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…
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.
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…
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…
LONDON (AP) — The Latest on Britain’s referendum on whether to leave the European Union (all times local):3:40 a.m.British voters seeking to leave the European Union hold the lead as results are being tabulated Friday morning.With exactly half of U.K. voting districts reporting official results from Thursday’s referendum, the “leave” campaign has received 52 percent of support — more than…
LONDON (AP) — The Latest on Britain’s referendum on whether to leave the European Union (all times local):2:40 a.m.Early results from London are showing strong support for the campaign to keep Britain within the European Union.A win for the pro-European forces in the cosmopolitan capital was expected, but the high margins of victory in some London areas have given a…
LONDON (AP) — The Latest on Britain’s referendum on whether to leave the European Union (all times local):1:25 a.m.The neck-and-neck nature of the British referendum vote count had politicians and pollsters predicting an all-nighter for a nervous nation.Senior Labour official John McDonnell is predicting a final result which will put both sides within one or two percentage points of each…
LONDON (AP) — The Latest on Britain’s referendum on whether to leave the European Union (all times local):12:50 p.m.The British pound is getting whipsawed by volatile trading as initial results from the vote on whether the U.K. should remain in the European Union showed the race is too close to call.The currency surged shortly after the polls closed Thursday, climbing…
LONDON (AP) — The Latest on Britain’s referendum on whether to leave the European Union (all times local):11:50 p.m.UK Independence Party leader Nigel Farage says “the euroskeptic genie is now out of the bottle and it will not be put back.”Farage appeared to walk back on his apparent concession after the British polls closed Thursday night on the EU referendum,…
LONDON (AP) — The Latest on Britain’s referendum on whether to leave the European Union (all times local):10:45 p.m.Dozens of Conservative lawmakers who called for Britain to leave the European Union have signed a letter saying Prime Minister David Cameron should stay in office whichever side wins the membership referendum.The letter signed by 84 legislators says “whatever the British people,…
LONDON (AP) — The Latest on Britain’s referendum on whether to leave the European Union (all times local):4:15 p.m.The European Union’s migration commissioner has described the British people as an “integral part of our European family” as voters decide whether to remain in the bloc.Dimitris Avramopoulos told a finance conference near Athens that “this … is one of the most…
LONDON (AP) — The Latest on Britain’s referendum on whether to leave the European Union (all times local):2:20 p.m.The founder of anti-secrecy site WikiLeaks plans to host a live, online punditry show about Britain’s referendum on whether to stay in the EU.Julian Assange has been holed up in the Ecuadorean Embassy in London since 2012.He is wanted for questioning by…
A public meeting will be held in Richmond on Wednesday, June 8, to teach about the Blue Grass Chemical Agent – Destruction Pilot Plant. (BGCAPP),
U.S. Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell made remarks on the Senate floor Thursday, regarding the deaths of Stephanie and Justin Shults during the terrorist attacks in Brussels.
A recap of Dunbar’s first boys’ basketball state title. Check out highlights and postgame reaction in the video.
Senator Rand Paul has released a “thank you” video on his youTube channel, addressing his withdrawal from the 2016 Presidential race.
Today, Mayor Jim Gray announced he is running for the United States Senate.
Football can be a dirty sport, but the Franklin Co. High School Flyers football team is telling the nation that it doesn’t have to be.
A Lexington mother beams with pride at her son’s accomplishment but admits, she never expected he’d be called “World’s Fastest”.
A public service announcement created by students from Paul Laurence Dunbar High School was runner-up in a video contest sponsored by the state attorney general’s office.
In honor of Veterans Day, Gov. Steve Beshear is encouraging Kentuckians to recognize the courage, dedication and sacrifice of our soldiers and veterans.
Transportation officials in Kentucky and Indiana say work is just about finished on the Milton-Madison Bridge over the Ohio River.
Alison Lundergan Grimes is back on TV for the first time since her 2014 race against Republican U.S. Sen. Mitch McConnell shattered state spending records.
The Lexington Public Library is giving people a peek at the progress on a new branch opening at Palumbo Drive and Man O’ War Blvd in a new video.