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Kentucky Attorney General and Republican gubernatorial candidate Daniel Cameron made a handful of campaign stops in far western Kentucky Friday, including one in Paducah.

Retailers offered deep discounts over the weekend, trying to make up for the lackluster holiday shopping season. A spokesman for the National Retail Federation says the weekend after Christmas is becoming just as critical for the industry as Black Friday. That's the traditional start of the holiday shopping season on the day after Thanksgiving.

John Updike won two Pulitzer Prizes for his series of novels. He was also a noted poet and essayist, as well as a critic of literature and fine art. In 2005, Updike contributed to This I Believe. In his essay, he writes about the art of fiction, politics and religion.

The result of tomorrow's parliamentary elections in Russia is all but certain — only the margin of victory is in doubt. Masha Lipman, a political analyst at the Moscow Carnegie Center, talks with John Ydstie about the lengths to which President Putin has gone to ensure a landslide victory for his United Russia party.

Tobacco users often have to pay higher premiums for health insurance, and it's not clear if switching to e-cigarettes will help them escape that fate. A lot depends on what federal agencies decide.

The “vast majority” of Kentucky’s COVID-19 cases are now the variant EG.5 – also known as “Eris” – according to Louisville infectious disease expert Dr. Mark Burns.

The hamburger chain warns that a penalty on employers that don't offer health coverage will crimp its profits.

Managed care companies are getting into the business of running physician groups to keep costs down. And hospitals, physician groups and Wall Street investors are eying doctors who practice cheaper health care.

A report released by human rights organization Walk Free found that the number of people living in modern slavery, including forced marriage and human trafficking, has grown to 50 million since 2018.

Toms River: A Story of Science and Salvation traces the story of a New Jersey town plagued by two generations of toxic waste dumping. Its author, Dan Fagin, talks about the origins of dumping in Toms River and its legacy today.