NEW YORK (AP) — A day after a New York jury delivered a historic guilty verdict in Donald Trump’s criminal hush money trial, the presumptive Republican presidential nominee held a press conference Friday where he spoke publicly about the conviction and his White House bid. Following his conviction on Thursday, Trump angrily denounced the trial as a “disgrace,” telling reporters…
WASHINGTON (AP) — A price gauge closely tracked by the Federal Reserve cooled slightly last month, a sign that inflation may be easing after running high in the first three months of this year. Friday’s report from the Commerce Department showed that an index that excludes volatile food and energy costs rose 0.2% from March to April, down from 0.3%…
NEW YORK (AP) — Donald Trump became the first former president to be convicted of felony crimes Thursday as a New York jury found him guilty of falsifying business records in a scheme to illegally influence the 2016 election through hush money payments to a porn actor who said the two had sex. Jurors convicted Trump on all 34 counts…
LEXINGTON, Ky. (ABC36 NEWS NOW) – Fayette County Public Schools has released the times and locations for its Summer Food Service Program. It offers free meals for anyone 18 and under, with no registration required. Information can be found on the flyer below. Categories: Featured, Local News, News Tags: FCPS, Lexington, schools, summer summer food program
LEXINGTON, Ky. (ABC NEWS NOW) – Northbound lanes on I-75 near exit 113 are blocked, due to a truck that overturned, according to Lexington police. A viewer, who is stuck in traffic, tells ABC36 News Now the truck overturned at the curve at the ramp, which is the Paris Pike exit. The caller said cars were getting off at exit…
LEXINGTON, Ky. (ABC36 NEWS NOW) – Kentucky Men’s Basketball Coach Mark Pope has landed standout Jaxson Robinson, after the former BYU player withdrew his name from the 2024 NBA Draft. Robinson was BYU’s leading scorer, averaging 14.2 points per game. He played for Pope two years at BYU. Originally from Oklahoma, he played at Texas A&M in 2020-21 before transferring…
STANFORD, Ky. (ABC36 NEWS NOW) – One Dairy Queen employee is in the hospital after allegedly being stabbed by a coworker in Stanford. The Stanford Police Department reported receiving a call about a stabbing Wednesday afternoon at the Dairy Queen. Police say when they arrived, officers found a female employee who allegedly had been stabbed multiple times by her coworker,…
NEW YORK (AP) — The jury in former President Donald Trump’s hush money trial sent its first note to the judge after less than four hours of deliberations. The four requests included testimony related to a 2015 meeting at Trump Tower where a tabloid publisher agreed to identify negative stories about Trump so that they could be squelched during his…
MAGOFFIN COUNTY, Ky. (ABC36 NEWS NOW) – One student and a bus driver are okay after a pickup truck crashed into their bus earlier Wednesday in Magoffin County. The Magoffin County Sheriff’s Office reported they were called around 8:30 in the morning when a pickup truck crossed the center line and hit the bus. EMS workers checked the student and…
LOUISVILLE, Ky. (AP) — Criminal charges against Scottie Scheffler have been dismissed, ending a legal saga that began with images of the world’s top male golfer being arrested and handcuffed in Louisville during the PGA Championship. Jefferson County Attorney Mike O’Connell, a local prosecutor, asked a judge Wednesday afternoon to drop the four charges against Scheffle, who was not required…
UPDATE: Wednesday, the judge set a preliminary hearing for Brandon Mullins on June 5th, when he’s expected back in court. Mullins remains in the Pulaski County Detention Center on a $1 million cash bond. ORIGINAL STORY: PULASKI COUNTY, Ky. (ABC36 NEWS NOW) – The suspect accused of murdering his father and uncle over the weekend is due in court…
BARNSLEY, Ky. (AP) — Devin Johnson’s life was uprooted for a second time when a tornado flattened his home over the Memorial Day weekend — on the same lot in Kentucky where another twister left him homeless in 2021. Johnson, 21, watched Tuesday as workers used chain saws to cut into the wreckage of the trailer he called home with…
NEW YORK (AP) – Prosecutors and defense lawyers in Donald Trump’s New York hush money trial are set to deliver closing arguments. Each side wants to score final points with the jury Tuesday before it starts deliberating the fate of the first former American president charged with felony crimes. The arguments are expected to last the entire day. They’ll give…
MERCER COUNTY, Ky. (ABC36 NEWS NOW) – Mercer County first responders were sent to a residence where a tree had fallen on a house, with a possible unresponsive person inside. Upon arrival, units transported one patient to the hospital with non-life-threatening injuries. Tragically, the coroner pronounced one person dead at the scene. The names of the individuals involved are not…
WAYNE COUNTY, KY (ABC36 NEWS NOW) – The Monticello Fire Department has been actively responding to several incidents caused by severe weather overnight. The department addressed two propane smell calls, numerous trees on power lines, assisted in clearing roadways, and assessed damage throughout the area. The most significant response was to Conley Bottom Resort, where reports of damage and a…
ROWAN COUNTY, Ky. (ABC36 NEWS NOW) – A Rowan County couple is behind bars, facing charges related to child sexual abuse materials. Kentucky State Police says John David Elam, 43, and Myra Patrice Elam, 43, were apprehended following an undercover Internet Crimes Against Children (ICAC) investigation, which began when the KSP Electronic Crime Branch discovered the suspects uploading sexually explicit…
(ABC36 NEWS NOW) – Former Eastern Kentucky Commonwealth’s Attorney Ronnie Goldy, Jr. was sentenced by a federal judge Friday to 41 months in prison. Goldy was found guilty in February on charges of wire fraud, bribery and the travel act. He was impeached by the State Senate in March of last year, and was arrested by the FBI in Morehead…
LEXINGTON, Ky. (ABC36 NEWS NOW) -Fayette County Public Schools (FCPS) is addressing an incident that occurred at Lafayette High School, where a student was pepper-sprayed. FCPS officers responded Wednesday afternoon to a disturbance in one of the classrooms. The classroom was cleared to ensure the safety of uninvolved students. According to the school, the student who initiated the incident became…
LEXINGTON, Ky. (ABC36 NEWS NOW) -One person has been arrested in connection with the shooting death of Russell Houston, 50, which occurred Friday night on Dakota Street. Sheri Phillips, 35, was charged on May 23, 2024, with Murder and Possession of a Handgun by a Convicted Felon. Phillips is currently being held at the Fayette County Detention Center. The Lexington…
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Justice Department filed a sweeping antitrust lawsuit against Ticketmaster and parent company Live Nation Entertainment on Thursday, accusing them of running an illegal monopoly over live events in America — squelching competition and driving up prices for fans. The lawsuit, filed in federal court in Manhattan, was being brought with 30 state and district attorneys general…
WASHINGTON (AP) — Bipartisan legislation introduced in the House on Wednesday would require presidents and vice presidents to publicly disclose tax returns before, during and after their time in the White House as Congress makes an election-year push to curb foreign influence in American politics. The proposal, led by the unusual pairing of Republican Rep. James Comer and progressive Democratic…
HOOVER, Ala. (AP) — Jared Jones and Tommy White each blasted a grand slam to set an SEC Tournament record and defending national champion LSU beat Kentucky 11-0 in eight innings on Wednesday. LSU became the first team in 607 SEC Tournament games to hit multiple grand slams in the same game. Jones homered in the seventh inning for his…
MEMPHIS, Tenn. (AP) — A judge on Wednesday said Elvis Presley’s estate could be successful in arguing that a company’s attempt to auction Graceland is fraudulent as he halted a foreclosure sale of the beloved Memphis tourist attraction. Later Wednesday, a statement from someone who appeared to be a representative of the company said it would drop its claim, which…
By MATTHEW DALY WASHINGTON (AP) — The Biden administration said Tuesday that it is releasing 1 million barrels of gasoline from a Northeast reserve established after Superstorm Sandy in a bid to lower prices at the pump this summer. The sale, from storage sites in New Jersey and Maine, will be allocated in increments of 100,000 barrels at a time….