The federal trial of an ex-police officer accused of violating Breonna Taylor's civil rights has ended in a mistrial with a deadlocked jury.
It marks the second time Brett Hankison has avoided a conviction relating to the case, after he was found (...)
Three police officers have been shot dead in the US state of Kentucky while trying to serve a warrant on a man accused of domestic violence.
Police took the 49-year-old suspect into custody after the shooting.
Floyd County Sheriff John Hunt said the (...)
It took everything Kyanna Parsons-Perez had to keep from panicking after heavy winds collapsed the building she was in and pinned her to the ground under piles of heavy debris, CNN reports.
Parsons-Perez was one of many workers trapped under the (...)
Storms unleashed devastating tornadoes late Friday and early Saturday across parts of the central and southern United States, including Kentucky, where the governor said the death toll may exceed 70 after "one of the toughest nights in Kentucky (...)
A missing teenager from North Carolina was rescued by Kentucky police after she signaled for help by using a hand gesture known on TikTok to represent violence at home, CNN reported.
The 16-year-old from Asheville, North Carolina, was reported (...)
The owner of Maximum Security, the horse that finished first in the 145th Kentucky Derby on Saturday but was disqualified, said he would file an appeal with the state racing commission in an interview on NBC's "Today" show on Monday.
Gary West, (...)
Larry Collmus has called American horse racing's Triple Crown for NBC since 2011, but he is probably best known for what would have remained an obscure race if not for a confluence of factors that set in motion what became a viral video.
On a soggy (...)
Muhammad Ali was extolled on Friday as a boxer of incomparable grace, a magnetic entertainer and a man of conviction who gave a voice to the oppressed, as a two-day celebration of "The Greatest" came to a rousing end in his Kentucky hometown.
At an (...)
Larisa Mikhaylova's business model is simple: In exchange for a cut of their prizes, she enters Kenyan runners into far-flung US road races that are small enough to be winnable but still large enough to offer modest cash rewards to top (...)
Kris Jenkins made two free throws with 13.3 seconds remaining, Jalen Brunson added two more with 3.5 seconds left and second-seeded Villanova upset top-seeded Kansas 64-59 Saturday in the NCAA Tournament South Region final to reach the Final (...)
The glorious unpredictability of horse racing produced a fairytale winner of the $2.2 million Kentucky Derby Saturday when I'll Have Another stormed to victory in the 138th Run for the Roses at Churchill Downs.
A record crowd of almost 165,000 (...)
Kentucky basketball fans were far more sedate when they took to the streets to celebrate the school's eighth NCAA championship Monday, a stark contrast to the violence that followed the semifinal win over Louisville two days earlier.
The University (...)
Freshman Anthony Davis scored a career-high 28 points on 10-of-11 shooting, and No. 1 Kentucky beat Vanderbilt 83-74 Saturday to win the Southeastern Conference regular season title for the 45th time.
The Wildcats (28-1, 14-0) have won 51 straight (...)
Muhammad Ali is coming home to Louisville to celebrate another milestone — his 70th birthday.
The iconic heavyweight boxing champion will bask in the limelight once again at a private birthday bash on the evening of Jan. 14 at the Muhammad Ali (...)
Scotsman Dario Franchitti seized the IndyCar season points lead Sunday despite settling for a runner-up spot in the Kentucky Indy 300 by .0098 of a second to first-time winner Ed Carpenter.
Franchitti, who began the day trailing pole-sitter Will (...)
Francisco Garcia scored 30 points to lead the Dominican Republic national team to a 106-88 win Monday over a team of former University of Kentucky basketball stars now in the NBA.
The game was organized by Kentucky coach John Calipari, who has been (...)
IndyCar Series points leader Will Power qualified second Friday for the Indy300 at Kentucky Speedway, hoping to put some distance between himself and defending champion Dario Franchitti in Saturday's race.
Veteran racer Ed Carpenter captured the (...)
While the camel may have carried civilization, the horse conquered it.
On the back of this noble beast, wars were lost and won, brides were delivered to royal weddings and the words of the Prophet Muhammad (pbuh) were spread. On its swift feet, the (...)
Governor of US State of Kentucky Steven L. Beshear and Prince Nawaf bin Faisal bin Fahd bin Abdulaziz, Vice President of Youth Welfare, opened on Thursday evening in the city of Lexington, Kentucky, the activities of the five-day exhibition "a Gift (...)
Prince Faisal bin Abdullah bin Mohammed Al Saud, the Minister of Education, who is also Chairman of Board of Trustees of Saudi Equestrian Fund arrived here on Tuesday evening to attend the "Exhibition of Gift from the Desert" at International Museum (...)
Calvin Borel went to the rail and stayed there Saturday, sloshing through the slop on another flawless ride to win his third Kentucky Derby in four years.
They don't call him Bo-rail for nothing.
The most wide-open Derby in years ended with a sure (...)
US Army officials tasked with destroying the country's chemical weapons stockpile are likely to miss their deadline, but say they are hastening the process by blowing some of them up.
The Army would use explosives to destroy some of the Cold (...)
Mine That Bird dug up an upset for a stunning win in the Kentucky Derby with a dynamic run through the mud at Churchill Downs on Saturday.
The 3-year-old colt and jockey Calvin Borel found room along the rail deep in the straight then pulled away (...)
One of the five US soldiers who helped rape an Iraqi girl and kill her family told jurors Friday that he regrets what happened that day in March 2006.
“I should have had more sense than that,” James Barker testified, calling the crimes “barbaric” (...)
The University of Cincinnati remained in the hunt for college football's Big East title with a 28-20 win over reeling Louisville on Friday.
Quarterback Tony Pike threw for 250 yards and two touchdowns for the No. 22-ranked Bearcats moved half a (...)