LOUISVILLE, Ky. (AP) — A horse died Sunday after a race at Churchill Downs, making it the eighth fatality in recent weeks at the home of the Kentucky Derby. Rio Moon “suffered a catastrophic injury to his left foreleg a few strides after the wire,” according to notes in the Equibase chart for the sixth race. The 3-year-old colt ridden…
File PhotoFRANKFORT, Ky. (AP) — Democratic Gov. Andy Beshear on Thursday highlighted law enforcement successes in blocking the spread of illegal drugs in Kentucky, offering an election-year response to Republican criticism of his record in fighting back against the deadly drug scourge. Beshear pointed to the seizure of 142 pounds (64 kilograms) of fentanyl in the past seven months and…
Photo source: CNN NEW YORK (AP) — A U.S. Marine veteran who used a fatal chokehold on an agitated New York City subway passenger was freed from custody Friday hours after surrendering to face a manslaughter charge filed nearly two weeks after the encounter. Daniel Penny, 24, appeared in court after turning himself in at a police station to answer…
LOUISVILLE, Ky. (AP) — Kentucky Derby winner Mage will run in the 148th Preakness following an encouraging workout at Churchill Downs, its co-owner said. Mage galloped about 1 1/2 miles at a brisk pace with exercise rider J.J. Delgado aboard on a cloudy but mild Friday morning at the track. Co-owner and bloodstock agent Ramiro Restrepo said the chestnut colt…
Photo source: NBC NewsLIMA, Peru (AP) — Peru’s government will allow the extradition to the United States of the prime suspect in the unsolved 2005 disappearance of American student Natalee Holloway on the Dutch Caribbean Island of Aruba, bringing her family hope there will be justice in the case. Dutch citizen Joran van der Sloot will be sent to the…
Photo source: WWBTRICHMOND, Va. (AP) — Police say an altercation between two co-workers at a Virginia hospital led to a fatal shooting. Richmond police said they are working with the VCU Police Department to investigate the shooting at the VCU Medical Center early Wednesday. Police said they received an emergency call at about 12:04 a.m. of shots fired. Authorities said…
Photo source: CNN, Kouri Richins/FacebookSALT LAKE CITY (AP) — After her husband died last year, she wrote a children’s book on grief. Now she’s charged with his murder. Kouri Richins was arrested on Monday in Utah and is accused in charging documents of poisoning her husband with a lethal dose of fentanyl at their home in Kamas, a small mountain…
Photo by: Louisville Metro Police DepartmentLOUISVILLE, Ky. (AP) — A rookie police officer who was critically wounded while responding to a mass shooting at a Louisville bank last month and remains hospitalized is making steady improvements and “remains on the correct path to recovery,” the Louisville Metro Police Foundation said. Nickolas Wilt, 26, was shot in the head while responding…
Photo source: CNNCENTRAL ISLIP, N.Y. (AP) — U.S. Rep. George Santos, the New York Republican infamous for fabricating key parts of his life story, has been indicted on charges that he embezzled money from his campaign, lied to Congress about his income and cheated his way into undeserved unemployment benefits, prosecutors said Wednesday. The indictment says Santos induced supporters to…
Photo source: CNNNEW YORK (AP) — A jury found Donald Trump liable Tuesday for sexually abusing advice columnist E. Jean Carroll in 1996, awarding her $5 million in a judgment that could haunt the former president as he campaigns to regain the White House. The verdict was announced in a federal courtroom in New York City on the first day…
