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A frantic push to safeguard the Paris Olympics promises thousands of jobs and new starts after riots
By JOHN LEICESTER Associated Press PARIS (AP) — With a name that doesn’t ring old-school French like Jean, Pierre or Jacques, and a home address in a tough suburb of Paris where riots flared, Salah...
Perspective: Children born poor have little margin for mistakes or bad decisions, regardless of race
By GARY FIELDS Associated Press Alfred King was lying in the parking lot of a small apartment building, mortally wounded when police in Alexandria, Louisiana, got to the intersection of 12th and...
Palestinians stream into a southern Gaza town as Israel expands its offensive in the center
By NAJIB JOBAIN and SAMY MAGDY Associated Press RAFAH, Gaza Strip (AP) — Tens of thousands of Palestinians streamed into an already crowded town at the southernmost end of Gaza in recent days,...
Russia fires 122 missiles and 36 drones in what Ukraine calls the biggest aerial barrage of the war
By ILLIA NOVIKOV and HANNA ARHIROVA Associated Press KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — Russia launched 122 missiles and dozens of drones against Ukrainian targets, officials said Friday, killing at least 22...
For transgender youth in crisis, hospitals sometimes compound the trauma
By HANNAH SCHOENBAUM Associated Press CHAPEL HILL, N.C. (AP) — Four days of waiting under the flickering fluorescent lights of UNC Hospitals' emergency room left Callum Bradford desperate for an...
Beau’s Seven Day Outlook
Illinois suspends star basketball player Terrence Shannon Jr. following rape charge
By ANDREW SELIGMAN and HEATHER HOLLINGSWORTH Associated Pres Illinois suspended basketball player Terrence Shannon Jr. on Thursday after he was charged with rape for an alleged incident that...
New weight loss drugs are out of reach for millions of older Americans because Medicare won’t pay
By AMANDA SEITZ Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — New obesity drugs are showing promising results in helping some people shed pounds but the injections will remain out of reach for millions of...
Danny Masterson sent to state prison to serve sentence for rape convictions, mug shot released
DELANO, Calif. (AP) — "That '70s Show" actor Danny Masterson has been sent to a California state prison to serve his sentence for two rape convictions.Authorities said Wednesday that the 47-year-old...
Gaston Glock, the Austrian developer of the Glock handgun, dies at 94
BERLIN (AP) Gaston Glock, the Austrian developer of the handgun that bears his name, has died. He was 94. The Austria Press Agency reports that the Glock company announced he died on Wednesday....
Three Marshall County Residents Arrested in Connection with Burglary
MARSHALL COUNTY, KY — Three Marshall County residents were arrested on Sunday in connection with a burglary reported by the Marshall County Sheriff's Office. The burglary occurred at a residence on...
Deputies Conduct Search and Rescue for Male Near Tennessee River Bridge
MARSHALL COUNTY, KY. — On December 26, 2023, just after 9:00 p.m., deputies were dispatched to I-24 near the 28-mile marker, just prior to the Tennessee River bridge, in response to a report of a...
Rain and snow showers. Chilly temperatures.
Posted by Meteorologist Beau Dodson First, I want to wish you and your family a healthy and happy new year ahead! Good day, everyone. I hope you are having a great week. The weather has been a bit...
Marshall County Sheriff’s Office Warrant Arrest Activity Dec. 22-27
On 12/27/2023, Molly Tuttle age 25 of Carrollton KY, was arrested on a bench warrant issued out of Laurel Co KY for the charge of failure to pay court fines. On 12/27/2023, Jonathon Bowling age 33...
Drug Bust Leads to Arrests in Hampton, KY
HAMPTON, KY — On December 26, 2023, deputies from the Livingston County Sheriff's Office executed a targeted search warrant at 702 Bell Street, Hampton, KY, as part of an ongoing investigation into...
Trump ballot ban appealed to US Supreme Court by Colorado Republican Party
By NICHOLAS RICCARDI Associated Press DENVER (AP) — The Colorado Republican Party on Wednesday appealed that state's supreme court decision that found former President Donald Trump is ineligible for...
Mexican officials clear border tent camp as US pressure mounts to stem migrant influx
By VALERIE GONZALEZ Associated Press MATAMOROS, Mexico (AP) — A ragged migrant tent camp next to the Rio Grande in Matamoros, Mexico, is a long way from the country's National Palace, where a top...
Stigma against gay men could worsen Congo’s biggest mpox outbreak, scientists warn
By JEAN-YVES KAMALE and MARIA CHENG Associated Press KINSHASA, Congo (AP) — As Congo copes with its biggest outbreak of mpox, scientists warn discrimination against gay and bisexual men on the...
Mayfield Police Department Makes Arrests in Kess Creek Park Vandalism Case
MAYFIELD, Ky. — The Mayfield Police Department has successfully apprehended individuals responsible for intentionally causing thousands of dollars in damage to the Kess Creek Park bathrooms. On...
Texas has arrested thousands on trespassing charges at the border. Illegal crossings are still high
By ACACIA CORONADO Associated Press EAGLE PASS, Texas (AP) — Before settling in New York City like thousands of other migrants this year, Abdoul, a 32-year-old from West Africa, took an unexpected...
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