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Aristide Economopoulos/New Jersey MonitorA three-judge panel has ruled that Tennessee’s laws against the “intent to go armed” and carrying weapons in state parks are unconstitutional. -
BlueOval SKNearly 1,500 workers at a massive electric vehicle battery plant in Hardin County have an important election coming up. Hourly workers at the BlueOval SK Battery Park will vote on whether they should join the United Auto Workers Union. The decision comes amid bitter tensions between workers and the company over safety and health issues.
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The Office of Kentucky Nature Preserves says they’ve already found hundreds of wild bee species midway through a multi-year project to inventory and protect the pollinators native to the state. -
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. -
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. -
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. -
Gov. Andy Beshear is joining the lawsuit challenging the Trump administration’s freezing of $96 million for Kentucky education. -
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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Parts of California, Oregon and Washington state will experience extreme heat at least through Tuesday, forecasters say. -
President Trump suggested he will "straighten out" Chicago next. Mayor Brandon Johnson told NPR that would be "illegal and costly" — but said there are other ways the federal government could help. -
Nearly 1,400 people died after Hurricane Katrina crashed into Louisiana and Mississippi. Most of the deaths were in New Orleans, which has had an uneven recovery in the past 20 years. -
NPR's Ayesha Rascoe plays the puzzle with Weekend Edition puzzle master Will Shortz and WFAE listener, Sarah Garber of Cornelius, North Carolina. -
A page published by the White House entitled "President Trump Is Right About the Smithsonian" lists exhibits, educational sites and more that the administration seems to take issue with. -
Netflix's wildly popular movie about a fictitious all-girl rock band is hitting nearly 1,800 movie theaters around the country this weekend as a singalong version.
