Destroyed farms and buildings in the Gaza Strip as seen from Southern Israel, Friday, Dec. 22, 2023. (AP Photo/Leo Correa)UNITED NATIONS (AP) — The United States defended its veto of a call for the immediate suspension of hostilities in Gaza at a U.N. meeting Tuesday and again faced demands by the Palestinians and many other countries for a cease-fire now…
FRANKFORT, Ky. (AP) — Republican lawmakers in the Kentucky House unveiled a three-strikes measure on Tuesday that would keep people locked up after being convicted of a third violent felony. The proposal is part of a much broader anti-crime bill designated as a priority for Republicans in the 60-day session. The measure surfaced during the second week of the session…
DETROIT (AP) — U.S. consumers looking to get a tax credit on an electric vehicle purchase have fewer models to choose from under new rules that limit the countries where automakers can buy battery parts and minerals — a potential blow to efforts to reduce planet-warming emissions from autos. The Inflation Reduction Act signed into law in 2022 expanded tax…
Photo source: Louisville Metro Police DepartmentLOUISVILLE, Ky. (AP) — A Kentucky newspaper has sued the state’s biggest city to get access to police records cited in a federal investigation. The Courier Journal reported on Monday that it filed a lawsuit against Louisville Metro Government after the city’s police department failed to respond to a request for search warrant applications cited…
A local resident clears overnight snow from a driveway, Tuesday, Jan. 9, 2024, in Urbandale, Iowa. (AP Photo/Charlie Neibergall)DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — A sprawling storm hit the South with tornado warnings and high winds that blew roofs off homes, flipped over campers and tossed about furniture in Florida on Tuesday. Another storm brought cities across the Midwest to a…
Hadley Duvall speaks at a news conference on Tuesday, Jan. 9, 2024, at the Kentucky Capitol in Frankfort, Ky. Duvall endorses legislation in Kentucky that would allow abortions when pregnancies are caused by rape or incest, or when pregnancies are deemed nonviable or medical emergencies threaten the mother. Duvall appeared in a powerful campaign ad last year in which she…
Source: KTVT via CNN Newsource. FORT WORTH, Texas (AP) — Firefighters scoured the wreckage of a historic Fort Worth hotel on Tuesday as they investigated the cause of a massive explosion that shattered windows, littered the streets with debris and injured 21 people, including one critically. The Monday blast blew doors and sections of wall into the road in front…
PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — The emergency began with a bang three miles above Oregon. The first six minutes of Friday’s Alaska Airlines flight 1282 from Portland to Southern California’s Ontario International Airport had been routine, the Boeing 737 Max 9 about halfway to its cruising altitude and traveling at more than 400 mph. As the plane climbed, the cabin’s air…
Kentucky Governor Andy Beshear sits for his first interview following his re-election in the Kentucky Governors race in the State Reception Room at the Kentucky State Capitol Frankfort, Ky., Wednesday, Nov. 8, 2023. Beshear defeated Attorney General Daniel Cameron to retain the Governorship. (AP Photo/Timothy D. Easley)FRANKFORT, Ky. (AP) — Democratic Gov. Andy Beshear, who defeated Donald Trump-backed rivals twice…
FILE – Former President Donald Trump speaks at a campaign rally, Saturday, Dec. 16, 2023, in Durham, N.H. The Colorado Supreme Court on Tuesday, Dec. 19, declared Trump ineligible for the White House under the U.S. Constitution’s insurrection clause and removed him from the state’s presidential primary ballot, setting up a likely showdown in the nation’s highest court to decide…
