The lawsuit alleges the procurement director was pushed out of her job by the Murray State University president for voicing concerns about potential violations of state law on purchases and contracts.

A week after the failed execution, Pike is awake but is said to be angry and confused. Her lawyers said Wednesday's hearing was about "transparency."

Kentucky Democrats have lost ground to Republicans over the past decade, but gained a rare voter registration victory last month, ahead of the November election.

Christa Pike has regained consciousness and is able to speak, according to an update from her legal team on Tuesday afternoon.

Tennessee lawmakers held hearings to discuss implementing a limited medical marijuana program, but the state’s top law enforcement group remains the most vocal opposition.

A death row inmate housed at the Kentucky State Penitentiary died last week in what appears to be a suicide, according to a spokesperson for the state’s Justice & Public Safety Cabinet.

In a highly competitive Washington congressional race, the incumbent Democrat has angered part of her party base and the Trump-backed Republican challenger faces backlash against the party in power.

Saudi authorities say the latest attack on the international airport in the capital, Riyadh, has killed 12 people and injured over 300. Their statement says the dead on Saturday included four Saudi citizens as well as two Bangladeshi nationals, a Palestinian, a U.S. citizen, an Egyptian, a Jordanian, a Syrian and a Sudanese. It said some of those injured were in critical condition. The attack — the latest of several in the past week on King Khalid International Airport — is expected to increase Saudi pressure on allies including the United States to provide military support for the kingdom.

Pike's attorneys say she is grateful for the care of first responders and her medical team.

The surge in attacks, including against other Saudi airports, military facilities and oil infrastructure, has come in the week since a Saudi-led coalition launched a major military offensive against the Houthis.

The center's executive director has named an agent who has worked with ZZ Top and Motley Crue drummer Tommy Lee as the head of programming for the arts institution.

Hurricane Isaias is blamed for at least two deaths, after the storm made landfall on the Florida coast and ran through Alabama. There are numerous reports of downed trees, with hundreds of thousands of people without power.