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Gov. Andy Beshear to sign executive order banning conversion therapy in Kentucky
Kentucky’s governor will sign an executive order Wednesday to ban a controversial therapy practice that has been discredited by nearly all major medical associations.
Gov. Andy Beshear’s office said the Democrat will sign the order to unilaterally ban conversion therapy across the commonwealth.
Conversion therapy is a discredited form of ...Read more
Schools across Kansas City metro confront surge of threats in wake of Georgia shooting
Nearly ten school districts across the Kansas City metro have confirmed threats of violence over the past few weeks, mostly through social media, in the wake of a fatal mass shooting at a Georgia high school in early September.
In that case, two teachers and two students were shot and killed at Apalachee High School in Barrow County, Georgia, ...Read more
Prosecution of golf course gunman becomes 'political football' as DeSantis jumps in
TALLAHASSEE, Fla. — One day after federal prosecutors filed gun charges against a man suspected of attempting to ambush Donald Trump at his West Palm Beach golf course, Florida’s governor elbowed his way into the case, saying he wants the state to pursue its own investigation and seek an attempted murder charge against the former president�...Read more
North Korea fires missiles after dispatching top envoy to Russia
North Korea fired at least two suspected ballistic missiles in what would be its second such barrage this month, as Kim Jong Un’s regime intensifies a threat to expand its nuclear weapons program.
The projectiles were launched early Wednesday and have likely already fallen outside of Japan’s exclusive economic zone, Japan’s Coast Guard ...Read more
SpaceX pushes booster recovery limits with satellite launch
SpaceX pushed one of its most-used boosters to its limits with a launch Tuesday evening from Cape Canaveral, Florida.
A Falcon 9 rocket using a booster for the 22nd time managed a successful recovery landing even though it was used to fly its payload, a pair of the European Commission’s Galileo L13 satellites, to a medium-Earth orbit. The ...Read more
Passengers get medical treatment after pressurization issue on Delta flight
Ten people on a Delta Air Lines flight were evaluated or treated by medical personnel after their plane was unable to pressurize above 10,000 feet after taking off from the Salt Lake City airport Sunday, Delta said.
Delta flight 1203, a Boeing 737-900, was bound for Portland with 140 passengers, but returned to Salt Lake City International ...Read more
Pearl fire chars 138 acres in Colorado's Larimer County with no containment
DENVER — The Pearl fire burning in Larimer County has charred 128 acres with no containment, fire officials said Tuesday.
The wildfire sparked on private property west of Fort Collins around 11 a.m. Monday and is human-caused, according to county officials.
Investigators spoke to the man who caused the fire but are not releasing any other ...Read more
Swing-state court fights flare over voting rules before election
Judges are racing to resolve fights — many in swing states — over how Americans will cast ballots and tally results in the Nov. 5 presidential election as absentee and early voting is poised to start.
Nevada and Pennsylvania appeals courts are fast-tracking lawsuits over the fate of mailed ballots that contain errors or defects. A federal ...Read more
'They're being damaged.' Attorneys for Kansas foster kids demand state accountability
Attorneys who filed a 2018 class action lawsuit on behalf of Kansas foster children say the state failed to improve stability and mental health services for kids in care.
And because of that, they say they’ll soon meet with leaders of the Department for Children and Families and share their frustration as well as their plan to go forward with...Read more
The 10 most common types of litter found on California's beaches
Every September, evening temperatures begin to chill, high school football games kick off, pumpkins sprout in farm fields and tens of thousands of people flock to California’s beaches, lakes, rivers and streams to pick up litter as part of the state’s largest annual volunteer event, California Coastal Cleanup Day.
The goal is to beautify ...Read more
Suspended Maryland NAACP leaders 'categorically deny any wrongdoing'
After allegations of bullying and improper spending within the upper ranks of the NAACP Maryland State Conference, two suspended leaders of the organization issued a statement Tuesday denying any wrongdoing.
Rev. Kobi Little, president of the state conference and the Baltimore NAACP branch, and Joshua Harris, treasurer of the state conference ...Read more
Jury selected for Baltimore's opioid lawsuit; opening statements set for Wednesday
A jury has been selected to preside over Baltimore’s lawsuit against two drug distribution companies that the city accused of delivering huge quantities of opioids here and fueling the opioid crisis.
The jury consists of six jurors and six alternates.
Jury selection spanned two days in Baltimore Circuit Court, with panels of prospective ...Read more
Rapper Sean 'Diddy' Combs ordered held without bail on federal sex trafficking charges
NEW YORK — Rapper Sean “Diddy” Combs was hit with sex trafficking and racketeering charges on Tuesday as federal prosecutors filed a criminal indictment against the music mogul accusing him of forcing women to participate in wild and violent sexual performances he videotaped.
In the 14-page indictment, Combs, 54, is accused of ...Read more
NYC Mayor Adams offers different response to questions about probes, says he's had enough of weekly updates
NEW YORK — Mayor Adams offered a somewhat different response Tuesday to questions about the swirl of federal investigations touching his administration, letting the press know he’s growing weary of continuous updates.
For the last several weeks, Adams and his top City Hall attorney maintained matter-of-factly they had received no indication...Read more
Russian influence campaign turned to Harris after Biden exited race, Microsoft says
After President Joe Biden ended his campaign to return to the White House, Russian efforts to influence the U.S. election shifted to smearing Vice President Kamala Harris with doctored and misleading videos, according to new research from Microsoft Corp.
In late August and early September, two Russian groups began publishing videos that pushed ...Read more
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Musk pours money into New York races critical to House GOP win
Elon Musk’s super political action committee is funneling $2.1 million to Republican candidates in battleground districts across the country, possibly helping the world’s richest person build a bench of allies in Congress.
The group’s support could be key to determining ...Read more
Police scale back forest manhunt for man accused of I-75 shooting in Kentucky
LEXINGTON, Ky. — Police are retreating from the woods of north Laurel County and “reallocating resources” in a manhunt for a suspect accused of shooting five people on Interstate 75 this month.
Local, state and federal officials have been searching on foot, as well as with drones, helicopters and dogs, since Sept. 7 for Joseph Couch, who�...Read more
Instagram rolls out restrictive new privacy settings for teenagers
Instagram is changing the default privacy settings for many U.S. teenagers, part of an effort to keep them safer and give parents more control over how their kids interact online.
The new settings will make teen accounts private by default, limit who those users can send private messages to, and put teens in the “most restrictive” tier when...Read more
Former Memphis police officer admits to punching 'helpless' Tyre Nichols as others held his arms
A former Memphis police officer who pleaded guilty to charges in the killing of Tyre Nichols said he punched the 29-year-old at least five times, even though he posed no threat to police and his arms were being held by two of his colleagues.
“We were assaulting Mr. Nichols,” Emmitt Martin III said while testifying against Tadarrius Bean and...Read more
Man scheduled for execution next week in Missouri says his trial shut out potential Black jurors
KANSAS CITY, Mo. — Attorneys for Marcellus Williams are using a prosecutor’s testimony to try and reopen proceedings before his execution next week by the state of Missouri.
During an evidentiary hearing on Aug. 28, Keith Larner, who was the prosecutor on Williams’ murder case in St. Louis County, said he struck a potential juror because ...Read more
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