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Prosecutors plan to seek the death penalty against a Tennessee man charged with killing the parents, grandmother and uncle of an infant found abandoned in a home’s yard.
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The Trump administration has cut staff by more than 24% at the National Park Service since January. Republicans in Congress are now proposing another round of cuts as part of a budget bill.
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A lawsuit was filed Monday in Hopkins County against a Madisonville restaurant following an outbreak of a parasitic illness that can cause diarrhea, stomach cramps and other digestive tract-related issues.
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The Kentucky Court of Appeals partially reversed a lower court's decision, finding a Jewish woman is allowed to sue over Kentucky’s near-total abortion ban.
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Is it really too late to save the firefly? Those who research and follow the populations in Kentucky say no. Still, evidence of a decline is there, and rarer firefly species are especially at risk.
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Gov. Andy Beshear is joining the lawsuit challenging the Trump administration’s freezing of $96 million for Kentucky education.
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An incarcerated transgender Kentuckian is suing the state corrections department for denying her hormone therapy after a new state law bans such gender affirming care in jails and prisons.
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Two women died Sunday at a Kentucky church in a shooting spree that began when a state trooper was wounded after making a traffic stop, police said. The suspect in both shootings was also killed.
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Americans love olive oil — and import 95% of it. But tariffs are making it harder for Europeans to sell it to Americans.
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Looking for backup, I turned to an AI chatbot for relationship wisdom. It took my side. It was only when I challenged the bot's biases — and my own — that we had a communication breakthrough.
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Hurricane Katrina exposed longstanding flaws in the New Orleans criminal justice system. In the 20 years since, there has been dramatic change in the public defender office.
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NPR's Ari Shapiro talks with Big Freedia about her new album, "Pressing Onward," and how her childhood singing in the church led her to this moment, fusing gospel with her signature bounce music.
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Gov. Bill Lee declined to grant a reprieve Monday amid uncertainty about whether the implantable defibrillator will shock Byron Black's heart when the lethal drug takes effect.
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The trial of the far-right leader is receiving renewed attention after U.S. President Donald Trump directly tied a 50% tariff on imported Brazilian goods to his ally's judicial situation.