No matter where you’re from, accidents happen. But in some states, accidents happen more frequently than in others. Depending on your area, certain holidays see a surge in ER visitations, and Halloween is one of the worst offenders. Halloween ranks among the five worst holidays for children’s emergency room visits, with head injuries and car accidents—among other…… more »
In a move that’s being hailed as a “Yexit,” Kanye West said Tuesday he was quitting politics to focus on his creative work. “My eyes are now wide open,” he wrote on Twitter. “I am distancing myself from politics and completely focusing on being creative !!!” West said he’s been “used” to spread messages he doesn’t believe in.…… more »
President Donald Trump and the first lady, joined by the president’s son-in-law Jared Kushner and daughter Ivanka Trump, visited Pittsburgh’s Tree of Life synagogue Tuesday afternoon in the wake of the massacre at the house of worship this weekend. As Rabbi Jeffrey Myers — who escaped the gunfire that killed 11 on Saturday morning —…… more »
26-year-old Honduran man who had been traveling to the U.S. border with a caravan of Central American asylum seekers died on Sunday after the group clashed with Guatemalan and Mexican police on a border bridge between the two countries. The group of predominantly Honduran migrants had been trying to pass through Guatemalan border town Tecun…… more »
The grieving family of a 20-year-old woman who choked to death during a pancake-eating contest filed a lawsuit against the Connecticut university she was attending in hopes of raising “awareness of the preventable dangers associated with amateur eating competitions.” Caitlin Nelson, who was participating in Sacred Heart University’s Greek Week celebration on March 30, 2017, reportedly began…… more »
My Democratic colleagues have grown desperate. In the two years their party has sat on the sidelines, our nation has thrived under Republican leadership. That must be why, month after month, on issue after issue, Democrats and their far-left allies have tried to replace inconvenient facts with pure partisan scare tactics. The latest installment landed…… more »
FRANKFORT, Ky. (KT) – Franklin Circuit Judge Thomas Wingate has rejected the argument that so-called “historical racing machines” at Kentucky horse tracks are actually poorly disguised slot machines that are illegal in the state. Wingate ruled that machines are a form of pari-mutuel wagering and are therefore legal in Kentucky. The ruling will be appealed.…… more »
Robert Bowers, the Pennsylvania man accused of a fatal shooting at a Pittsburgh synagogue on Saturday morning, posted prolifically online about conspiracy theories and repeatedly threatened Jews. Bowers frequently wrote on the social network Gab, where he made a specific threat against Jews hours before Saturday’s attack, alleging that the Hebrew Immigrant Aid Society, or HIAS, a…… more »
When it comes to the best way to measure a student’s academic progress, there aren’t a lot of easy answers. That’s why Kentucky is reworking how it measures growth under a new system for evaluating school success that will be fully implemented next fall. “Growth was supposed to be simpler and it’s not,” said Elisa…… more »
JEFFERSONTOWN, Ky. (AP) — A white man with a history of violence fatally shot two African-American customers at a Kroger grocery store and was swiftly arrested as he tried to flee, police said Thursday. Authorities said it was too soon to say what prompted the shooting. News outlets have reported that the suspect made a…… more »
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