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UAW files federal labor charges against Trump and Elon Musk?
The United Auto Workers Union (UAW) announced Tuesday that it has filed federal charges against former President Donald Trump and Tesla founder Elon Musk saying the pair illegally threatened and intimidated workers. The remarks the UAW is concerned with stem from a Monday night discussion where Musk, a vocal supporter of Trump, held a two-hour […]
Kentucky school district posts against Amendment 2 raise questions about political influence
One Kentucky public school district is speaking against a proposed constitutional amendment that would affect school funding — raising questions about what school districts can say on political issues.? Pulaski County Schools, a district seated around Somerset with more than 7,500 students, shared a message advocating against Amendment 2 on its official Facebook page Friday. […]
The rural Americans too poor for federal flood protections
This story was produced through a collaboration between the Daily Yonder, which covers rural America, and Climate Central, a nonadvocacy science and news group. On the day he would become homeless, Wesley Bryant was awoken by his wife, Alexis. “Get up,” she told him. “There’s a flood outside.” It was 8 a.m. on a Thursday […]
Potential threats to IVF push political novices into election-year advocacy
Marilyn Gomez was sitting at her kitchen table in Charlotte, North Carolina, on Feb. 16 when news alerts and friends’ texts began pinging her phone: The all-Republican Alabama Supreme Court had ruled that frozen embryos created through in vitro fertilization were children under state law. That meant providers could be held liable for discarding them, […]
Kentucky prosecutor says new law banning child sex dolls could strengthen future criminal cases
A new Kentucky law that makes it a felony to own a child sex doll could strengthen cases against predators, a local prosecutor says.??? Rob Sanders, the commonwealth’s attorney for Kenton County, said in a Monday press conference the law might have changed the outcome of a court case involving the shipment of child sex […]
With a new mental health emergency unit, University of Kentucky seeks to decrease stigma
This story mentions suicide and mental health. If you or someone you know is contemplating suicide, please call or text the Suicide Prevention Lifeline at 988.? Kentucky’s first psychiatric emergency unit cared for more than 150 people in its first 10 days of operation — more than half of whom were dealing with suicidality. The […]
Breaking the Stigma: Postpartum depression is lonely. Shame, guilt make it worse.?
This story discusses postpartum depression and suicide. If you or someone you know is contemplating suicide, please call or text the National Suicide Prevention Lifeline at 988.? Before having children, Chan Kemper pictured how the experience would go.? “I was determined to have the hippiest, dippiest, crunchy, earth goddess pregnancies and deliveries that I could […]
State lawmakers eye promise, pitfalls of AI ahead of November elections
LOUISVILLE, Ky. — Inside a white-walled conference room, a speaker surveyed hundreds of state lawmakers and policy influencers, asking whether artificial intelligence poses a threat to the elections in their states. The results were unambiguous: 80% of those who answered a live poll said yes. In a follow-up question, nearly 90% said their state laws […]
UK asks court to dismiss some claims against it in sexual abuse lawsuit brought by former swimmers
This story was updated Aug. 12 to include a statement from the plaintiffs attorney. One week after University of Kentucky President Eli Capilouto issued a statement saying allegations of sexual abuse by a former swimming coach were “deeply distressing to all of us,” the university sought to distance itself from the case against Lars Jorgensen […]
Kentucky appeals court rejects AG’s efforts to get employment records in abortion case
FRANKFORT — The Kentucky Court of Appeals has rejected efforts by the office of the state Attorney General to use a Franklin County grand jury subpoena to get employment records in a case that appears to involve two University of Louisville physicians who performed abortions at EMW Women’s Surgical Center and trained residents at the […]
Added delays in store for Trump in 2020 election interference case?
WASHINGTON — Special counsel Jack Smith was granted more time on Friday before having to give an outline on the next steps his office is taking in the 2020 election interference case against former President Donald Trump, the GOP presidential nominee. The delay pushes the case proceedings further into the thick of the presidential race, […]
More than 1 million veterans receiving benefits via PACT Act ahead of anniversary
WASHINGTON — President Joe Biden on Friday celebrated the number of veterans enrolled in VA health care and benefits as part of a law he signed nearly two years ago, though he said more work must be done for troops who were stationed at a base in Uzbekistan in the early 2000s. “Two years ago, […]