FRANKFORT, Ky. (AP) — Kentucky Gov. Andy Beshear is calling for bipartisan cooperation during a legislative session that will be dominated by work on a new two-year state budget. State lawmakers will convene Tuesday for a 60-day session that will stretch into mid-April. Republicans hold supermajorities in both the House and Senate, giving them considerable leverage in dealing with the…
SEATTLE, Wash. (AP) — Civil rights groups and lawmakers are demanding information from federal officials following reports that dozens of Iranian-Americans were held up and questioned at the border as they returned to the United States. The Washington state chapter of the Council on American-Islamic Relations says more than 60 Iranians and Iranian-Americans were detained and questioned at the Peace…
BAGHDAD, Iraq (AP) — A push to oust U.S. troops from Iraq is gaining momentum, bolstered by a Parliament vote in favor of a bill calling on the Iraqi government remove them. But the path forward is unclear. In Iraq’s deeply divided terrain, with a resigned prime minister and raging proxy war between Iran and the U.S., ending America’s 17-year…
(Credit: Pixabay)FRANKFORT, Ky. (AP) — A Kentucky judge accused of misconduct has been temporarily removed from the bench while an inquiry proceeds. The Kentucky Judicial Conduct Commission said in its order Monday that the panel found “it will be in the best interest of justice” to suspend Kenton County Family Court Judge Dawn Gentry from the bench with pay while…
WASHINGTON (AP) — Former White House national security adviser John Bolton says he is “prepared to testify” if he is subpoenaed by the Senate in its impeachment trial of President Donald Trump. Bolton’s surprise statement Monday bolsters congressional Democrats, who are pushing for the Senate to call new witnesses in the trial. Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell has publicly expressed…
WHITESBURG, Ky. (AP) — A handful of Kentucky counties have passed resolutions declaring local governments “Second Amendment sanctuaries.” Dozens of others are poised to vote on the issue. The Lexington Herald-Leader reports Letcher County is among the latest to pass such a resolution as a defense against possible legislation that could limit access to firearms. Letcher County Judge-Executive Terry Adams…
NEW YORK, N.Y. (AP) — Harvey Weinstein and several women who have accused him of sexual misconduct converged Monday at a New York City courthouse ahead of his trial on charges of rape and sexual assault. The 67-year-old movie mogul entered the building Monday leaning on a walker following recent back surgery. He, his lawyers and a judge were handling…
File PicLOUISVILLE, Ky. (AP) — Police in Kentucky are investigating what led to an altercation at a Louisville bar that left a man dead on Sunday. Louisville Metro Police told news outlets that officers responded to a bar on Bardstown Road just after 1 a.m. where they found a man who appeared to be in his 30s suffering from serious…
OLIVE HILL, Ky. (AP) — Kentucky’s Carter Caves State Resort Park is offering more than 200 activities at its Winter Adventure Weekend this month. Among the activities during the four-day event are cave tours, winter survival, rappelling, ice climbing and guided hikes. There will be 243 workshops and field trips for people ranging from beginners to advanced winter adventurers, based…
PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) — The global benchmark for crude oil has risen above $70 a barrel for the first time in over three months. The increase came amid jitters over the escalating military tensions between Iran and the United States after an American drone strike killed Iranian Gen. Qassem Soleimani. The price of oil is now up more than 5%…
