Author: Associated Press

Kentucky Derby coverage to air entirely on NBC

NEW YORK (AP) — NBC Sports coverage of the Kentucky Derby will air entirely on NBC. The seven-plus hours is believed to be the largest window for horse racing on one of the broadcast networks. In previous years, some of the early races on the Derby Day card from Churchill Downs would air on NBC Sports Network or USA Network….

Churchill Downs announces plans for 150th Kentucky Derby

LOUISVILLE, Ky. (AP) — Churchill Downs is planning a series of celebrations and fan experiences leading up to the milestone 150th Kentucky Derby in May 2024. The track rolled out a new website on Wednesday that included the official Kentucky Derby 150 logo. Horse racing’s marquee event for 3-year-old thoroughbreds is the first jewel of the Triple Crown, as well…

Ex-officer who fatally shot Breonna Taylor hired as a deputy

CARROLLTON, Ky. (AP) — A Louisville police officer who fired the fatal shot that killed Breonna Taylor has a new job in law enforcement in a county northeast of the city. The Carroll County Sheriff’s Office on Saturday confirmed the hiring of Myles Cosgrove, who was fired from the Louisville Metro Police Department in January 2021 for violating use-of-force procedures…

Don Lemon, longtime CNN host, out at cable news network

Photo: CNN via CNN NewsourceNEW YORK (AP) — Longtime CNN host Don Lemon is out at the cable news network a little over two months after apologizing to viewers for on-air comments about Republican presidential candidate Nikki Haley. CNN announced Lemon’s departure Monday. The host said in a Twitter post that he was stunned by the move and said he…

Supreme Court set to decide on abortion pill access

Photo: CNNWASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court is facing a self-imposed Friday night deadline to decide whether women’s access to a widely used abortion pill will stay unchanged or be restricted while a legal challenge to its Food and Drug Administration approval goes on. The justices are weighing arguments that allowing restrictions contained in lower-court rulings to take effect would…

House approves trans athlete ban for girls and women’s teams

Image: House TVWASHINGTON (AP) — Transgender athletes whose biological sex assigned at birth was male would be barred from competing on girls or women’s sports teams at federally supported schools and colleges under legislation pushed through Thursday by House Republicans checking off another high-profile item on their social agenda. The bill approved by a 219-203 party-line vote is unlikely to…

SpaceX giant rocket explodes minutes after launch from Texas

Photo: SpaceXSOUTH PADRE ISLAND, Texas (AP) — SpaceX’s giant new rocket exploded minutes after blasting off on its first test flight Thursday and crashed into the Gulf of Mexico. Elon Musk’s company was aiming to send the nearly 400-foot (120-meter) Starship rocket on a round-the-world trip from the southern tip of Texas, near the Mexican border. It carried no people…

Kentucky gov candidate backs some Medicaid work requirements

Republican gubernatorial candidate Daniel Cameron says he supports creating a work requirement for some able-bodied Kentucky adults receiving Medicaid health coverage. His comments reignite an issue from the governor’s race four years ago. Cameron, who is currently the state attorney general, raised the issue at a GOP candidates’ forum Tuesday in Paducah. He pledged that if elected in November, he…

Are you a Facebook user? You could get some settlement cash

Anyone in the U.S. who has had a Facebook account at any time since May 24, 2007, can now apply for their share of a $725 million privacy settlement that parent company Meta has agreed to pay. Meta is paying to settle a lawsuit alleging the world’s largest social media platform allowed millions of its users’ personal information to be…

Supreme Court temporarily extends access to abortion pill

Photo: CNNWASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court has temporarily extended women’s access to an abortion pill until Friday while the justices consider whether to allow restrictions on mifepristone to take effect as a legal challenge to the medication’s Food and Drug Administration approval continues. In an order signed by Justice Samuel Alito on Wednesday, the court indicated it will act…