KENTUCKY

Police in Kentucky say they've pulled the body of a convicted murderer from the Ohio River, days after he escaped last week from an Ohio prison with another inmate.

Kentucky Republicans are picking a nominee to challenge incumbent Democratic Gov. Andy Beshear in Tuesday's primary elections.

The final year of his current NFL contract is not a topic Tennessee Titans quarterback Ryan Tannehill will discuss.

Two 10-year-olds are among 300 children who worked at McDonald’s restaurants illegally, a Labor Department investigation of franchisees in Kentucky found.

Florida Attorney General Ashley Moody joined 18 other attorneys general in signing a letter to the CEO of JPMorgan Chase & Co. on Tuesday, accusing the company of political discrimination.

Kentucky's Will Levis and Tennessee's Hendon Hooker are two quarterbacks who are tantalizing prospects for teams on Day 2 of the NFL draft.

Funerals are set for most of the five bank employees who were fatally shot by a co-worker this week in Louisville, Kentucky.

Many in Louisville turned to their faith for impromptu church services hours after a gunman killed five of his co-workers at Old National Bank downtown and wounded eight others.

As pandemic-related government aid programs end and inflation rises, nonprofits of all kinds are looking everywhere and trying everything to get volunteers.

Police say a Louisville bank employee armed with a rifle opened fire at his workplace, killing five people.

Just one year from now, a total solar eclipse will sweep across North America.

Two teenagers in love.

The college basketball season started with familiar faces and ended up with an unexpected Final Four.

U.S. Army investigators are trying to determine what caused two Black Hawk medical evacuation helicopters to crash during a routine nightime training exercise in Kentucky.

Republican lawmakers in Kentucky have swept aside the Democratic governor’s veto of a bill regulating some of the most personal aspects of life for transgender young people.

Horse racing’s efforts to clean up the sport and level the playing field are taking another step forward with the launch of a new anti-doping program.

Markquis Nowell scored 23 of his 27 points after halftime, helping Kansas State beat Kentucky 75-69 in the second round of the NCAA Tournament.

Republican lawmakers in Kentucky have passed a measure to ban gender-affirming care for transgender minors.

Republican lawmakers have advanced a bill aimed at putting limits on drag shows in Kentucky.

The large volume of evidence collected in the Breonna Taylor case prompted a judge to push back the trial date for a former Kentucky police officer who fired into Taylor's apartment during a deadly no-knock raid in 2020.

A Palm Coast man faces murder charges after deputies said he shot and killed a woman at a hotel in Kentucky.

Kentucky has seen its first infant anonymously dropped off at one of its “baby box” safe surrender locations.

A Trader Joe’s store in Louisville, Kentucky, has voted to unionize.

Kentucky State Police are investigating the death of a woman who was found in the back of a car.

Antonio Reeves scored 18 points and Oscar Tshiebwe had 15 points and 13 rebounds to lead Kentucky to a 63-56 victory over No. 5 Tennessee on Saturday.

Kentucky has a 10-6 record, is 1-3 in the Southeastern Conference and struggling with chemistry and consistency on both ends of the floor.

Aliyah Boston had 21 points and 11 rebounds, Zia Cooke scored 10 of her 20 points during a second-quarter rally and top-ranked South Carolina pulled away in the fourth quarter to rout Kentucky 95-66.

Bottle tossed by Kentucky boy during 1985 vacation.

President Joe Biden says House Republicans' inability to unify behind a speaker candidate is “embarrassing” and “not a good look” for the country.

Joe Labas threw for 139 yards and a touchdown in his first start and Iowa posted the first shutout in the Music City Bowl’s 24-year history by beating Kentucky 21-0.

A “Cousin Eddie” display in Kentucky apparently looked a little too real and police were called to check it out.

The holiday break is usually a quiet time in college basketball, many of the top teams playing small-conference schools at home or taking extra time off before conference schedules start in full.

Rasir Bolton scored 24 points, Drew Timme added 22 points, and No. 2 Gonzaga beat cold-shooting No. 4 Kentucky 88-72.

Kenny McIntosh rushed for a career-best 143 yards, including a crucial 9-yard score late in the third quarter, and top-ranked Georgia withstood Kentucky’s fourth-quarter rally Saturday for a 16-6 win and its second consecutive unbeaten season in the Southeastern Conference.

Mike Wright completed an 8-yard touchdown pass to Will Sheppard with 32 seconds left for a 24-21 win over Kentucky and snap a 26-game Southeastern Conference losing streak.

Evangelical Christians across the U.S. reconfirmed their allegiance to conservative candidates and causes in the midterm elections.

Abortion rights supporters won in the four states where access was on the ballot.

Voters in reliably red Kentucky rejected a ballot measure aimed at denying any state constitutional protections for abortion while voters in battleground Michigan enshrined abortion rights in their state’s constitution.

Unbeaten Flightline has been retired and will stand at stud after completing a dominant career.

Unbeaten Flightline posted another dominating run, overtaking Life Is Good entering the top of the stretch and pulling away to an 8¼ -length victory in the $6 million Breeders’ Cup Classic at Keeneland.

Italian-based Campari Group says it will add to its Kentucky bourbon portfolio in a deal to obtain a majority stake in Wilderness Trail Distillery.

The University of Kentucky says one its students was among more than 150 people killed when a huge Halloween party crowd surged into a narrow alley in a nightlife district in Seoul, South Korea.

Tennessee moved into a tie with Ohio State for No. 2 in The Associated Press college football poll.

Jalin Hyatt caught five passes for 138 yards and two touchdowns to lead No. 3 Tennessee to a 44-6 victory over No. 19 Kentucky.

Kentucky voters will soon cast votes on a ballot measure state lawmakers crave.

Voters in a handful of states will weigh in on abortion in this year’s election in the aftermath of the Supreme Court’s ruling that overturned Roe v. Wade and left abortion rights to the states.

North Carolina is No. 1 in the preseason AP Top 25 men's basketball poll.

From incrementally rising temperatures and seas to an influx of natural disasters, the climate right now certainly isn't the same as it was before the industrial era.

Chris Rodriguez Jr. rushed for 196 yards and two second-half scores, Will Levis returned from a one-game absence to throw a go-ahead touchdown pass and No. 22 Kentucky topped No. 16 Mississippi State 27-17.

Revelations about the warrant that led to the police shooting death of Breonna Taylor are scratching old wounds in Louisville, Kentucky.

A Kentucky man who killed three fellow students and wounded five others when he was 14 years old will spend the rest of his life in prison without another opportunity to seek parole.

A social justice exhibition is hoping to get results in Central Florida by telling the story of a Kentucky woman killed during a botched police raid through a new perspective.

Jim Beam plans to ramp up bourbon production at its largest Kentucky distillery.

Fans of the University of Kentucky Wildcats football team flipped over a car and set furniture on fire in Lexington, Kentucky, while celebrating the team’s 26 to 16 win over the University of Florida Gators on Sept. 10.

Georgia has reclaimed the top spot in The Associated Press college football poll and Oklahoma State, Kentucky and Arkansas moved into the top 10 after an upset-filled weekend.

No. 20 Kentucky intercepted Anthony Richardson twice, Keidron Smith returned one of those interception 65 yards for a touchdown, and the Wildcats toppled 12th-ranked Florida 26-16 in the Swamp.

At first, Republicans were highly critical of the FBI search of Donald Trump’s Mar-a-Lago estate.

Authorities say two people were killed and two were wounded in a shooting at a homeless shelter for men in western Kentucky and a suspect has been arrested.

John Calipari’s push for upgraded practice facilities for his Kentucky basketball team drew a sharp jab from Wildcats football coach Mark Stoops on Twitter after the Hall of Fame coach referred to the university as a “basketball school” in an interview.

Billions of dollars in investments are pouring into companies changing the recipe for plastic.

The Department of Homeland Security says it has ended a Trump-era policy requiring asylum-seekers to wait in Mexico for hearings in U.S. immigration court.

The town of Fleming-Neon was trying to move beyond an economic disaster when a natural one knocked it back down.

Angel Campbell should have been looking through photo albums and eating soup beans in her grandmother's living room this week.

President Joe Biden and first lady Jill Biden will travel to eastern Kentucky on Monday to survey the damage from last week’s devastating floods and meet with those affected.

Thunderstorms have returned to parts of Kentucky already reeling from devastating floods.

The federal government has filed civil rights charges against four Louisville police officers over the drug raid that led to the death of Breonna Taylor.

The long days searching debris-clogged creekbanks are taking a toll on search teams in flood-ravaged eastern Kentucky.

Another round of rainstorms are hitting flooded Kentucky mountain communities.

The White House is making more than $1 billion available to states to address flooding and extreme heat exacerbated by climate change.

Kentucky Gov. Andy Beshear says damage to critical infrastructure is hampering efforts to help residents hit by massive flooding.

Some people lost everything in the floods that devastated eastern Kentucky, and many didn't have much to begin with.

Some residents of Appalachia are returning to flood-ravaged homes as Kentucky’s governor said search and rescue operations were ongoing in the region swamped by torrential rains days earlier.

The same stubborn weather system caused intense downpours in St. Louis and Appalachia that led to devastating and in some cases deadly flooding.

Kentucky’s governor says it could take weeks to find all the victims of flash flooding that killed at least 16 people when torrential rains swamped towns across Appalachia.

Trapped homeowners swam to safety and others were rescued by boat as record flash flooding killed at least 16 people in eastern Kentucky.

Life has changed pretty fast for Trey Mullinax.

Trey Mullinax won the rain-delayed Barbasol Championship on Sunday for his first PGA Tour title, holing a 15-foot putt from the edge of the 18th green to beat Kevin Streelman by a stroke.

Adam Svensson shot a 5-under 67 and had a three-stroke lead in the Barbasol Championship when second-round play Friday at water-logged Keene Trace was suspended because of darkness.

The first of three Kentucky police officers killed in an ambush last week has been laid to rest.

A Florida judge says he will temporarily block the state's 15-week abortion ban.

Florida-based supermarket giant Publix continues to expand its empire.

A U.S. Army private from Kentucky has pleaded guilty to charges that he plotted to kill members of his unit in an organized attack.

Kentucky women’s basketball assistant Gail Goestenkors has retired from on-court coaching but will remain on coach Kyra Elzy’s staff until her replacement is hired.

Kentucky Derby winner Rich Strike remains on track to race in the Belmont Stakes on June 11.

Kentucky Derby runner-up Epicenter has been set as the morning line favorite for the Preakness.

Senate Republican leader Mitch McConnell says senators who visited Ukraine on Saturday have reaffirmed that the U.S. will back Ukraine until it wins its war with Russia.

Kentucky Derby winner Rich Strike will not run in the Preakness.

Rich Strike came charging up the rail to overtake the leaders in the closing strides for a stunning 80-1 upset in the Kentucky Derby.

Longshot and final entry Rich Strike has crossed the finish line first in the 148th Kentucky Derby, outracing favorite Epicenter and Zandon.

There are two types of people who watch the Kentucky Derby: Those who bet money and want to win, and spectators who just want to admire the strange names given to the horses.

Bob Baffert has been the face of American horse racing for nearly 30 years.

A deal for Drug Free Sport International to police medication in horse racing is in place two months before the Horseracing Integrity and Safety Authority takes effect.

The Supreme Court is leaving in place the illegal campaign contributions conviction of Kentucky businessman and former Democratic Party chief, Jerry Lundergan.

Florida forward Keyontae Johnson, who collapsed during a game in December 2020 and hasn’t practiced or played since, has entered the NCAA transfer portal with hopes of resuming his college career.

Louisville's mayoral race is taking place in a city roiled by racial tension, a spike in gun violence and deep misgivings many harbor about the Louisville police department.

Kentucky forward Oscar Tshiebwe says he will return for his senior season with the Wildcats after a breakout season in which he swept national player of the year awards.

Officials in Kentucky say the nation's last stockpiles of a deadly chemical agent have been safely eliminated.

Mississippi is ditching a state song that’s based on the campaign tune of a former governor who pledged to preserve segregation.

Kentucky's governor says a Japanese battery technology company will build a $2 billion factory in Kentucky, creating 2,000 jobs.

Oscar Tshiebwe of Kentucky has won the John R.