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The Inflation Reduction Act is a huge victory for Democrats. The New Yorker staff writer Elizabeth Kolbert assesses its possible environmental impact and whether it truly reflects changing attitudes about the climate crisis.

John Calipari’s push for upgraded practice facilities for his Kentucky basketball team drew a sharp jab from Wildcats football coach Mark Stoops on Twitter after the Hall of Fame coach referred to the university as a “basketball school” in an interview.

Volunteers from the gulf coast continued cleanup and recovery efforts in eastern Kentucky Tuesday, where the death toll stands at 37 after widespread flooding devastated the region.

Mitch McConnell addressed the FBI raid on former President Donald Trump's home, saying the "country deserves a thorough and immediate explanation."

The university says this is the first evidence of a dog at the site that was a densely forested habitat with plants and tree-dwelling animals.

Tilley's attorney, Steve Schroering, told news outlets that his client is innocent and turned himself in.

Billions of dollars in investments are pouring into companies changing the recipe for plastic.

The Department of Homeland Security says it has ended a Trump-era policy requiring asylum-seekers to wait in Mexico for hearings in U.S. immigration court.

Flash flooding shut down Interstate 70 and stranded motorists Sunday. Death Valley National Park was also shut down due to flash flooding. (Aug

President Joe Biden and first lady Jill Biden witness the damage from the worst flooding in Kentucky's history, as they visited the state to meet with families and first responders. At least 37 people have died since last month's deluge. (Aug. 8)

President Joe Biden and first lady Jill Biden will be joined by Kentucky Gov. Andy Beshear and his wife for a briefing on the flooding's impact.

The town of Fleming-Neon was trying to move beyond an economic disaster when a natural one knocked it back down.

FLEMING-NEON, Ky. (AP) — Barely a week after floodwaters swept downtown and left a foot of mud and twisted, gutted buildings along Main Street, an incongruous sight appeared: A flashing sign declaring JR’s Barber Shop “OPEN.” As National Guard troops patrolled outside and volunteers on backhoes mounded up debris, J.R. Collins stood behind his barber chair, giving a touchup to one of his regulars. Like most in Fleming-Neon, Collins comes from a family built on mining — both his grandfathers worked in coal — and he has stayed in the close-knit town even as the industry shrank and others fled.

At least 37 people died in the flooding after 8 to 10 1/2 inches of rain fell in 48 hours last week in the Appalachian mountain region.

Angel Campbell should have been looking through photo albums and eating soup beans in her grandmother's living room this week.

Angel Campbell should have been sitting in her usual chair in her grandmother’s living room this week, looking through her old photo albums and eating her favorite soup beans. Now the living room is gone, and so is her grandmother. A week after 82-year-old Nellie Mae Howard died in the devastating floods that killed at least 37 people in eastern Kentucky, Campbell can't stop thinking about how she was swept away.

President Joe Biden and first lady Jill Biden will travel to eastern Kentucky on Monday to survey the damage from last week’s devastating floods and meet with those affected.

Last week's disastrous floods knocked out the region's water infrastructure, leaving residents to get creative when it comes to water.

Thunderstorms have returned to parts of Kentucky already reeling from devastating floods.

Kentucky has a similar measure on the ballot, and another is expected in Michigan. But even as advocates analyze the results, they warn that messaging that worked in Kansas may not work nationwide.

The federal government has filed civil rights charges against four Louisville police officers over the drug raid that led to the death of Breonna Taylor.

National Guard soldiers rushed to distribute bottled water to flood-ravaged eastern Kentucky as forecasters warned of more rain coming to the region.

As the cleanup and rebuilding slowly begins, Gov. Andy Beshear says the threat isn't over as dangerous heat is expected.

Thirty-eight people were killed in last week’s floods. Many of those deaths — at least 17 — were concentrated in Knott County, now struggling to rebuild.

This current blast feels a lot like the last one, and the one before that, which is exactly the problem.

The long days searching debris-clogged creekbanks are taking a toll on search teams in flood-ravaged eastern Kentucky.

As search efforts continue, some Kentucky residents are also dealing with how the heat will affect their home recovery work.

"It's going to take years to rebuild. People left with absolutely nothing," said Gov. Andy Beshear, as recovery begins. "And we continue to find bodies of our brothers and sisters that we have lost."

Some 1,400 people have been rescued, half by helicopter. But the ground search turns grim as crews find dozens of people confirmed dead.

Perry, Knott and Letcher Counties are some of the poorest in the U.S., and they continue to be under a flood advisory after streams drenched the area.

At least 35 have been confirmed killed in flooding and hundreds remain unaccounted for. The governor warned that high winds could create the danger of falling trees and utility poles.

Sunday morning was a respite for many in Hazard and the surrounding areas that have been hit hard by devastating flooding.

Another round of rainstorms are hitting flooded Kentucky mountain communities.

As residents in Appalachia tried to slowly piece their lives back together, the governor said severe storms could hit affected areas.

Kentucky Gov. Andy Beshear says infrastructure damage is hampering efforts to help residents hit by massive flooding. At least 28 people are dead. The National Guard estimates about 400 people have been rescued by helicopter. (Aug. 1)(AP Video/Mike Pesoli)

The White House is making more than $1 billion available to states to address flooding and extreme heat exacerbated by climate change.

Heavy rains are again battering eastern Kentucky, and more deaths are likely as rescuers go door-to-door in the Appalachian foothills to assess the damage.

Small, devastated mountain towns in Kentucky began digging out in earnest Sunday as another round of storms threatened more destruction.

The number of deaths from massive flooding in Kentucky has continued to climb amid a renewed threat for more heavy rains.

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The governor said search and rescue operations were ongoing in the region swamped by torrential rains that led to deadly flash flooding.

Some people lost everything in the floods that devastated eastern Kentucky, and many didn't have much to begin with.

In Fisty, Kentucky, residents returned to their flood-ravaged homes on Saturday to clean up and salvage what they could.

Kentucky's governor said the numbers would likely rise significantly and it could take weeks to find all the victims. Torrential rains swamped towns across Appalachia earlier this week.

As rainfall hammered Appalachia, water tumbled down hillsides and into valleys and hollows where it swelled creeks and streams coursing through towns.

The same stubborn weather system caused intense downpours in St. Louis and Appalachia that led to devastating and in some cases deadly flooding.

Kentucky’s governor says it could take weeks to find all the victims of flash flooding that killed at least 16 people when torrential rains swamped towns across Appalachia.

Residents in the Appalachians are being rescued by teams due to catastrophic flooding that have caused power outages and limited cell service.

Rainfall in the region ahead of the flash floods was "virtually unprecedented", state geologist says.

Search and rescue teams backed by the National Guard are searching for people missing in record floods that wiped out entire communities across Kentucky, Virginia and West Virginia. Kentucky Gov. Andy Beshear said he expected the death toll to grow as the rain keeps falling.

Residents are bracing for more rain after widespread flooding in eastern Kentucky.

Thunderstorms dumped several inches of rain across the mountainous region of eastern Kentucky, western Virginia and southern West Virginia.

Rescue teams backed by the National Guard searched Friday for missing people in floods that engulfed entire communities.

Heavy rains have caused flash flooding and mudslides as storms pound parts of central Appalachia. Kentucky Gov. Andy Beshear said Thursday that at least eight people have died from flooding in the state and that damage is widespread. (July 29)

Trapped homeowners swam to safety and others were rescued by boat as record flash flooding killed at least 16 people in eastern Kentucky.

Torrential rains unleashed what Kentucky Gov. Andy Beshear described as some of the worst flooding in the state's history.

Rescuers plucked people off rooftops amid fast-rising water Thursday in central Appalachia, where rains unleashed what Kentucky's governor called some of the worst flooding in the state's history.

Life has changed pretty fast for Trey Mullinax.

Sources of assistance are drying up just as economically disadvantaged women and other pregnant people in states that have moved to ban abortion need money more than ever .

Trey Mullinax won the rain-delayed Barbasol Championship on Sunday for his first PGA Tour title, holing a 15-foot putt from the edge of the 18th green to beat Kevin Streelman by a stroke.

Adam Svensson shot a 5-under 67 and had a three-stroke lead in the Barbasol Championship when second-round play Friday at water-logged Keene Trace was suspended because of darkness.

The move prompted criticism of the White House from fellow Democrats.

Lack of childcare and well-paid jobs might be driving the labor shortage. Mitch McConnell thinks March 2021 stimulus checks are to blame.

The first of three Kentucky police officers killed in an ambush last week has been laid to rest.

A new contract has been reached to continue service by the ferry connects Kentucky 91 in Crittenden County with Illinois 1 in Hardin County.

Flags at Kentucky state buildings will be lowered to half-staff Tuesday morning in honor of three officers who were killed when a man with a rifle opened fire on police attempting to serve a warrant, Gov. Andy Beshear said Monday. Flags will remain at half-staff until sunset Thursday in remembrance of Floyd County sheriff’s deputy and Martin City fire Chief William Petry, Prestonsburg police Capt. Ralph Frasure and Prestonsburg police Officer Jacob Chaffins, Beshear said in a news release.

The officers are killed along with a police dog as they try to serve a warrant for domestic violence.

Police took 49-year-old Lance Storz into custody late Thursday night after an hourslong standoff at a home in Allen, a small town in the hills of Appalachia.

At least one police officer was killed in eastern Kentucky when a man opened fire on police attempting to serve a warrant at a home.

Kentucky women’s basketball assistant Gail Goestenkors has retired from on-court coaching but will remain on coach Kyra Elzy’s staff until her replacement is hired.

Kentucky Derby winner Rich Strike remains on track to race in the Belmont Stakes on June 11.

Kentucky Derby runner-up Epicenter has been set as the morning line favorite for the Preakness.

Senate Republican leader Mitch McConnell says senators who visited Ukraine on Saturday have reaffirmed that the U.S. will back Ukraine until it wins its war with Russia.

Kentucky Derby winner Rich Strike will not run in the Preakness.

Rich Strike came charging up the rail to overtake the leaders in the closing strides for a stunning 80-1 upset in the Kentucky Derby.

Longshot and final entry Rich Strike has crossed the finish line first in the 148th Kentucky Derby, outracing favorite Epicenter and Zandon.

There are two types of people who watch the Kentucky Derby: Those who bet money and want to win, and spectators who just want to admire the strange names given to the horses.

Bob Baffert has been the face of American horse racing for nearly 30 years.

A deal for Drug Free Sport International to police medication in horse racing is in place two months before the Horseracing Integrity and Safety Authority takes effect.

The Supreme Court is leaving in place the illegal campaign contributions conviction of Kentucky businessman and former Democratic Party chief, Jerry Lundergan.

Louisville's mayoral race is taking place in a city roiled by racial tension, a spike in gun violence and deep misgivings many harbor about the Louisville police department.

Kentucky forward Oscar Tshiebwe says he will return for his senior season with the Wildcats after a breakout season in which he swept national player of the year awards.

Officials in Kentucky say the nation's last stockpiles of a deadly chemical agent have been safely eliminated.

A Kentucky man with an anxiety disorder asked his employer not to celebrate his birthday because it would trigger a panic attack.

Mississippi is ditching a state song that’s based on the campaign tune of a former governor who pledged to preserve segregation.

Kentucky's governor says a Japanese battery technology company will build a $2 billion factory in Kentucky, creating 2,000 jobs.

Oscar Tshiebwe of Kentucky has won the John R.

The Indiana State Police say they used genealogical data and crime scene evidence to link an Iowa man who died in 2013 to the killings of three female motel clerks and sexual assault of a fourth in Indiana and Kentucky from 1987 through 1990.

North Carolina, Duke and Kansas are bona fide basketball bluebloods, the best of the best in the men's college game.

Twelve people, including three U.S. Army soldiers, are accused in a large-scale gun trafficking ring that prosecutors allege supplied nearly 100 guns to gang members in Chicago.

The bodies of four Marines who died in a military aircraft crash during a NATO exercise have been transferred back to the U.S. The U.S. Marine Corps said an Osprey aircraft crashed on March 18 in a Norwegian town in the Arctic Circle, killing the four Marines.

Bob Baffert has transferred four of his promising 3-year-old colts to other trainers, which will allow them to earn qualifying points for the Kentucky Derby while the Hall of Fame trainer appeals his 90-day suspension.

Michigan and Kentucky stood out in a study examining the men’s and women’s NCAA Tournament brackets based on graduation rates, academic success and diversity in the head coaching ranks.

Here's a pretty safe bet: last week was the first time ever that two St. Peter's University men's basketball games landed among the Nielsen company's top 20 shows.

March Madness is finally part of the women’s NCAA Tournament vernacular and the first round has so far aptly fit that phrase.

A federal judge has ruled that a former Kentucky clerk violated the constitutional rights of two same-sex couples, who were among those to whom she wouldn’t issue marriage licenses.

Tiny Saint Peter’s took down basketball royalty, getting 27 points from Daryl Banks III in an 85-79 overtime victory over second-seeded Kentucky in the first round of the NCAA Tournament.