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Frigid weather conditions are anticipated just ahead of Christmas

A real blast of winter will be a preview to this Christmas weekend across the Commonwealth. Arctic air combines with a weather system moving across the U.S. to create a major drop in temperatures along with some freezing precipitation.

WEKU

Richmond hospital's emergency department busy with respiratory patients

A central Kentucky hospital, like many across the Commonwealth, is seeing a large number of respiratory patients. Baptist Health Richmond is at or even above capacity this month.

WEKU

Fijian British army veteran injured on Afghan tour granted right to settle

Ioane Koroiveibau’s case gives hopes to hundreds of other Commonwealth nationals who served in UK forces

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Transportation advocacy group cites importance of rail traffic in Kentucky

The recent attention given to labor issues involving railroad employees may have some wondering about train traffic across the Commonwealth. President Biden last week signed legislation averting a national rail strike.

WEKU

NSW seek details of coal price cap plan: 'We can't play whack-a-mole in energy policy'

Ahead of a key energy meeting between federal, state and territory leaders, NSW Treasurer Matt Kean is calling on the prime minister to provide a detailed plan for a potential cap on coal prices.

Newcastle Herald

PM flags 'constructive' power price talks

The prime minister is confident he and state and territory leaders will be able to find a solution to the nation's energy price hikes at a key meeting.

AAP

Rainy conditions expected for much of the Commonwealth this week

The National Weather Service in Jackson is calling for a “wet pattern” Over the next several days off and on again rain events could bring two to four inches to some parts of central and eastern Kentucky.

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Eastern Standard Preview Dec. 5

Real and immediate need lingers in areas of eastern Kentucky hit hard by the July flash flood - Breathitt, Knott, Letcher and Perry counties, in particular. What is needed and how to contribute leads this week’s edition | K-12 educators across the Commonwealth are in training to teach about the…

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Anthony Albanese aware states may demand compensation if Commonwealth imposes coal price caps

Anthony Albanese says he understands the states' concerns that introducing a price cap on coal may hurt their royalties, but something must be done to lower energy prices.

ABC News

Tough decisions loom as energy prices bite

NSW Treasurer Matt Kean said the state government will support the Commonwealth capping energy prices but implored his federal counterparts to move quickly.

AAP

Federal parliament overturns 25-year-old ban on euthanasia laws in ACT and Northern Territory

The Commonwealth imposed the veto on the Northern Territory and the ACT in 1997, but the Senate has now voted to remove it.

ABC News

Kentuckians come to Frankfort to honor former Kentucky Governor John Y Brown

Kentuckians have been given an opportunity to pay their respects to former Governor John Y Brown Junior. The Commonwealth’s 55th governor lie-in-state at the state capitol Tuesday.

WEKU

Kentucky businesses and online distribution centers are expected to reap the benefits of holiday sho

It’s a wait-and-see attitude regarding Christmas holiday spending across the Commonwealth. That's according to officials with the Kentucky Chamber of Commerce. Kate Shanks is the senior vice president for public affairs with the Chamber.

WEKU

South Africa's leader welcomed for first state visit with King Charles III

King Charles III on Tuesday welcomed South African President Cyril Ramaphosa to London for the first state visit of his reign, with climate change, trade and the Commonwealth on the agenda.

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Queen’s Commonwealth Essay Competition winners meet Camilla and visit Standard’s new office

Buckingham Palace has hosted a reception for the winners of a global writing competition - who also enjoyed a tour of the Evening Standard’s new office.

Evening Standard

‘Greatly missed’: Camilla pays moving tribute to late mother-in-law Elizabeth II in first speech as Queen Consort

Camilla compared her ‘dear’ late mother-in-law and her devotion to the Commonwealth to Elizabeth I, who famously said of herself: ‘You never had any that will love you better’

Daily Mirror

Undersea volcano near Mariana Trench is 'likely erupting' and mariners told to stay away

The Ahyi Seamount volcano is likely erupting in the US Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands, with evidence suggesting the eruption started in mid-October

The Canberra Times

Govt conspirators should be spared jail due to 'partly good intentions', court told

'The Crown case was always that they couldn't prove a single dollar,' a defence lawyer said.

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Lexington voters focused on issues and amendments on the ballot

Sunny skies were abundant as voters went to the polls across the Commonwealth

ABC News

Manager describes day-to-day pressures of 'overwhelmed' department managing Robodebt scheme

Coalition-era Commonwealth bureaucrats felt pressured to find new ways to rein in potential welfare fraud and non-compliance, the Robodebt royal commission hears.

Evening Standard

East London teen is runner up for Commonwealth writing prize, as winners are revealed

The Queen’s Commonwealth Essay Competition (QCEC) is the world’s oldest international schools’ writing contest

ABC News

Outrage as federal government slashes billions of dollars from public hospitals in budget

A federal government decision to slash billions of dollars from public hospitals over the next four years has enraged doctors, who argue they are "stunned" the government would cut money on the back of rising inflation, a burnt-out workforce and a huge backlog of elective surgeries.

AAP

War crimes whistleblower to face trial

David McBride has withdrawn an application to be protected under whistleblowing laws after the Commonwealth sought to suppress expert evidence.

WEKU

Fayette County clerk expects state constitutional amendments to produce greater voter turnout

It’s the final stretch of campaigning across the Commonwealth before the November eighth general election. Electioneering too close to voting locations can be a concern. Kentucky’s current law calls for a 100-foot buffer area at voting precincts.

ABC News

Twenty years after a rare sporting feat, Krishna Stanton did something even more remarkable

Staton broke the world record for her age group at the London Marathon, two decades after being part of an historic 1-2-3 for Australia at the Commonwealth Games.

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