FRANKFORT, Ky. (AP) — Kentucky schools would set aside time for a moment of silence at the start of each school day under a bill that won approval from a state House committee on Tuesday. The moment of silence would last one to two minutes at the start of the first class each day in public schools across the Bluegrass…
Republican presidential candidate former President Donald Trump during a campaign stop in Rochester, N.H., Sunday, Jan. 21, 2024. (AP Photo/Charles Krupa)ROCHESTER, N.H. (AP) — Donald Trump set aside months of criticism and mockery of Ron DeSantis on Sunday night, celebrating his onetime Republican rival as his newest supporter after the Florida governor ended his presidential campaign and endorsed the former…
FILE – Taylor Swift performs during “The Eras Tour” in Nashville, Tenn., May 5, 2023. According to Spotify Wrapped, Swift was 2023’s most-streamed artist globally. (AP Photo/George Walker IV, File)NEW YORK (AP) — Taylor Swift’s townhouse in New York City appears to have been the target of another break-in attempt, this time by a man who was arrested near the…
Mist from the Great Falls has created a frozen wonderland around the waterfalls in Paterson, N.J., on Thursday, Jan. 18, 2024. People are braving the subfreezing cold temps and slippery walkways to visit the ice-covered trees, benches and lamposts. (AP Photo/Ted Shaffrey)PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — Two weeks of storms that have turned roads into icy death traps, frozen people to…
FILE – This aerial photo shows part of the Bonanza Creek Ranch film set in Santa Fe, N.M., Oct. 23, 2021. A grand jury indicted Alec Baldwin on Friday, Jan. 19, 2024, on an involuntary manslaughter charge in a 2021 fatal shooting during a rehearsal on a movie set in New Mexico, reviving a dormant case against the A-list actor….
Kentucky state Rep. Kimberly Poore Moser chats with other lawmakers before speaking at a news conference to promote her maternal health bill on Wednesday, Jan. 17, 2024 in Frankfort, Ky. Moser later filed the bill that aims to combat Kentucky’s high maternal mortality rate. (AP Photo/Bruce Schreiner)FRANKFORT, Ky. (AP) — A bipartisan group of Kentucky lawmakers endorsed a bill Wednesday…
FILE – A George Mason University fan holds up the cover of Sports Illustrated magazine at a send off for the team, Wednesday, March 29, 2006, in Fairfax, Va. The publisher of Sports Illustrated has notified employees it is planning to lay off a significant portion — possibly all — of the outlet’s staff after its license to use the…
FRANKFORT, Ky. (AP) — Sweeping legislation that would keep felons locked up after a third violent offense won approval Thursday from a Kentucky House committee that heard mixed reviews about its potential to combat crime. The measure has emerged as a top priority this year in the Republican-dominated House. The proposal cleared the House Judiciary Committee after a long and…
FILE – Kentucky Gov. Andy Beshear speaks to a joint session of the state Legislature to deliver his State of the Commonwealth address in the House chambers of the state Capitol, Wednesday, Jan. 3, 2024, in Frankfort, Ky. Kentucky’s status as a pacesetter in college enrollment gains was touted by the governor and higher education leaders Thursday, Jan. 11, as…
FILE – A couple visits murals created to honor the victims of the shootings at Robb Elementary School, Aug. 25, 2022, in Uvalde, Texas. Department of Justice officials will release their findings of an investigation into the law enforcement response to the Uvalde school shooting this week, 18 months after the massacre that left 21 people dead. (AP Photo/Eric Gay)UVALDE,…
