Shootings

As police shootings have become a flashpoint in U.S. cities, The Marshall Project and the Kentucky Center for Investigative Reporting spent a year examining those urban killings’ little-publicized counterparts in rural America.

Citing “increasing public interest and media attention,” Kentucky State Police on Wednesday announced the creation of a dedicated unit to investigate…

The National Law Enforcement Officers Memorial Fund says 64 officers were shot and killed in 2016 — an increase of more than 50 percent over 2015. It's the highest since 2011, when the tally was 73.

Kentucky Attorney General Andy Beshear says it’s difficult to watch some things going on across the U.S. He was referring to violence such as Sunday's…