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10.04.2023 / 14:15

'Multiple casualties' in shooting at Louisville bank building, police say

LOUISVILLE, Ky. (AP) - Police are reporting "multiple casualties" as they respond to a shooting in a bank building in downtown Louisville.The Louisville Metro Police Department said Monday on Twitter there was an ongoing situation and asked people to avoid the area.

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2 Army Blackhawk helicopters crash in Kentucky, killing 9 people

LOUISVILLE, Ky. - Nine people were killed in a crash involving two Army Black Hawk helicopters in Kentucky, a military spokesperson said.Nondice Thurman, a spokesperson for Fort Campbell, said Thursday morning that the deaths happened the previous night in southwestern Kentucky during a routine training mission.A statement from Fort Campbell says the two HH-60 Black Hawk helicopters, part of the 101st Airborne Division, crashed around 10 p.m. Wednesday in Trigg County, Kentucky.

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First infant anonymously dropped off at Kentucky 'baby box' surrender location

Safe Haven Baby Boxes Founder Monica Kelsey stands next to a Kentucky Safe Haven Baby Box sign. (Photo courtesy of Safe Haven Baby Boxes) The first infant in Kentucky was anonymously left at one of the state's "baby box" safe surrender locations after a new state law allowed newborns to be dropped off anonymously.Safe Haven Baby Boxes founder and CEO Monica Kelsey said at a news conference Friday the child was dropped off within the prior week at a Bowling Green Fire Department location, and that fire department staff was able to tend to the child in less than 90 seconds.This is the 24th child in the country to be surrendered at one of more than 130 baby boxes and drawers established across nine states by Safe Haven Baby Boxes."This baby is healthy.

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Biden surveys flood damage in Kentucky as state braces for more storms

WASHINGTON - President Joe Biden and first lady Jill Biden arrived in Kentucky on Monday to meet with families and view damage from storms that have resulted in the worst flooding in Kentucky's history.At least 37 people have died since last month's deluge, which dropped 8 to 10 1/2 inches of rain in only 48 hours. The National Weather Service said Sunday that flooding remains a threat, warning of more thunderstorms through Thursday.The Bidens were greeted warmly by Gov.

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Historic Kentucky flooding: At least 30 dead with search and rescue underway and more rain expected this week

vehicles and rivers and creeks rose out of their banks.Kentucky Gov. Andy Beshear announced the latest death toll Monday morning in addition to the latest recovery efforts."We can now confirm that we have lost 30 Kentuckians to this flooding," Beshear said in a news conference.

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Dozens still missing in Kentucky as state braces for more rain

HINDMAN, Ky. - The number of deaths from massive flooding in Kentucky climbed to 26 on Sunday and several dozen people remained missing amid a renewed threat of more heavy rain.Kentucky Gov. Andy Beshear said on NBC’s "Meet The Press" that the death toll had risen by one since Saturday from last week's storms.Beshear has said the number would likely rise significantly and it could take weeks to find all the victims. As many as 37 people were unaccounted for, according to a daily briefing from the Federal Emergency Management Agency.On top of that, more flash flooding was possible in portions of Appalachia on Sunday and Monday as the latest storms roll through, the National Weather Service said.

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Kentucky flooding: At least 16 dead in central Appalachia after ‘devastating’ storm

Kentucky‘s governor said 16 people have died, a toll he expected to grow as the rain keeps falling.“We’ve still got a lot of searching to do,” said Jerry Stacy, the emergency management director in Kentucky ‘s hard-hit Perry County. “We still have missing people.”Powerful floodwaters swallowed towns that hug creeks and streams in Appalachian valleys and hollows, swamping homes and businesses, leaving vehicles in useless piles and crunching runaway equipment and debris against bridges.

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Kentucky flooding: Video shows woman, dog trapped on roof as search for victims continues

Kentucky's governor said it could take weeks to find all the victims of flash flooding that killed at least 16 people when torrential rains swamped towns across Appalachia.More rainstorms are forecast in coming days as rescue crews continue the struggle to get into hard-hit areas, some of them among the poorest places in America.The rain let up early Friday after parts of eastern Kentucky received between 8 and 10 1/2 inches (20-27 centimeters) over 48 hours. But some waterways were not expected to crest until Saturday and Gov. Andy Beshear warned the death toll could rise further."From everything we’ve seen, we may be updating the count of how many we lost for the next several weeks," Beshear said.

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Kentucky flooding: Death toll rises to 15 people, more expected, governor says

JACKSON, Ky. - Search and rescue teams backed by the National Guard searched Friday for people missing in record floods that wiped out entire communities in some of the poorest places in America. Kentucky’s governor said 15 people have died, a toll he expected to grow as the rain keeps falling."We’ve still got a lot of searching to do," said Jerry Stacy, the emergency management director in Kentucky’s hard-hit Perry County.

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Incarcerated father loses bid to attend Uvalde victim's funeral despite help from Kardashian, others

(L) Kim Kardashian attends the 2022 Vanity Fair Oscar Party hosted by Radhika Jones at Wallis Annenberg Center for the Performing Arts on March 27, 2022, in Beverly Hills, California. (Photo by Karwai Tang/Getty Images) (R) Eliahna Torres, 10, is pic UVALDE, Texas - Despite help from public figures, including a plea from Kim Kardashian, the father of a girl killed in the Uvalde, Texas, school shooting was denied a request to temporarily leave prison to attend her funeral. Eliahna Cruz Torres, 10, was among the 19 children killed by a gunman on May 24 at Robb Elementary School in the southwestern Texas town.

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Kentucky tornadoes: Gov. says all are accounted for after deadly storms

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) - All of the people reported missing in Kentucky after tornadoes swept through the state last weekend have been accounted for, Gov.

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Kentucky man rescues wife, sister-in-law from rubble of candle factory demolished by tornado

MAYFIELD, Ky. - An MMA fighter rescued his wife, her sister and others trapped in the Mayfield, Kentucky, candle factory a tornado leveled."It's a miracle I even found them. I don't know how it happened," Brian Brooks told Fox News.Tornadoes flattened and destroyed entire communities across multiple states Friday and Saturday.

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Deadly tornadoes: Final toll unclear after storms hit Kentucky, other states

extraordinarily long path of about 200 miles, authorities said.Kentucky Gov. Andy Beshear said Sunday that he’d never seen "damage at this scale, ever."At least eight people were killed at the state's Mayfield Consumer Products candle factory and another 12 were reported killed in and around Bowling Green.

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Dozens dead, many trapped as deadly tornadoes rip through several U.S. states

At least 50 people were likely to have been killed in a devastating outbreak of tornadoes that ripped through Kentucky and several other U.S. states late Friday and early Saturday, Kentucky Governor Andy Beshear said.

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Kentucky tornado: Gov. fears dozens dead after storm hits candle factory

EDWARDSVILLE, Ill. (AP) - Tornadoes and severe weather caused catastrophic damage across multiple states late Friday, killing at least six people overnight as it tore through a candle factory in Kentucky, an Amazon facility in Illinois and a nursing home in Arkansas.

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Interview: Kentucky governor sees useful lessons in pandemic

FRANKFORT, Ky. – Kentucky Gov. Andy Beshear said Wednesday there are lessons to be drawn from the COVID-19 pandemic — from a greater sense of shared responsibility to the outsized role social media plays in a crisis.

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Court to hear bid for new defense of Kentucky abortion law

WASHINGTON – The Supreme Court on Monday agreed to hear an appeal from Kentucky's attorney general, who wants to be allowed to defend a restriction on abortion rights that lower courts had struck down.

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After ‘record’ Kentucky flooding, officials survey damage, seek federal help

heavy rains hit many parts of the state, resulting in massive flooding and evacuations this week. In at least one county, residents were asked to conserve water.Kentucky Gov.

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Justice Gorsuch says Kentucky governor should face judicial review in dissent on religious schools case

Supreme Court Justice Neil Gorsuch argued in a Thursday decision that religious schools in Kentucky deserved to have their day in court rather than, as his colleagues did, sidelining their challenge to the governor's coronavirus restrictions. The majority rejected the challenge, noting that Democratic Governor Andy Beshear's executive order, which prohibits in-person instruction, would expire within weeks.

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Kentucky ABC shuts down Lexington coffee shop for refusing to close after new coronavirus order

Kentucky alcohol authorities suspended a Lexington coffee shop’s operating license after the owner defied a coronavirus executive order to shut down, according to reports. The Kentucky Alcohol Beverage Control (ABC) on Tuesday ordered Brewed at 124 Malabu to close down in accordance with state guidelines, but owner Andrew Cooperrider continued to operate.

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Coronavirus cases in Kentucky surge

Kentucky once again broke the record for new cases of COVID-19 reported in a week on Sunday when the state recorded 1,449 new cases of the virus, state officials said. The 1,449 cases also mark the highest number of new cases ever reported on a Sunday, according to a statement from the office of Kentucky Gov. Andy Beshear.

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Military suicides up as much as 20% amid COVID-19 pandemic

FILE - Servicemen of the U.S. Army stand to attention during Exercise Rapid Trident 2020 at the International Peacekeeping and Security Center (IPSC) near Yavoriv, Lviv Region, western Ukraine.

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Kentucky saw nearly 1,000 coronavirus cases in a single day

coronavirus cases was reported Sunday in Kentucky, a spike that the governor of that state said should be a “wake-up call” for residents to abide by mask and social distancing restrictions.Democratic Gov. Andy Beshear announced in a news release that there were 979 new cases reported Sunday, including 30 involving children 5 years old or younger.

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Governor has role in Davis statue's removal from Capitol

FRANKFORT, Ky. – Having led the push to take down a statue of Jefferson Davis from the Kentucky Capitol, the state's governor had a ceremonial role Saturday in its removal from the place it stood for decades.Gov. Andy Beshear pushed the button to a rig that lifted the 15-foot (4.5-meter) marble statue off its pedestal in the ornate Capitol Rotunda.

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Pandemic Continues To Affect Day Programs For Adults With Disabilities.

The Louisville (KY) Courier-Journal (6/1, Yetter) reports on how the coronavirus pandemic has affected day centers for adults with disabilities. For example, more than 100 such centers have been closed in Kentucky “since March 20 by order of Gov.

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Louisville seeks US review of police killing of black woman

LOUISVILLE, Ky. – Louisville officials have now asked the U.S. Justice Department and the FBI to review the police department's internal investigation of the killing of a black woman by officers raiding her home two months ago.

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Governor apologizes to man named Tupac Shakur who filed for unemployment in Kentucky

Gov. Andy Beshear has apologized after accusing a Kentucky man, named Tupac Shakur, of using a fake name to collect unemployment during the coronavirus pandemic.

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Kentucky Gov. Apologizes to Tupac Shakur Over Unemployment Check Mix-Up

Ever since his still-unsolved murder in 1996, like Elvis, a number of people have claimed that Tupac Shakur is alive and in hiding. Maybe that's what Kentucky Gov. Andy Beshear was thinking when he got wind that 'Pac had applied for unemployment benefits in the Bluegrass state in light of the devastating impact the COVID-19 pandemic has had on the American economy. On Monday, Beshear

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Man named Tupac Shakur has signed on to receive benefits in the US

Tupac Shakur has signed on to receive benefits in the US — but all is not as it seems.

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Kentucky Resident Contracts COVID-19 After Attending A ‘Coronavirus Party’

For those who think it might be fun to hit up a “coronavirus party” amid the COVID-19 pandemic, Kentucky Governor Andy Beshear (pictured above) would very much like you to reconsider.

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Kentucky Governor Says Resident Tests Positive After Attending 'Coronavirus Party'

A Kentucky resident has tested positive for coronavirus after attending a party apparently themed after the novel virus.

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