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Kentucky Supreme Court rejects another effort from the AG to resume executions in state
LEXINGTON, Ky. — The Kentucky Supreme Court has dealt another blow to Attorney General Russell Coleman’s efforts to resume executions in Kentucky.
The high court on Thursday denied a petition submitted by Coleman’s office that, if accepted, would have been a step forward in resuming the death penalty. Coleman wanted the Supreme Court to ...Read more
CNN, MS NOW and Politico return to White House after judge lifts Trump's press ban
A federal judge issued a temporary restraining order Thursday that removes President Donald Trump’s ban on three news outlets from White House grounds, a rebuke of the administration’s most severe attack yet on the Washington press corps.
Journalists from CNN, MS NOW and Politico were still denied access to the White House early Thursday. ...Read more
How due process, not the First Amendment, got the White House ban on reporters blocked in court
A federal judge ordered the Trump administration to temporarily restore journalists’ access to the White House on Sept. 24, 2026. As he had in a similar case in 2018, U.S. District Judge Timothy Kelly decided the revocation of the reporters’ press passes likely violated their Fifth Amendment right to due process.
His decision ...Read more
Fraud-plagued nonprofit reaches $18.5 million settlement with state of Minnesota
MINNEAPOLIS — A nonprofit that steered nearly $100 million to fraudsters has agreed to hand over $18.5 million to the state of Minnesota to settle a lawsuit by Minnesota Attorney General Keith Ellison.
Under the settlement agreement, which was filed Thursday in Hennepin County District Court, Partners in Nutrition will dissolve and turn over ...Read more
This JPL satellite mission is burning through its funding. One reason: the Eaton fire
LOS ANGELES — The next phase of a highly successful satellite mission led by NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory has burned through its rainy day fund and now risks cost and schedule overruns, according to a new report.
One of the culprits: the 2025 Eaton fire, which came within a mile of the La Cañada Flintridge research facility.
The ...Read more
UNC chases 'aggressive' growth. Can campus handle 46% more in-state freshmen?
The University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill’s trustees want the university to grow.
By a lot.
On Thursday, the board passed a resolution to recommend UNC enroll 5% of North Carolina’s high school seniors by 2030.
That would increase the number of students from North Carolina enrolling at UNC by up to 46%.
The university already had a ...Read more
Kentucky Supreme Court says it will not change opinion after voiding Lexington judge impeachment
LEXINGTON, Ky. — The Kentucky Supreme Court ruled Thursday it will not change its stance that the state General Assembly wrongfully tried to impeach Lexington Judge Julie Muth Goodman.
Facing significant criticism from Republican lawmakers over decisions she made in court, Goodman was impeached by the Kentucky House earlier this year. The ...Read more
Tropical Storm Fay reemerges as Atlantic season breaks 112-year record
Tropical Storm Fay has redeveloped as this hurricane season breaks a 112-year record now that the Atlantic has gone without a hurricane through Sept. 21, experts said.
“If this year’s Atlantic season has no hurricanes by Nov. 30, that will be only the third such season on record, preceded by 1914 and 1907, AccuWeather reported.
Fay ...Read more
Kansas US Postal employee pleads guilty to stealing gift cards from mail
A U.S. Postal Service employee pleaded guilty to stealing mail from a Johnson County post office location, federal court records show.
David Alan Boutte, 60, of Olathe, pleaded guilty Wednesday to one count of theft or receipt of stolen mail, according to the U.S. District Attorney’s Office for the District of Kansas.
According to court ...Read more
Trump, Xi begin state visit with nod at fierce AI rivalry
WASHINGTON — U.S. President Donald Trump and Chinese leader Xi Jinping acknowledged their intense competition over artificial intelligence on Thursday as they kicked off a state visit aimed at keeping ties between the world’s two largest economies on track.
How the leaders will handle AI is one of the key questions looming over their ...Read more
The medieval world had its own ‘deepfakes’ – church officials cited a fake imperial decree for centuries
With deepfakes on the rise, forgery and deception are often viewed as distinctly modern problems – a new era of misinformation made possible by artificial intelligence. One of the first alarming cases occurred at the start of the war in Ukraine when a doctored video appeared to show President Volodymyr Zelenskyy telling his soldiers to lay ...Read more
AI tools can help Americans meet their civil legal needs
Most Americans know that in all criminal cases – those filed by the government against an accused individual – the defendant has a constitutional right to a lawyer. The Supreme Court established this right in 1963 in the landmark case Gideon v. Wainright.
What many people may not know is that no such right exists in civil cases. ...Read more
Cholesterol control gets personalized – a cardiologist explains how new guidelines tailor treatment to your unique risk profile
At least a quarter of Americans suffer from high levels of cholesterol or fatty acids in their bloodstream, a condition called dyslipidemia. Uncontrolled cholesterol levels increase the risk of atherosclerotic cardiovascular disease, or ASCVD: a group of diseases that result from the buildup of plaque in the blood vessels, preventing blood ...Read more
CNN, MS NOW and Politico still shut out of White House after judge lifts Trump's press ban
A federal judge issued a temporary restraining order Thursday that removes President Donald Trump's ban on three news outlets from White House grounds, a rebuke of the administraton's most severe attack yet on the Washington press corps.
But the showdown is far from over. Journalists from CNN, MS NOW and Politico were still denied access to the...Read more
Airport suspect was shooting toward the terminal, Miami-Dade deputies say
MIAMI — The man arrested at Miami-International Airport after chaotic reports of an active shooter Wednesday afternoon was firing rounds toward the crowded terminal before he was detained by deputies, according to a Miami-Dade Sheriff’s Office arrest report.
Deputies found three bullet holes in a trash can and one through the windshield of ...Read more
Trump and Xi buy time on trade with neither able to afford a fight
Donald Trump and Xi Jinping agreed to maintain a trade truce until early 2027, with neither ready to upend relations between the world’s biggest economies even as tensions persist over rare earths, technology curbs and Taiwan.
Just as Xi landed in the U.S. on Wednesday, Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent announced that an agreement struck by ...Read more
Russian envoy to meet with US in New York for Ukraine proposals
A Russian envoy is set to meet U.S. officials in New York to discuss the war in Ukraine, according to a person familiar with the matter.
The Kremlin’s envoy Kirill Dmitriev will sit down with Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner to receive U.S. proposals on the conflict, the person said, asking not to be identified discussing private information. ...Read more
'Woefully inadequate': Mayor Karen Bass orders review of how LAPD deals with mentally ill people
LOS ANGELES — Mayor Karen Bass called the training that LAPD officers receive for handling mental health calls "woefully inadequate" and ordered an outside review of the department's policies Thursday, saying recent shootings highlight continued shortcomings in how police deal with people in crisis.
Bass is particularly concerned by the ...Read more
Judge lifts White House press ban of CNN, MS NOW and Politico
A federal judge issued a temporary restraining order Thursday that removes President Donald Trump's ban on three news outlets from White House grounds, a rebuke of the administraton's most severe attack yet on the Washington press corps.
U.S. District Judge Timothy Kelly said in his ruling that the administration's ban is likely unconstitutiona...Read more
Oil rises as Iran threat to widen war dims Hormuz deal hopes
Oil surged as Iran threatened to expand the war in the Middle East, worsening the outlook for a deal to reopen the vital Strait of Hormuz.
Brent futures jumped more than 3% to trade above $106 a barrel, after a top Iranian military official said Tehran may broaden the war to the Indian Ocean if attacked. Prices pared some gains later in the ...Read more
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