AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — Former Obama housing secretary Julián Castro is ending his run for president. His announcement Thursday comes after Castro failed to garner enough support or donations to make the recent Democratic presidential debates. The former San Antonio mayor languished around 1% in polls and lagged behind his 2020 rivals in fundraising. Castro was the only Latino candidate…
ASHLAND, Ky. (AP) — A Kentucky city is hosting a dedication ceremony for several new statues, including two of Roman deities. The Independent reports the city of Ashland’s Friday ceremony will include a lighting ceremony and a presentation by the artist. The newspaper says the bronzed statues of Venus, Vulcan and the concept of Genesis were commissioned by an anonymous…
Kentucky’s 2012 title team and Villanova’s 2018 championship team are among the best of the decade in college basketball. Virginia in 2019, Duke in 2015 and North Carolina’s 2017 title team also were voted the best of the 2010s. A panel of Associated Press poll voters picked the best teams of the decade.
DANVILLE, Ky. – A Kentucky sheriff’s deputy and two other people were injured in a crash in which the deputy’s police dog died. Danville police say Boyle County Deputy Casey McCoy was treated from a hospital and released after Tuesday’s two-vehicle accident along U.S. Route 150. WKYT-TV reports McCoy’s K-9, a nine-year-old Belgian Malinois named Niki, died at an animal…
PINEVILLE, Ky. – Authorities say a Kentucky woman gave her probation officer a dog urine sample during a drug screening. Police in Pineville say 40-year-old Julie Miller was arrested Monday on a charge of tampering with physical evidence. She also was charged with a parole violation and trafficking in a controlled substance. Police say Miller admitted she tried to use…
WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. (AP) — President Donald Trump says he’ll sign the first phase of a trade deal with China at the White House on Jan. 15. Trump says Tuesday on Twitter that he’ll then travel to Beijing at a later date for talks aimed at reaching agreement on outstanding sticking points in the U.S.-China trade relationship. In the…
PERTH, Australia (AP) — Wildfires burning across Australia’s two most populous states have trapped residents of a seaside town in apocalyptic conditions, destroyed many properties and caused at least two fatalities. About 4,000 people fled to the waterfront of a southeastern town as winds pushed an emergency-level wildfire towards their homes. The town of Mallacoota was shrouded in darkness from…
WASHINGTON (AP) — State Dept says all US personnel safe at Iraq embassy, no plans to evacuate. An update to the previous article: Dozens of Iraqi Shiite militiamen and their supporters have broken into the U.S. Embassy compound in Baghdad, smashing a main door and setting fire to a reception area. The mob was angered over deadly U.S. airstrikes that…
WHITE SETTLEMENT, Texas (AP) — The man who opened fire inside a Texas church, killing two people before being shot to death, visited the church several other times this year and was given food but got angry when officials refused to give him money. That’s according to the church’s minister, Britt Farmer, who told The Christian Chronicle that the church…
CINCINNATI, Ohio (AP) — A federal judge will hear next week whether a plea deal has been reached in the case of a 24-year-old man charged with lying about being a long-missing child. U.S. District Judge Michael Barrett in Cincinnati has a Jan. 8 status conference scheduled for Brian Michael Rini. Barrett has ruled that Rini is competent to stand…
