UK’s “Night of Service” Being Held Tuesday
University of Kentucky Education Abroad (UK EA) and International Studies Abroad (ISA) will host their annual service event, Night of Service, from 2:00 p.m. – 6:00 p.m. on Tuesday.
Philippine police van rams protesters in front of US Embassy
A bloodied protester lies next to a passenger vehicle after he was injured in a violent dispersal outside the U.S. Embassy in Manila, Philippines Wednesday, Oct. 19, 2016. A Philippine police van rammed into protesters, leaving several bloodied, as an anti-U.S. rally turned violent Wednesday at the American embassy in Manila. (AP Photo/Bullit Marquez) MANILA, Philippines (AP) — A Philippine…
Philippine police van rams protesters in front of US Embassy
A bloodied protester lies next to a passenger vehicle after he was injured in a violent dispersal outside the U.S. Embassy in Manila, Philippines Wednesday, Oct. 19, 2016. A Philippine police van rammed into protesters, leaving several bloodied, as an anti-U.S. rally turned violent Wednesday at the American embassy in Manila. (AP Photo/Bullit Marquez) MANILA, Philippines (AP) — A Philippine…
Philippine police van rams protesters in front of US Embassy
A bloodied protester lies next to a passenger vehicle after he was injured in a violent dispersal outside the U.S. Embassy in Manila, Philippines Wednesday, Oct. 19, 2016. A Philippine police van rammed into protesters, leaving several bloodied, as an anti-U.S. rally turned violent Wednesday at the American embassy in Manila. (AP Photo/Bullit Marquez) MANILA, Philippines (AP) — A Philippine…
Philippine police van rams protesters in front of US Embassy
MANILA, Philippines (AP) — A Philippine police van rammed into protesters, leaving several bloodied, as an anti-U.S. rally turned violent Wednesday at the American Embassy in Manila.At least three student activists had to be taken to a hospital after they were ran over by the van driven by a police officer, protest leader Renato Reyes said.Associated Press TV footage showed…
Officials say US missiles destroy radar sites on Yemen coast
In this Thursday Oct. 13 photo released by U.S. Navy, the guided missile destroyer USS Nitze (DDG 94) launches a strike against coastal sites in Houthi-controlled territory on Yemen’s Red Sea coast. U.S.-launched Tomahawk cruise missiles destroyed three coastal radar sites in Houthi-controlled territory on Yemen’s Red Sea Coast early Thursday, officials said, a retaliatory action that followed two incidents…
Drone attack on Kurdish, French forces reveals new threats
FILE- In this March 1, 2013 file photo, anti-Syrian President Bashar Assad protesters hold the Jabhat al-Nusra flag, as they shout slogans during a demonstration, at Kafranbel town, in Idlib province, northern Syria. Insurgent groups like Hezbollah and the Islamic State group in Syria have learned how to weaponize surveillance drones and use them against each other, adding a new…
New challenges in Syria as militants weaponize drones
FILE- In this March 1, 2013 file photo, anti-Syrian President Bashar Assad protesters hold the Jabhat al-Nusra flag, as they shout slogans during a demonstration, at Kafranbel town, in Idlib province, northern Syria. Insurgent groups like Hezbollah and the Islamic State group in Syria have learned how to weaponize surveillance drones and use them against each other, adding a new…
New challenges in Syria as militants weaponize drones
FILE- In this March 1, 2013 file photo, anti-Syrian President Bashar Assad protesters hold the Jabhat al-Nusra flag, as they shout slogans during a demonstration, at Kafranbel town, in Idlib province, northern Syria. Insurgent groups like Hezbollah and the Islamic State group in Syria have learned how to weaponize surveillance drones and use them against each other, adding a new…
New challenges in Syria as militants weaponized drones
FILE- In this March 1, 2013 file photo, anti-Syrian President Bashar Assad protesters hold the Jabhat al-Nusra flag, as they shout slogans during a demonstration, at Kafranbel town, in Idlib province, northern Syria. Insurgent groups like Hezbollah and the Islamic State group in Syria have learned how to weaponize surveillance drones and use them against each other, adding a new…
New challenges in Syria as militants weaponized drones
FILE- In this March 1, 2013 file photo, anti-Syrian President Bashar Assad protesters hold the Jabhat al-Nusra flag, as they shout slogans during a demonstration, at Kafranbel town, in Idlib province, northern Syria. Insurgent groups like Hezbollah and the Islamic State group in Syria have learned how to weaponize surveillance drones and use them against each other, adding a new…
New challenges in Syria as militants weaponized drones
FILE- In this March 1, 2013 file photo, anti-Syrian President Bashar Assad protesters hold the Jabhat al-Nusra flag, as they shout slogans during a demonstration, at Kafranbel town, in Idlib province, northern Syria. Insurgent groups like Hezbollah and the Islamic State group in Syria have learned how to weaponize surveillance drones and use them against each other, adding a new…
Europe’s comet probe Rosetta ends 12-year mission with crash
The artist impression provided on the website of the European Space Agency ESA on Sept. 29, 2016 shows ESA’s Rosetta cometary probe. The spacecraft will be crash landed on Comet 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko Sept. 30, 2016. (J. Huart/ESA via AP) BERLIN (AP) — After 12 years of hurtling through space in pursuit of a comet, the Rosetta probe ended its mission Friday…
Scientists bid farewell to Rosetta space probe before crash
The artist impression provided on the website of the European Space Agency ESA on Sept. 29, 2016 shows ESA’s Rosetta cometary probe. The spacecraft will be crash landed on Comet 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko Sept. 30, 2016. (J. Huart/ESA via AP) BERLIN (AP) — Scientists began saying their final farewells to the Rosetta space probe Thursday, hours before its planned crash-landing on a…
Education funding fight in Frankfort
Kentucky’s Democratic leaders have blasted Republican Gov. Matt Bevin for withholding $4.6 million from public school districts – money Bevin says he will release if the districts ask for it.
PSC to hold public meeting on Columbia gas rate
The Kentucky Public Service Commission (PSC) will hold a public meeting Wednesday in Lexington to receive public comments on a rate increase requested by Columbia Gas of Kentucky.
France, Turkey use hoops to heal their nations after attacks
RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) — It’s been a difficult few months for the Olympic women’s basketball teams from Turkey and France. Both countries have been victimized by deadly extremist attacks, and Turkey is struggling with the aftermath of a bloody attempted coup.For players on both teams, being at the Summer Olympics in Rio offers a respite from what’s happening at…
France, Turkey use hoops to heal their nations after attacks
RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) — It’s been a difficult few months for the Olympic women’s basketball teams from Turkey and France. Both countries have been victimized by deadly extremist attacks, and Turkey is struggling with the aftermath of a bloody attempted coup.For players on both teams, being at the Summer Olympics in Rio offers a respite from what’s happening at…
Emirates airliner with 300 onboard crash lands in Dubai
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — All 300 people aboard an Emirates airliner survived a crash landing in Dubai on Wednesday, scrambling down emergency slides before flames consumed the plane in an accident that halted flights for hours at the world’s third-busiest airport. One firefighter was killed battling the blaze.The incident was the most serious ever for Emirates, which has…
Emirates airliner with 300 onboard crash lands in Dubai
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — An Emirates flight from India with 300 people on board crash landed at Dubai’s main airport Wednesday, sending black smoke billowing into the air and halting all flights at the Middle East’s busiest airport. A firefighter died while responding to the blaze, but none of the passengers or crew on board were killed.The accident…
Emirates airliner with 300 onboard crash lands in Dubai
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — An Emirates flight from India with 300 people on board crash landed at Dubai’s main airport Wednesday, sending black smoke billowing into the air and halting all flights at the Middle East’s busiest airport. No one was killed, and all passengers were safely evacuated before the plane was engulfed in a fireball.The accident was…
Lexington Police Dept. to roll out body cameras in mid-August
Police body cameras are just weeks away. Even before the events in Ferguson, Missouri, almost two years ago, the Lexington Police Department had been researching and testing out different models. Now the first shipment of the city’s $2.6 million investment has arrived.
Global AIDS conference exposes South Africa’s dramatic turn
JOHANNESBURG (AP) — The first time the world came to South Africa for a conference on AIDS, the country’s leader shocked attendees by questioning whether HIV really caused the disease.President Thabo Mbeki then walked out of the room as a slender 11-year-old boy with AIDS addressed the crowd in response, pleading for treatment and understanding in a region where the…
The Latest: Experts: ‘Remain’ side in Britain too complacent
LONDON (AP) — The Latest on Britain’s referendum on whether to leave the European Union (all times local):4:35 a.m.As “leave” votes pour in from Britain’s historic vote on European Union membership, post-mortems are already being produced. One expert says the “remain” side had suffered from “a degree of complacency.”Tim Oliver, a fellow at the London School of Economics’ IDEAS foreign…