Kentucky

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Louisville police discriminate against Black people: report’s key findings
Officers used excessive force and failed to protect Black residents, a report launched following the death of Breonna Taylor has found

Maya Yang

08, Mar, 2023 @10:20 PM

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Louisville police failed to protect Black people, inquiry launched after Breonna Taylor death finds
Merrick Garland condemns ‘unacceptable’ police conduct after review concludes officers violated residents’ civil rights

Edwin Rios and Joanna Walters

08, Mar, 2023 @8:48 PM

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Estimated 20,000 people possibly exposed to measles at Kentucky religious event
CDC reports confirmed case of measles in unvaccinated and contagious individual who attended large gathering

Maya Yang

03, Mar, 2023 @5:01 AM

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‘It can be scary’: how corporate America is hitting back against unions
Employers are using heavy-handed tactics to prevent workers from organizing, and US labor union density is falling as a result

Michael Sainato

31, Jan, 2023 @2:46 PM

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Vending machines with lifesaving drug grow as opioid crisis rages in US
Naloxone, an overdose-reversing ‘miracle drug’, can let people with an opioid addiction walk away from a near-death experience within minutes

Chris McGreal

29, Jan, 2023 @7:00 AM

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Outrage after Kentucky student who created ‘kill list’ allowed back to school
Parents speak out about their fear of a school shooting taking place and how school officials should not ignore ‘red flags’

Gloria Oladipo

17, Jan, 2023 @5:55 PM

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‘It never stops’: killings by US police reach record high in 2022
Law enforcement killed at least 1,176 people or about 100 people a month last year, making it the deadliest for police violence

Sam Levin in Los Angeles

06, Jan, 2023 @11:00 AM

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Transgender rights activist Henry Berg-Brousseau dies aged 24
His mother, Kentucky state senator Karen Berg, said he killed himself after ‘difficulty finding acceptance’

Lois Beckett and agencies

22, Dec, 2022 @3:18 AM

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The US struggle to pay for food: ‘No matter how well you budget, you will run out of something’
Why have some US states opted out of nearly $4bn in emergency funds that would have helped their poorest residents?

Jessica Fu

22, Nov, 2022 @7:00 AM

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Abortion vote: here are the US states voting on a woman’s right to choose
Voters in five states will dramatically shape abortion policies for millions of women

Poppy Noor

01, Nov, 2022 @7:37 PM

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Man who plays dead on TikTok gets new life as corpse on TV crime show
Josh Nalley specialized in pretending to be a lifeless body on social media – then CSI: Vegas came calling

Maya Yang

29, Oct, 2022 @8:00 AM

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Kentucky coalminer goes viral over picture of him at son’s basketball game
Michael McGuire hurried after work to watch game, still wearing his uniform and covered in soot

Gloria Oladipo

28, Oct, 2022 @3:56 PM

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