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The city of Louisville, Kentucky, has reported its first death of the flu season. Louisville health officials say the victim who died Dec. 7 was an…

A freight train derailed Thursday near the Southside of Paducah, in the area known as Littleville between Chester Hack and Cleveland Street.

Democrats on the Senate Intelligence Committee are pressing for the release of a so-called torture report on Bush-era interrogation practices. But there are several hurdles to clear before portions of the report might become declassified.

Human Rights Watch is calling on Egypt's president to make public a report that documents police and military abuses against protesters from January 2011 to June 2012. Parts of the report have been leaked to a local newspaper Al Shorouk as well as the British publication The Guardian. In the leaked chapters there are descriptions of police violence and military torture of detainees. While a lot of this is already known about the police and military, the report was referred to the presidency in December and so far no action has been taken. The military this week defended itself, denying any wrongdoing and Egypt's president spoke in solidarity with them.

Author and journalist and NPR reporter, ALAN BERLOW. His new book is "Dead Season: A Story of Murder and Revenge on the Philippine Island of Negros" (Pantheon Books). The book evolves from an investigation into a massacre of a peasant family to a series of interrelated crimes. BERLOW also examines the broader problems facing the Phillipines and the impact of American colonialism and imperialism.

Bucking a national slump in holiday sales, online merchants are celebrating a record year. NPR's John McChesney reports internet retailers have worked out a lot of kinks and are enticing consumers with free shipping promotions and gift pick-up late into Christmas Eve.

An FBI investigation has found that employees of Blackwater USA violated rules governing the use of deadly force in a September shooting incident that killed at least 17 Iraqis. That's according to a report in The New York Times.

Legendary CBS journalist Ed Bradley has died of leukemia. The 65-year-old correspondent had been reporting for CBS since 1967, and was a key member of the 60 Minutes reporting team up until just before his death.

By Jacque Dayhttp://stream.publicbroadcasting.net/production/mp3/wkms/local-wkms-861964.mp3Western Kentucky – The Kentucky Department of Education has…

Authorities placed the Kentucky state Capitol under lockdown Tuesday morning. The closure followed a police chase of an armed man in the area.