Kentucky

Highs of 109 degrees Fahrenheit forecast for Saturday and 110 F (43.3 C) on Sunday in Dallas would break the current record of 107 F each day

McConnell has been an annual fixture on the picnic stage in the tiny community of Fancy Farm, where he long has relished jousting with Democrats

The National Weather Service has issued flash flood warnings and watches for the area where Kentucky, Illinois and Missouri meet at the convergence of the Mississippi and Ohio rivers

The U.S. faced a Sept. 30 deadline to eliminate its remaining chemical weapons under the international Chemical Weapons Convention

The statement of faith for the nation’s largest Protestant denomination asserts that only qualified men can serve as pastors

The measure’s top Republican sponsor has pushed back over how the Kentucky Department of Education interpreted the provisions in offering guidance to school districts

The group aims to boost services both in states with abortion bans and those where access is legal

Derby winner Mage finished third in the Preakness. His defeat means there will not be a Triple Crown winner for a fifth consecutive year.

Missouri and Nebraska proposals are poised for action as well, and could add to the list of at least 17 states that have enacted laws restricting or banning gender affirming care for minors

The deaths dealt further blows to a sport already reeling from a series of doping suspensions and breakdowns

The colt, whose winning odds were 3-1, was declared out of the running on Saturday, the fifth scratch this week

A crowd of about 150,000 is expected to jam Churchill Downs to wager and watch the event

At one Kentucky franchise, the minors were not paid, and sometimes worked as late as 2 a.m, while in another, 242 kids were working at the fast-food restaurant

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Lisa and Todd Sturgeon said their son’s mental health struggle began a year earlier with panic attacks, anxiety and a suicide attempt, but he was seeing a psychiatrist and taking medication

In a statement released Thursday, the family says they are working “vigorously” to see that the rifle is destroyed. They said federal agents took possession of the rifle on Monday

Twenty-five U.S. jurisdictions have legalized the drug, while others have only decriminalized. If you’re traveling, make sure to avoid legal issues

This year’s convention came just days after mass shootings at a school in Nashville, Tennessee and at a bank last week in Louisville, Kentucky, the latter of which marked the 15th mass killing of the year in the U.S.

For the second year in a row, the National Rifle Association is holding its convention within days of mass shootings that shook the nation

The calls were released Wednesday, hours before an interfaith vigil was scheduled to be held Wednesday in downtown Louisville to remember victims

Two patrol officers who responded to the shooting were wounded, one of them struck in the head by a bullet Monday morning. Five people died in total

Armed with an AR-15 rifle, bank employee Connor Sturgeon killed five people while livestreaming the attack Monday on Instagram

The five people killed on Monday were Tommy Elliott, Joshua Barrick, Juliana Farmer, James Tutt, and Deana Eckert

Authorities identified the gunman as 23-year-old Connor Sturgeon, who was also killed during the shooting Monday. The victims ranged in age from 40 to 64

The military says the service members who died in a U.S. Army Black Hawk helicopter crash ranged in age from 23 to 36 and were from seven states

At least 11 states have now enacted laws restricting or banning gender-affirming care for minors, and nearly two dozen states are considering bills this year to restrict or ban care