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Kentucky Senate confirms Robbie Fletcher as next state education commissioner

By BRUCE SCHREINER Associated Press
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FRANKFORT, Ky. (AP) — Veteran school administrator Robbie Fletcher won state Senate confirmation Monday to become Kentucky’s next education commissioner, taking on a lead role in managing a statewide school system that, based on test scores, is still recovering from pandemic-era setbacks. Fletcher’s confirmation came three days after he discussed his education priorities and management style during an appearance before…

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Fire destroys Copenhagen’s Old Stock Exchange dating to 1600s, collapsing its dragon-tail spire

By JAN M. OLSEN Associated Press
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COPENHAGEN, Denmark (AP) — A fire raged through one of Copenhagen’s oldest buildings Tuesday, causing the collapse of the iconic spire of the 17th-century Old Stock Exchange as passersby rushed to help emergency services save priceless paintings and other valuables. The blaze broke out on the building’s copper roof during renovations, and police said it was too early to say…

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Kentucky Senate confirms Robbie Fletcher as next state education commissioner

Associated Press,

By BRUCE SCHREINER Associated Press FRANKFORT, Ky. (AP) — Veteran school administrator Robbie Fletcher won state Senate confirmation Monday to become Kentucky’s next education commissioner, taking on a lead role in managing a statewide school system that, based on test scores, is still recovering from pandemic-era setbacks. Fletcher’s confirmation came three days after he discussed his education priorities and management…

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Former Kentucky swimmers sue ex-coaches, AD Mitch Barnhart, alleging ‘sexually hostile environment’

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LEXINGTON, Ky. (AP) — Two former Kentucky swim team members have sued the school, former coach Lars Jorgensen and athletic director Mitch Barnhart, alleging sexual assaults including rape by the former coach and claiming the school “purposefully” disregarded multiple credible reports of inappropriate sexual relationships. The lawsuit filed Friday in U.S. District Court by former swimmer and assistant coach Briggs…

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US shoots down Iran-launched attack drones as Biden team pledges ‘support’ for Israel against Tehran

By ZEKE MILLER and MICHELLE L. PRICE Associated Press
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WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden and his national security team monitored Iran’s aerial attack against Israel on Saturday as U.S. forces joined efforts to down explosive-laden drones launched by Tehran. With tensions at their highest since the Israel-Hamas war began six months ago, Biden pledged that American support for Israel’s defense against attacks by Iran and its proxies is…

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Scottie Scheffler leads Masters by 1 shot on a wild day of movement

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Scottie Scheffler for the outright lead. #themasters pic.twitter.com/z0Ob529Hxk — Golf on CBS ⛳ (@GolfonCBS) April 13, 2024 AUGUSTA, Ga. (AP) — Scottie Scheffler made one last birdie and let out one big exhale Saturday on a wild day of charges and collapses at the Masters, giving him a 1-under 71 and a one-shot lead over two-time major champion Collin Morikawa….

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Kentucky GOP lawmakers remove Democratic governor’s role in filling US Senate vacancies

By BRUCE SCHREINER Associated Press
Associated Press,

FRANKFORT, Ky. (AP) — Republican lawmakers in Kentucky on Friday removed the Democratic governor from any role filling future U.S. Senate vacancies — a move supporters said was unrelated to recent scrutiny about the health of the state’s senior senator, Republican leader Mitch McConnell. The GOP supermajority Legislature easily overrode Gov. Andy Beshear’s veto of the measure. The legislation calls…

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Robert MacNeil, creator and first anchor of PBS ‘NewsHour’ nightly newscast, dies at 93

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NEW YORK (AP) — Robert MacNeil, who created the even-handed, no-frills PBS newscast “The MacNeil-Lehrer NewsHour” in the 1970s and co-anchored the show with his late partner, Jim Lehrer, for two decades, died on Friday. He was 93. MacNeil died of natural causes at New York-Presbyterian Hospital, according to his daughter, Alison MacNeil. MacNeil first gained prominence for his coverage…

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If O.J. Simpson’s assets go to court, Goldman, Brown families could be first in line

By ANDREW DALTON AP Entertainment Writer
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LOS ANGELES (AP) — O.J. Simpson died Wednesday without having paid the lion’s share of the $33.5 million judgment a California civil jury awarded to the families of his ex-wife Nicole Brown Simpson and her friend Ron Goldman. Acquitted at a criminal trial, Simpson was found liable by jurors in a 1997 wrongful death lawsuit. The public is now likely…

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Tennessee lawmakers send bill to ban first-cousin marriages to governor

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NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — The Republican-led Tennessee Legislature has overwhelmingly voted to send GOP Gov. Bill Lee a proposal that would ban marriage between first cousins. The House cast a 75-2 vote Thursday on the bill after the Senate previously approved it without any opposition. But a particularly vocal opponent, Republican Rep. Gino Bulso, took up most of the debate…

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