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Kentucky running back Chris Rodriguez pleads guilty to DUI charge, receives penalties

LEXINGTON, Ky. — Kentucky running back Chris Rodriguez accepted a guilty plea from the prosecution during his pre-trial conference on Tuesday.

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Funerals begin for 3 Kentucky officers killed in ambush

The first of three Kentucky police officers killed in an ambush last week has been laid to rest

The Independent UK

Flags to be lowered in Kentucky after 3 officers killed

Kentucky Gov. Andy Beshear says flags at state buildings will be lowered to half-staff in honor of three officers who were killed when a man with a rifle opened fire on police attempting to serve a warrant

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Churchgoer bitten by snake during service dies after 'refusing medical treatment'

John David Brock was injured while handling the snake at a service in Jenson, Kentucky, when the reptile sunk its teeth into his arm, local authorities in the town said

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Covered bridges once dotted Kentucky’s countryside. Fewer than a dozen remain standing

LEXINGTON, Ky. — Just before World War II, covered bridges — also called kissing bridges — could be found all over Kentucky, spanning rivers and creeks. Now, only 11 remain.

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Eastern Kentucky community ‘forever changed’ after 3 officers shot dead in Floyd County

Local officials on Sunday recounted the fatal shooting that left three law enforcement officers dead on Thursday. It was called “the deadliest law enforcement death event in Kentucky” since 1923 by Ross Shurtleff, deputy chief of Prestonsburg police.

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Appeals judge denies request by Kentucky AG Daniel Cameron that would have again halted abortions

LEXINGTON, Ky. — A Kentucky Court of Appeals judge has denied a motion by Attorney General Daniel Cameron in a lawsuit over the state’s abortion laws, a move that will allow abortions to continue for now.

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‘They encountered pure hell.’ Sheriff says man who killed Kentucky cops opened fire without warning

PRESTONSBURG, Ky. — Police who went to a home in a small eastern Kentucky town to investigate an alleged rape ran into a storm of bullets in which three officers died and several others were injured, according to local officials.

Tribune News Service

What we know about the Kentucky mass shooting

"[The alleged shooter] was a sheer terrorist ... he was just a terrorist on a mission,” the sheriff said.

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3 police officers were killed in Kentucky by a suspect with a rifle

Police took 49-year-old Lance Storz into custody late Thursday night after an hourslong standoff at a home in Allen, a small town in the hills of Appalachia.

WEKU

Kentucky man shoots 6 officers, killing 2

Two law enforcement officers were killed, and four other officers were shot Thursday night after a man barricaded in his home opened fire with a rifle in Allen, Kentucky, a rural town so small that it lacks its own police force, authorities said.

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2 police officers killed in Kentucky by suspect with rifle

Two officers were killed when a man opened fire on police attempting to serve a warrant at a home in eastern Kentucky Thursday night

The Independent UK

NOT REAL NEWS: A look at what didn't happen this week

Social media users shared a range of false claims this week

The Independent UK

US judges halt abortion bans in Kentucky and Florida

Courts block conservative states from enforcing bans as abortion rights groups push for injunctions after fall of Roe.

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Judge temporarily blocks Kentucky’s trigger law banning abortions. Procedure can continue for now

A Louisville judge has blocked enforcement of Kentucky’s trigger law banning nearly all abortions, permitting licensed providers to continue offering the procedure until at least next week.

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Kentucky judge blocks two anti-abortion laws from going into effect after Supreme Court ruling

A judge granted a temporary restraining order to stop enforcement of state’s ‘trigger’ law and six-week ban

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Judge temporarily blocks Kentucky’s near-total abortion ban

A judge cleared the way Thursday for abortions to resume in Kentucky, temporarily blocking the state’s near-total ban on the procedure that was triggered by the Supreme Court ruling that overturned Roe v. Wade

Salon

Biden cut anti-abortion deal with Mitch

"This is some bullsh*t," said Democratic Senate candidate Charles Booker, calling it a "complete slap in the face"

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WEKU

With Roe overturned, state constitutions are now at the center of the abortion fight

In a sense, what was one battleground has become 50, as advocates on both sides of the abortion issue race to put the issue before state constitutions. Half a dozen lawsuits are already in court.

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2022 will feature the most abortion-related ballot measures on record; Campaigns respond to Dobbs

There will be at least five abortion-related ballot measures in 2022, including the first two ballot measures to provide explicit state constitutional rights related to abortion. On June 27, the California State Legislature passed a constitutional amendment, bringing the total to five – the most on record for a single…

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John Clay: Never mind the skill stars, Kentucky football’s 2022 fate will be decided up front

Kentucky football’s fanatical followers probably peg the Wildcats’ 2022 chances on Will Levis’ arm, Chris Rodriguez’s status, Wan’Dale Robinson’s replacement and strengthening a shaky secondary.

WEKU

The Supreme Court's abortion ruling shifts legal battles to state courts

Judges temporarily blocked abortion bans Monday in Louisiana and Utah, while abortion rights advocates challenged laws in Texas, Idaho, Kentucky and Mississippi.

The Guardian - US

It’s time for US small businesses to care about mental health

A recent survey and a legal case in Kentucky highlight the necessity for providing additional health benefits

The Guardian - US

‘An unspoken epidemic’: Homicide rate increase for Black women rivals that of Black men

Five Black women and girls were killed each day in 2020, most of them with guns. Gender violence must be at the center of the gun debate, advocates say

USA Today Sports Media Group

PHOTOS: Jabari Smith, Tari Eason, TyTy Washington Jr. drafted by Rockets

Thursday was a banner night for Auburn’s Jabari Smith, LSU’s Tari Eason, and Kentucky’s TyTy Washington Jr., who were drafted in the NBA’s 2022 first round by the Rockets.

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