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Election 2024 Coverage, Kentucky News, News

GOP secretary of state who spoke out against election denialism wins JFK Profile in Courage Award

By BRUCE SCHREINER Associated Press
Associated Press,

Kentucky Republican Secretary of State Michael Adams, who worked to expand early voting in the Bluegrass State and has spoken out against election denialism in his own party, has been chosen to receive the John F. Kennedy Profile in Courage Award this year. In its announcement Monday, the JFK Library Foundation said Adams was recognized “for expanding voting rights and…

Kentucky News, National News

Mystik Dan wins 150th Kentucky Derby by a nose in a 3-horse photo finish at Churchill Downs

By BETH HARRIS AP Racing Writer
Associated Press,

LOUISVILLE, Ky. (AP) — Mystik Dan won the 150th Kentucky Derby in a photo finish, edging out Forever Young and Sierra Leone for the upset victory. Sent off at 18-1 odds, Mystik Dan and jockey Brian Hernandez Jr. rode the rail down the stretch with a short lead. Forever Young from Japan and Sierra Leone gave chase and pressured the…

National News

Police clear pro-Palestinian protesters from Columbia University’s Hamilton Hall

By JAKE OFFENHARTZ, JOSEPH B. FREDERICK and STEFANIE DAZIO Associated Press
Associated Press,

NEW YORK (AP) — Police officers carrying zip ties and riot shields stormed a Columbia University building being occupied by pro-Palestinian protesters, streaming in through a window late Tuesday and arresting dozens of people. The protesters had seized the administration building, known as Hamilton Hall, more than 20 hours earlier in a major escalation as demonstrations against the Israel-Hamas war…

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National News

Israel-Hamas war protesters arrested in Texas, others defy Columbia University demand to leave camp

By CEDAR ATTANASIO, JAKE OFFENHARTZ and JONATHAN MATTISE Associated Press
Associated Press,

Source: CNN, WSB, KUSA, WSET, SARAH BERNSTEIN via CNN Newsource. NEW YORK (AP) — Colleges around the U.S. implored pro-Palestinian student protesters to clear out tent encampments with rising levels of urgency Monday, as police made more arrests at the University of Texas and Columbia University said it was beginning to suspend students who defied an ultimatum to leave the…

National News

Several officers shot trying to serve warrant in North Carolina, suspect killed, police say

Associated Press,

CHARLOTTE, N.C. (AP) — Several officers on a task force trying to serve a warrant in a suburban Charlotte, North Carolina, neighborhood were shot Monday afternoon and a suspect in the shooting was found dead inside a home, police said. Officers from several agencies in the U.S. Marshals Task Force were carrying out the operation in the residential area when…

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Horse racing’s household name will miss the 150th Kentucky Derby. Bob Baffert is exiled for 3rd year

By BETH HARRIS AP Racing Writer
Associated Press,

The 150th Kentucky Derby is missing horse racing’s household name. Bob Baffert owns a record-tying six victories, but he won’t be saddling a horse in Saturday’s Run for the Roses for the third consecutive year. Last summer, Baffert had another year tacked on to his two-year suspension by Churchill Downs Inc., which was set to expire in 2023. The extra…
National News

Net neutrality restored as FCC votes to regulate internet providers

By DAVID HAMILTON AP Technology Writer
Associated Press,

SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — The Federal Trade Commission on Thursday voted to restore “net neutrality” rules that prevent broadband internet providers such as Comcast and Verizon from favoring some sites and apps over others. The move effectively reinstates a net neutrality order the commission first issued in 2015 during the Obama administration. In 2017, under then-President Donald Trump, the FCC…

National News

Tennessee Senate advances bill to allow death penalty for child rape

By KIMBERLEE KRUESI Associated Press
Associated Press,

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Tennessee’s GOP-controlled Senate advanced legislation on Tuesday allowing the death penalty in child rape convictions as critics raised concerns that the U.S. Supreme Court has banned capital punishment in such cases. Republicans approved the bill on a 24-5 vote. It must still clear the similarly conservatively dominant House chamber before it can go to Gov. Bill…

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