(Credit: Pixabay)GUTHRIE, Ky. – A judge has dismissed a murder charge in the retrial of a Kentucky man previously convicted in the death of his girlfriend. The Courier Journal reports a prosecutor moved to dismiss Norman Graham’s charge last week, partly because the woman’s family said they didn’t want to relive the events in another trial. Graham was initially tried…
PARIS, Tenn. – Friends of the Tennessee National Wildlife Refuge is planning its winter bird-watching event in West Tennessee near western Kentucky. The Wings of Winter Birding Festival is held over much of the Kentucky Lake and Lake Barkley region in an area that is home to over 300 bird species. A news release from the Tennessee National Wildlife Refuge…
FRANKFORT, Ky. – Kentucky Gov. Andy Beshear has set special elections to fill two vacancies in the state House that occurred when Reps. Rocky Adkins and Dennis Keene joined Beshear’s administration. The governor’s office said the elections in Districts 67 and 99 are set for Feb. 25. The filing deadline for those nominated by their political party and petitions for…
(AP) BAGHDAD – Iraq’s president has refused to designate the prime minister nominee proposed by the Iran-backed parliamentary bloc. In a statement issued by his office Thursday, Barham Salih said he would not name Asaad al-Eidani, the governor of the southern Basra province. Al-Eidani was proposed as a candidate Wednesday by the Fatah bloc, which includes leaders associated with the…
(AP) KHARTOUM, Sudan – Members of a Sudanese Christian community were able to celebrate Christmas with a joyous march for the first time in years. Under authoritarian former President Omar al-Bashir, the event had been suspended. But he was ousted from power in April. Now Sudan appears to be on a fragile path to democracy and religious freedom. Members of…
Rio de Janeiro – Simone Biles, ginasta dos Estados Unidos, durante final em que levou medalha de ouro na disputa por equipes feminina nos Jogos Olímpicos Rio 2016. (Fernando Frazão/Agência Brasil)(AP) Gymnast Simone Biles is the 2019 AP Female Athlete of the Year. The reigning world and Olympic champion edged U.S. women’s soccer star Megan Rapinoe for the honor in…
WARRENTON, Ore. (AP) – A feel-good environmental story is unfolding in the Pacific Ocean. Populations of more than a half-dozen species of fish referred to as “groundfish” have rebounded to healthy levels nearly 20 years after their numbers plummeted from overfishing. On Jan. 1, federal regulators will reopen several thousand square miles of ocean off the U.S. West Coast to…
PALM BEACH, Fla. (AP) — President Donald Trump is speaking out against what he describes as the “carnage” afflicting civilians in a rebel stronghold in Syria. He wrote in a tweet Thursday that “Russia, Syria and Iran are killing, or on their way to killing” thousands of civilians in Idlib province. That’s the last rebel-held bastion in Syria. The province…
(AP) PAIOLI, Ind. – A southern Indiana ski resort has temporarily closed its slopes amid unseasonably warm weather that’s melting its artificial snowpack. Paoli Peaks said Wednesday in a tweet that it was closing its slopes and tubing park beginning Thursday until cold air returns and “we have the opportunity to make additional snow.” The resort is located about 50…
(AP) SPRINGFIELD, Va. – Past and present national security leaders are urging state elections officials to consider themselves linchpins in efforts to defend U.S. elections from an attack by Russia, China or other foreign threats. Officials from 24 states recently gathered near the nation’s capital for training by a Harvard-affiliated democracy project. The key message: Developing a military mindset will…
