CHANDLER, Ariz. (AP) — Police in a Phoenix suburb are investigating a collision involving a self-driving vehicle owned by Waymo.Chandler Police say the incident happened Friday afternoon when a Honda sedan swerved to avoid hitting another car. The Honda t went into opposing traffic lanes and hit the Waymo car. Police say the vehicle was in autonomous mode, but there…
AP Photo/Evan Vucci HELENA, Mont. (AP) — Republican groups are taking out attack ads against Sen. Jon Tester in an attempt to make good on President Donald Trump’s pledge that the Montana Democrat will pay for scuttling his Department of Veterans Affairs nominee. One online ad by the National Republican Senatorial Committee launched Wednesday, says Tester spread reckless allegations and…
BOSTON (AP) — Sneaking a cigarette in the school bathroom? How quaint. Today’s teens have taken to vaping, an alternative to smoking that’s so discreet they can do it without even leaving the classroom.Health and education officials across the country are raising alarms over wide underage use of e-cigarettes and other vaping products. The devices heat liquid into an inhalable…
NEW YORK (AP) — Liz Garbus’ first day shooting inside The New York Times newsroom was President Donald Trump’s inauguration day. Her final day was April 16, when the Pulitzer Prizes announced the Times had won three of the coveted awards.In between, she spent more than a year documenting one of journalism’s most distinguished institutions while it grappled with, and…
Churchill Downs Racetrack announced Thursday that new entry procedures that will be in effect for guests visiting the track any day of Derby Week (Saturday, April 28, 2018 through Saturday, May 5, 2018).
Investigators hope surveillance video will lead to the arrest of an armed robbery suspect.
AP Photo/Lisa Rathke WASHINGTON (AP) — Deep within President Donald Trump’s plan to combat opioid abuse, overshadowed by his call for the death penalty for some drug traffickers, is a push to expand the use of medication to treat addiction. It’s a rare instance in which Trump isn’t trying roll back Obama administration policies, and where fractious Republicans and Democrats…
PHILADELPHIA (AP) — Starbucks’ CEO says he wants to apologize personally to the black men arrested at one of his Philadelphia stores, an incident that prompted accusations of racism on social media .Kevin Johnson posted a lengthy statement Saturday night, calling the situation “disheartening” and that it led to a “reprehensible” outcome. Videos posted online show police handcuffing the two…
PHILADELPHIA (AP) — Philadelphia’s police commissioner on Saturday defended officers who arrested two black men at a Starbucks, prompting accusations of racism on social media, concern from the mayor and an apology from the company.Videos posted online show officers handcuffing the men in the downtown establishment on Thursday. A white man in the video is heard saying he was meeting…
PHILADELPHIA (AP) — Videos showing two black men handcuffed and removed from a Philadelphia Starbucks have drawn outrage and prompted police investigation.The Philadelphia Inquirer reports one clip posted Thursday on YouTube shows police talking to the men for several minutes before handcuffing them and escorting them out of the Center City establishment. A second shorter clip shows a white man,…
EDGEWATER, N.J. (AP) — More than a dozen girls fled a second-story dance studio onto a balcony as a roaring fire engulfed their building, some dropping or jumping to the pavement as bystanders tried to rescue them with ladders.The rescue efforts were captured in a video that shows the screaming children either falling into the arms of their rescuers or…
EDGEWATER, N.J. (AP) — Several girls have jumped for their lives from a balcony at a New Jersey dance studio to escape a raging fire.Business owner Tony Nehmi told NJ.com he and a police officer helped some of the girls down before the ladders fell during the fire that broke out around 7 p.m. Monday. The rest of the girls…
April 8-14 is National Public Safety Telecommunicators Week. This week is dedicated to recognizing the efforts of more than 200,000 police and emergency service dispatchers throughout the U.S. The Kentucky State Police employs 187 telecommunicators at its 16 posts throughout the state.
Spring has sprung…and so has allergy season.
Surveillance video released of bank robbery in Lexington.
EKU launches its dock-free bike-share program in partnership with LimeBike.
AP Photo/Mark Lennihan NEW YORK (AP) — A pilot whose helicopter went down in Manhattan’s East River, killing five passengers, says in an emergency radio transmission that he had engine failure. The pilot is heard saying “Mayday, mayday, mayday” during the crash on Sunday night. The person at the other end of the transmission had trouble making out what the…
AP Photo/Mark Thiessen ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) — An Alaska Republican and most senior member of the U.S. House argued against gun control by wondering how many Jewish people “were put in the ovens” because they were not armed. U.S. Rep. Don Young, who has a history of off-the-cuff remarks that can draw criticism, made the comments at a meeting last…
BOSTON (AP) — A widely shared video showing a white Boston police officer stopping and questioning a black man who was on his way to a barbershop has roiled civil rights activists, who say the confrontation is indicative of the way law enforcement routinely view black men with suspicion.The video posted on Facebook shows the officer, who identifies himself as…
AP Photo/David Zalubowski DENVER (AP) — It promised ample snow and sunny weather on a normally bare, rocky peak easily accessible by “super highway,” thousands more hotel rooms than existed and a cross-country ski course that looked good on paper but would have cut through some people’s backyards. The airbrushed pitch worked, but after Denver won a bid to host…
AP Photo/Thomas Peipert DENVER (AP) — It promised ample snow and sunny weather on a normally bare, rocky peak easily accessible by “super highway,” thousands more hotel rooms than existed and a cross-country ski course that looked good on paper but would have cut through some people’s backyards. The airbrushed pitch worked, but after Denver won a bid to host…
AP Photo/Joshua ReplogleOne student was teased about being a “brown, bald lesbian.” Another was the target of conspiracy theorists who claimed he was really an actor. When a group of teens posed for a photo, they were accused of lapping up attention from the news cameras and “partying like rock stars.” Just days after watching their classmates die, survivors of…
AP Photo/John SwartBy the 1980s, America finally publicly embraced the black athlete, looking past skin color to see athleticism and skill, rewarding stars with multimillion-dollar athletic contracts, movie deals, lucrative shoe endorsements and mansions in all-white enclaves. Who didn’t want to be like Mike? But those fortunate black athletes like Michael Jordan and Tiger Woods did not, for the most…
AP Photo/Kathy Willens AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — A new Texas nonprofit promoting crime victims’ rights is opposing bipartisan efforts to end cash bail systems that have gained traction around the country – hitting back at one of the few issues that unified powerful advocates on both the right and left. Formally kicking off Thursday, the Texas Alliance for Safe Communities…