racing…
LOUISVILLE, Ky. (AP) — Authorities are pleading for calm while activists are vowing to fight on in Kentucky’s largest city after a gunman wounded two police officers during anguished protests over the decision not to charge officers for killing Breonna Taylor. A new round of demonstrations in U.S. cities was set off by outrage over a grand jury’s failure to…
