Kentucky News
- Louisville company ‘clones’ people’s pets as stuffed animalson September 27, 2021 at 2:43 am
Hershey had been dead for more than 12 years when the small, plush likeness of her finally arrived at the Wardrip home. As Amber Wardrip handed her husband the “cloned” … Click to Continue »
- Prostitute shoots at client in robbery, but hits another prostitute, Kentucky cops sayon September 26, 2021 at 7:44 pm
A woman was shot Saturday evening in Kentucky after a prostitute fired at their client and missed, police told local outlets. A Florence man paid for two women to come … Click to Continue »
- Scott County school bus catches fire on interstateon September 26, 2021 at 3:44 pm
School officials say a Scott County bus carrying students coming back from a football game caught fire in Lexington on Interstate 75. According to news reports, the fire on Friday … Click to Continue »
- Daughter finds dad’s missing WWII foot locker after 77 yearson September 26, 2021 at 2:23 pm
Velda Alexander never met her father, Johnnie Elmore, who was killed in action during World War II. But a recent discovery finally connected her with the hero she always wanted … Click to Continue »
- Official: Kentucky State University needs funds to stay openon September 25, 2021 at 11:12 pm
Kentucky’s only public historically Black university will need emergency funding to stay open through the end of the year, Kentucky State University's vice president for finance told lawmakers Friday at … Click to Continue »
Kentucky Sports
- Kentucky football’s next four opponents will capitalize on Team Turnover’s mistakeson September 26, 2021 at 4:18 pm
Working title for Kentucky football 2021: The Season of Living Dangerously. Eyes scan the national turnover margin rankings. There they are, our Kentucky Wildcats, one stop from the bottom, No. … Click to Continue »
- Kentucky men’s soccer shows versatility in road draw at defending NCAA championon September 26, 2021 at 2:35 pm
The waves of offensive attacks from Marshall were as consistent as the drumbeat from the stands at Hoops Family Field on Saturday night. For the better part of 110 minutes … Click to Continue »
- Mark Stoops is giving Kentucky exactly what he promised nine years agoon September 26, 2021 at 6:00 am
The logical place to start is here: How did Kentucky win that football game? Mark Stoops and the troops traveled south for their SEC road opener Saturday night and emphatically … Click to Continue »
- UK’s 4-0 start defies odds. ‘We can’t keep on playing with that fire.’on September 26, 2021 at 4:40 am
Despite a continued aversion to keeping the ball in its possession, the University of Kentucky left the Palmetto State with a victory for the second time in four trips under … Click to Continue »
- Three takeaways from Kentucky football’s win at South Carolinaon September 26, 2021 at 4:01 am
Three takeaways from Kentucky football’s 16-10 win over South Carolina in Columbia on Saturday night: 1. This one belongs to the defense Time after time, backs to the wall, Kentucky’s … Click to Continue »
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RT News
- Majority-Catholic San Marino decriminalizes abortion, over 77% vote to abolish 1865 law in historic referendumby RT on September 27, 2021 at 12:44 am
San Marino, a predominately Catholic microstate surrounded by Italian territory, has voted to legalize abortion, thus rendering obsolete a more than century-old law that punished women with imprisonment for getting one. Read Full Article at RT.com
- SPD ‘rising from the ashes’ but falls short of ‘impressive victory,’ leaving any coalition option on the table - professorby RT on September 26, 2021 at 10:31 pm
With the SPD and CDU running neck-and-neck in Germany’s election, talk has turned to potential coalitions, which could “technically” be led by either party, says political analyst Ulrich Brueckner. Read Full Article at RT.com
- Serbia’s president blasts world’s ‘thunderous silence’ over ‘occupation’ of northern Kosovo as tensions in breakaway region soarby RT on September 26, 2021 at 9:57 pm
Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic says foreign partners are turning a blind eye to a security crackdown in Serb-majority areas of Kosovo, where the breakaway region’s forces have brought essential cross-border traffic to a halt. Read Full Article at RT.com
- ‘Beyond the pale’: Americans horrified by report that CIA under Trump discussed assassinating Julian Assangeby RT on September 26, 2021 at 6:20 pm
Journalists, political analysts, and press organizations expressed shock on Sunday over a report that claimed members of former president Donald Trump’s administration had plotted to assassinate WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange. Read Full Article at RT.com
- German election: Merkel successor Laschet’s conservatives & Scholz’s social democrats TIED in exit polls as coalition talks loomby RT on September 26, 2021 at 4:04 pm
Exit polls from the German election reveal a neck-and-neck race, with the conservative CDU party of outgoing Chancellor Angela Merkel and its main Social Democrat rivals, the SPD, tied. All eyes are now on coalition talks. Read Full Article at RT.com
- Iceland’s ruling coalition retains power as women win majority of seats in parliament for 1st time in European historyby RT on September 26, 2021 at 12:03 pm
Iceland’s ruling coalition has increased its majority in the general election, while the final tally shows that women will make up the majority of a country’s parliament for the first time in European history. Read Full Article at RT.com
- Aussie PM offers lockdown-frustrated people ‘gift’ of getting their lives back, but with QR codes & other measures in placeby RT on September 26, 2021 at 10:52 am
Prime Minister Scott Morrison has teased fellow Australians with a return to some normalcy by Christmas, provided they vaccinate in large enough numbers and pressure provincial governments to cooperate. Read Full Article at RT.com
- Swiss voters approve same-sex marriage in national referendumby RT on September 26, 2021 at 10:19 am
Switzerland has voted to legalize same-sex marriage in a national referendum on Sunday. It gives extra rights to gay couples, who previously faced some legal restrictions. Read Full Article at RT.com
- 14 Mexican Army soldiers briefly detained after accidentally crossing into US, one busted with marijuana – Border Patrolby RT on September 26, 2021 at 9:32 am
A total of 14 Mexican soldiers were briefly detained and deported home after they illegally crossed into US territory, the Border Patrol said. One of the intruders was caught with marijuana while being processed. Read Full Article at RT.com
- ‘Bizarrely huge’ Nazi flag ‘flown by Palestinians’ makes skeptics cry ‘Photoshop’ (it was not)by RT on September 26, 2021 at 7:07 am
Many commenters cried foul after an image of an enormous-looking Nazi flag flying over a Palestinian town in the West Bank was shared by pro-Israeli accounts. It apparently was a trick of perspective, not poor Photoshop skills. Read Full Article at RT.com
BBC Headlines
- China Evergrande: What the company's debt crisis means for the worldon September 27, 2021 at 1:23 am
The property giant has missed an interest payment deadline, fuelling concerns that it will collapse.
- German elections: Centre left take narrow lead in tight voteon September 27, 2021 at 12:59 am
Social Democrat leader Olaf Scholz says he has a "clear mandate" but his rival refuses to give up.
- Ethiopia's Tigray crisis: Why are hundreds of aid trucks stranded?on September 27, 2021 at 12:08 am
The UN says hundreds of trucks have not returned from Tigray and it's affecting the flow of aid.
- India's misunderstood maharajahson September 27, 2021 at 12:07 am
Indian princes were often stereotyped as lazy hedonists, but they were serious political figures.
- Dalai Lama backs bid to save Edinburgh cafe he inspiredon September 27, 2021 at 12:07 am
Reka Gawa opened the Himalaya Cafe after a chance meeting with the spiritual leader almost 20 years ago.
- Love Canal: The suburb built on 20,000 tonnes of chemical wasteon September 27, 2021 at 12:05 am
How a group of 'hysterical housewives' fought to be evacuated from their polluted homes
- Xianzi: The #MeToo icon China is trying to silenceon September 27, 2021 at 12:03 am
A court has thrown out a high-profile sexual harassment case. Can China's feminist movement survive?
- Can football-playing robots beat the World Cup winners by 2050?on September 26, 2021 at 11:59 pm
The robot football league that is hoping to eventually beat the best human team in the world.
- In rural Afghanistan, a family welcomes Taliban ruleon September 26, 2021 at 11:55 pm
The BBC's Jeremy Bowen travels to Helmand province, a month after the hardline Islamists took control.
- Fuel supply: UK suspends competition law to get petrol to forecourtson September 26, 2021 at 11:35 pm
It comes as the Petrol Retailers Association warns that up to two-thirds of its members are out of fuel.