While saying Kentucky is experiencing a real trend of declining coronavirus cases, Governor Beshear added the Commonwealth is “not completely out of the woods.”

Kentucky civil rights law explicitly protects individuals against discrimination based on race, sex, religion and nationality. Smokers, too, are considered a protected class. Some Kentucky lawmakers are again introducing legislation to also explicitly protect LGBTQ+ individuals.

Conservation advocates, biologists and wildlife officials who have been on the ground since the beginning of the eastern Kentucky elk restoration see potential in Whiteman’s idea with the benefits to biodiversity and species connectivity a corridor could provide. But the on-the-ground reality of working with local communities and the available resources could make the ambitious idea an upward climb.

Kentucky relaunched its state-based health insurance exchange program, which is expected to save Kentuckians $15 million.

Fern Terrace, a personal care home for the elderly in Murray, is set to close Nov. 19 after 49 years in operation due to staffing shortages.

Lawmakers say they want to do more to prevent child abuse after years of troubling reports ranking Kentucky one of the worst in the nation.

Since 2018, the militant group has blocked such efforts, leaving millions of children unprotected. The World Health Organization reports that the Taliban is now reversing that stance.

President Biden's pick to lead U.S. Customs and Border Protection, Tucson Police Chief Chris Magnus, told senators that he would seek to balance border security with humane treatment of migrants.

The company, Aerocamaras, has received permits it needs to try a unique rescue, in which a drone will drop a net on each dog, so it can whisk it over lava and to safety.

A gang is demanding millions of dollars in ransom for 17 kidnapped missionaries. Faith-based humanitarian groups say their work demands balancing risk with the need to serve the most vulnerable.

Supply and labor shortages, and a backlog of work already underway, are to blame, the company says. But it will complete purchases that are already under contract in its program to flip properties.

FBI agents executed search warrants at properties that are tied to metals tycoon Oleg Deripaska, who is sanctioned by the U.S. government.

For decades, the FDA has regulated hearing aids as prescription medical devices — an arrangement that adds to the cost and effort people must invest to get them.

Even as the federal government has cracked down on robocalls, more than 47 billion spam texts have been sent so far in 2021, one company found, costing Americans millions.