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| Aug 24, 2026 | Sazerac buys shuttered Kentucky distillery to boost spirits production | Listen to the article 2 min
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Sazerac acquired a Kentucky distillery, the company’s latest investment in building out its spirits portfolio.
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| Jul 2, 2026 | Report: Mitch McConnell was unconscious when he was hospitalized last month | Getting your Trinity Audio player ready...
By Hannah Pinski, Lexington Herald-Leader
U.S. Sen. Mitch McConnell was “unconscious” at his home in Washington, D.C., before he was taken to the hospital around two weeks ago, according to EMS rad... |
| Sep 8, 2025 | The ‘Mecca of ventriloquism’ is in Kentucky. Take a look inside, if you dare | By Jake McMahon, Lexington Herald-Leader
In a small building tucked in a quiet Fort Mitchell neighborhood, more than 1,200 retirees have found a home. Related Articles
10 quirky and historic roadside stops for your next scenic drive in Nort... |
| Jul 14, 2025 | Suspect kills 2 women in Kentucky church after shooting state trooper, police say | The trooper stopped the vehicle after receiving a “license plate reader alert” and was shot about 11:30 a.m., Weathers said. The trooper was in stable condition, he said.
Police tracked the carjacked vehicle to the Baptist church, the polic... |
| May 2, 2025 | SoFi's Bold Return to Crypto: Riding the Regulatory Wave | SoFi is back in the crypto game. After a rocky exit in late 2023, the fintech bank is ready to dive back into the digital currency pool. The tides have turned, thanks to a shift in the regulatory landscape. Under the Trump administration, n... |
| May 1, 2025 | How wealthy horse owners finance their passion and potentially earn millions | Race horses are regarded as a passion asset like fine art or wine, but come with unique challenges.
They are pricey investments that require commitment as they can live as long as 30 years.
Bank of America’s Steven Mason told CNBC why wealt... |
| Mar 6, 2025 | The Battle Lines of American Law: Religion and Gun Control | In the United States, the landscape of law is a battlefield. On one side, the push for religious expression in public schools. On the other, the quest for tighter gun control. Both issues ignite fierce debates, drawing lines in the sand. Ea... |
| Mar 4, 2025 | National Politics | Eyeing a friendly Supreme Court, Republicans push for the Ten Commandments in schools | Supportive state legislators say the commandments are a historical example of law and not purely religious in nature. But while there are commandments that prohibit murder and stealing, some declare that there are no other gods above God, a... |
| Feb 19, 2025 | The Trump administration thinks HUD’s Disaster Relief is a waste of money. They’re wrong | The U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) has announced its own DOGE Task Force this week, after Elon Musk’s team ravaged the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) last week. While American voters have little transpar... |
| Sep 5, 2024 | Health | The technology used to make the COVID vaccine may be key to pancreatic cancer treatment | Once removed, the tumor is sent to a company in Europe, Genentech, which will perform DNA sequencing on the tumor to create an individualized vaccine for each patient. If effective, the vaccine will lessen the recurrence of pancreatic cance... |
| Dec 21, 2023 | An epidemic of sexual abuse in schools | Redeem now
The documents began arriving last fall, first in a trickle, then a flood. Emoji-filled text messages from teachers, handwritten complaints from students in the rounded script of teenage girls, type-written transcripts from HR inv... |
| Jun 12, 2023 | AeroFarms files for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection | Dive Brief:
Indoor agriculture company AeroFarms filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection, it announced last week. The company said it entered an agreement to secure liquidity with previous investors to pay $10 million in debtor-in-posses... |
| May 1, 2023 | Beyond Payments for High-Risk Industries | Today, most merchants looking to sell a product or service online can quickly get their payment system live with the help of a modern checkout platform. If the merchant works in a “high-risk” industry like games, sports betting, telehealth,... |
| Mar 6, 2023 | Whiskey fungus infests town — Jack Daniel’s plants targeted in lawsuit | More On: fungus
Keanu Reeves reacts to having fungus-killing bacteria named after him ‘Last of Us’ zombie fungus is real — and just one of many Doctors remove lung from dog that nearly died after inhaling fungus found in soil US bat species... |
| Nov 29, 2022 | Brief: Vertical farm network InFarm to lay off ‘more than half’ of workforce, downsize operations | Vertical farm startup Infarm will lay off more than half of its workforce, around 500 employees. The Berlin, Germany-based startup cites skyrocketing energy prices and the wider downturn as reasons for the cuts.
Infarm will consolidate its ... |
| Nov 29, 2022 | Commentary
Commentary | Guest opinion: Richard Williams: Separating the truth from lemons is the American way | By Richard Williams
In the aftermath of another turbulent election season, maybe it’s time for politicians, regulatory agencies and the media to return to something that feels almost quaint: the truth. During World War II, the “Superman” ra... |
| Oct 17, 2022 | CCHR Issues Resolution to Replace Forced Psychiatric Treatment and Torture with Human Rights | During Mental Illness Awareness month media revealed shocking reports of forced psychiatric treatment, patient abuse, deaths in psychiatric facilities, teenage mutiny over poor conditions, torturous use of skin shocks for behavioral control... |
| Jun 15, 2022 | Kentucky Governor Appoints Marijuana Legalization Advisory Panel | Gov. Andy Beshear on Tuesday announced the members of the Team Kentucky Medical Cannabis Advisory Committee, a panel created to help him provide access to medical marijuana for patients with chronic pain and other serious medical conditions... |
| Jun 8, 2022 | Jif recall may cost Smucker $125M | Dive Brief:
The Jif peanut butter recall may cost J.M. Smucker $125 million in product recovery, manufacturing downtime and consumer refunds, the company estimated in its most recent quarterly earnings report.
The company predicts the recal... |
| May 27, 2022 | Congressional Debate on Horse Slaughter, Treatment of Iconic American Wild Horses, and Welfare of Racehorses Continues | Photo credit: Shutterstock royalty-free stock photo ID: 186444029
AWA executive director Marty Irby testifying at a House hearing on H.R. 1754 in January 2020
Scott Beckstead on Range with Onaqui Wild Horses in Rush Valley, Utah
A crowd of ... |
| May 12, 2022 | Statement on Kentucky Derby Winner Rich Strike's Announcement Skipping Preakness Stakes | Pimlico Racetrack, Home of the Preakness Stakes
AWA executive director Marty Irby testifying at a House hearing on H.R. 1754 in January 2020
We applaud the Rich Strike team for putting the welfare of the horse first and choosing not to run ... |
| Apr 15, 2022 | Kentucky man indicted in killing of former lawmaker's daughter during home invasion | A Kentucky man accused of fatally shooting the daughter of a former Kentucky lawmaker during a home invasion has been indicted on a charge of capital murder.
Shannon Gilday allegedly broke into a multimillion-dollar Madison County home owne... |
| Feb 24, 2022 | Republicans divided over response to Russian aggression in Ukraine | Republican divisions over President Joe Biden's response to Russian aggression in Ukraine have revived the party's foreign-policy debates ahead of this year's midterm elections, with many GOP lawmakers and candidates eager to cast Biden as ... |
| Aug 26, 2021 | Open Jim: How will the offensive targets be distributed for the Wisconsin Badgers football team? | It’s a big week here at the Wisconsin State Journal and Lee Sports Wisconsin: Our University of Wisconsin football 2021 season preview section comes out Sunday, and we’ve already begun rolling out some of the pieces online.
Graham Mertz — a... |
| Jul 27, 2021 | A Tennessee pastor has threatened to kick mask-wearing churchgoers from his congregation | Tennessee pastor threatened to boot mask-wearing congregation members from his church. Brett Carlsen/Getty Images
Tennessee pastor Greg Locke has threatened to kick mask-wearers from his church.
He told his congregation on Sunday that they ... |
| Jul 12, 2021 | Police Union Sues Kentucky City's Mayor, Claiming New No-Knock Warrant Ban Violates Its Bargaining Agreement | The city of Lexington, Kentucky recently passed a ban on no-knock raids by the local police department. A long string of no-knock raids that have ended tragically likely contributed to this, but a recent high-profile raid in which a 26-year... |
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| Mar 10, 2021 | 10 Things in Politics: Wall Street says economy’s about to roar back | Wall Street Matteo Colombo/Getty Images
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| Jan 13, 2021 | Criminals Break Into Gas Station in Kentucky to Steal Bitcoin ATM | Contents It might end up in a forest14,000 ATMs
Unidentified criminals broke into a gas station in Lexington, a city in the U.S. state of Kentucky, and successfully stole a Bitcoin ATM this Wednesday morning, according to a local report.
Un... |
| Dec 20, 2020 | What happened to the Colorado Republican Party? | The Jefferson County GOP began its annual assemblies in the 1990s by asking all elected Republicans in attendance to say a few words.
“It was not uncommon for it to take an hour to get through all of those speeches,” said Rob Fairbank, the ... |
| Nov 11, 2020 | Democrats’ lacklustre performance in downballot races is a double-edged sword for election and voting rights reform | Chester County, Pa. election workers process mail-in and absentee ballots to scan for the 2020 general election in the United States at West Chester University, Wednesday, Nov. 4, 2020, in West Chester. AP Photo/Matt Slocum
As President-ele... |
| Nov 11, 2020 | 2 Kentucky restaurant owners are offering free food in exchange for unwanted ‘MAGA’ merchandise and apparel | A red Make America Great Again hat sits atop of a rack with camouflage and patriotic hats at a Trump campaign rally in Montoursville, Pennsylvania, on May 20, 2019. Bastiaan Slabbers/NurPhoto via Getty Images
The husband-and-wife owners of ... |
| Sep 3, 2020 | 45 States Now Providing Extra $300 Weekly Unemployment Benefits—And These Five Will Pay $400 | It’s been nearly a month since since President Donald Trump issued an executive action establishing a lost wages assistance program to provide weekly supplemental unemployment benefits to millions of Americans who’ve lost jobs or had wages ... |
| Jul 9, 2020 | Colorado Government Dumps Qualified Immunity For Cops | Since qualified immunity isn’t actually a law — but rather a Supreme Court construct — states are under no obligation to adopt this doctrine and apply it to lawsuits against law enforcement officers. But most states have, with Iowa’s top co... |
| Jul 9, 2020 | Colorado Government Dumps Qualified Immunity For Cops | Since qualified immunity isn't actually a law -- but rather a Supreme Court construct -- states are under no obligation to adopt this doctrine and apply it to lawsuits against law enforcement officers. But most states have, with Iowa's top ... |
| May 1, 2020 | Kentucky Derby 2020: Epic virtual showdown adds a digital twist to race day | https://d1rytvr7gmk1sx.cloudfront.net/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/20200413-Dallon-Karen.mp4
In March, it was announced that the 146th Kentucky Derby had been rescheduled for Sept. 5, 2020 due to the coronavirus. This marked the first time th... |
| Mar 31, 2020 | 'People are going out right now trying to fish and hunt deers because there's nothing to eat': In eastern Kentucky, the coronavirus is pushing one cash-strapped family to the edge. | Advertisement
Nearly 150,000 people live in the three counties surrounding London, Kentucky - Knox, Laurel, and Whitely.
Residents of former coal-mining hotspot in Appalachia have struggled for years. The coronavirus pandemic is making thei... |
| Jan 17, 2020 | Kentucky Betting Legislation Passed Through the State Government Committee Stage | Kentucky sports betting bill clears State Government Committee and heads into House of Representatives for the next step of the legalization process. A promise is a promise
Ever since Andy Beshear won the elections in November 2019 and beca... |
| Jan 14, 2020 | Militant Coal Miners Occupy Kentucky Railroad Over Unpaid Wages | Kentucky coal miners are protesting unpaid wages by occupying railroad tracks for the second time in the past year.
On Monday, Quest Energy workers heard that their employer planned to haul coal from one of its mines in Eastern Kentucky, an... |
| Aug 27, 2019 | Watch: In never-before-seen video, Purdue’s Richard Sackler defends OxyContin marketing | This story is a collaboration between STAT, ProPublica, and ABC News.
Members of the intensely private Sackler family that controls opioid maker Purdue Pharma are rarely photographed, and even less frequently seen on publicly available vide... |
| Jul 8, 2019 | Dispatch from The Hague: If the Trumps are serious about economic equity, ‘let women flourish’ | On May 14, I opened an email titled “An invitation to the Global Entrepreneurship Summit 2019 June 3-5th in The Hague” and my first thought was “How do I figure out if this is a scam?”
What made it initially so hard to believe was that I wa... |
| Oct 29, 2018 | Charter Spectrum Jacks Up Rates (Again) Thanks To Merger 'Synergies' | When Charter Communications (Spectrum) proposed merging with Time Warner Cable and Bright House Networks in 2016, the company repeatedly promised that the amazing “synergies” would lower rates, increase competition, boost employment, and im... |
| Sep 21, 2018 | Potential buyers for largest coal plant in the Western US back out | Enlarge reader comments 209 with 82 posters participating
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Two investment companies that had been negotiating a purchase of the Navajo Generating Station (NGS) outside of Pa... |
| Jun 3, 2018 | What rural America needs to succeed in the digital economy | A seismic shift is happening in rural America. The opioid epidemic is disabling a segment of the workforce, retail jobs are giving way to ecommerce platforms, and college graduates are moving to cities in search of higher pay.
But arguably ... |
| Jun 3, 2018 | What rural America needs to succeed in the digital economy | We are excited to bring Transform 2022 back in-person July 19 and virtually July 20 - 28. Join AI and data leaders for insightful talks and exciting networking opportunities. Register today!
A seismic shift is happening in rural America. Th... |
| Apr 2, 2018 | Here’s Why Oklahoma Teachers Are Striking, Even After Getting a $6,100 Pay Raise | Last week, the Oklahoma Legislature signed off on a $6,100 raise for the state’s public school teachers. On Monday, they went on strike.
Thousands of teachers descended on the state capitol in Oklahoma City Monday, demanding that lawmakers ... |
| Mar 27, 2018 | Why Houston and other cities want nothing to do with the massive national opioid lawsuit | HOUSTON — There are hundreds of cities and counties involved in the mass opioid litigation being hammered out in Ohio. Pegi Block wishes them the best. But for now, the Houston prosecutor has no interest in joining their effort.
Harris Coun... |
| Dec 4, 2017 | Charter brags about big speed boost—after saying Title II stalled investment | Enlarge
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| Nov 20, 2017 | Disgusted With Charter Spectrum Merger, Lexington To Build Entirely New Fiber Network | When Charter Spectrum acquired Time Warner Cable and Bright House Networks in a blockbuster $69 billion merger last year, the company promised the deal would result in all manner of “synergies” and consumer benefits. But as is the case with... |
| Sep 25, 2017 | Farm mega-homes are on the rise, and their owners may be benefitting from huge tax breaks | PriceyPads.com
A 18-acre farm estate, on sale for $26 million, in Richmond, British Columbia.
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North America is seeing an increasing number of "farm mega-homes," large estates built on agricultural land.
Even if mansi... |
| Sep 14, 2017 | DACA Recipient Doxxed by Classmate and Targeted by Hate Campaign | On Sunday, a Kentucky woman posted a tearful video asking for support after a fellow Transylvania University student put her on blast for being undocumented. Paola Garcia, who's stayed in the US because of the Deferred Action for Childhood ... |
| Aug 29, 2017 | Depp’s Kentucky horse farm heading to auction | ASSOCIATED PRESS
Actor Johnny Depp arrives at the Glastonbury music festival at Worthy Farm, in Somerset, England on June 22.
LEXINGTON, Ky. >> Johnny Depp’s Kentucky horse farm will be sold at auction next month.
The Lexington Herald... |
| Aug 3, 2017 | Charter has moved millions of customers to new—and often higher—pricing | Enlarge / A Charter Spectrum vehicle.
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| May 17, 2017 | Girl Scout Troop Leader Is On the Run with $15,000 Worth of Cookies | There are few crimes more pathetic than stealing from Girl Scouts.
Recall the pair of unapologetic, nihilistic teens who famously stole cookie money right from the helpless hands of a nine-year-old girl because they wanted money for "j... |
| Nov 14, 2016 | Aspiring Weatherman Started A Wildfire To Get More Facebook Views: He's Now Famous, But Probably Not In The Way He Wanted | Aaron Mamiit, Tech Times 14 November 2016, 08:11 am
An aspiring weatherman in Kentucky has been charged with arson after he allegedly started a wildfire and then uploaded the video on Facebook.
The 21-year-old Johnny Mullins admitted to the... |
| May 17, 2016 | College Coaches and Administrators Are Too Busy Paying Themselves to Pay Athletes | University athletic departments love to claim that they can't pay revenue sport college athletes because they don't make a "profit." But look deeper into their spending habits, and this claim quickly appears ridiculous. As non-pro... |
| Jan 13, 2016 | Legislator Wants To Ban People From Posting Pictures Of Accidents To Social Media… For At Least One Hour | Kentucky legislator John “Bam” Carney thinks social media might be getting a bit out of hand. His response? Prior Restraint: The Legislation. (via Slashdot) |
| Nov 12, 2015 | Judge Recused In University Of Kentucky V. Kentucky Mist Moonshine Case Because He's A Kentucky Grad | We were just discussing the University of Kentucky’s asshat-ish bullying attempts concerning Kentucky Mist Moonshine’s gall in selling hats and t-shirts featuring the distillery’s name and logo. The whole episode has been entirely silly fro... |
| Nov 5, 2015 | University Of Kentucky Battles Kentucky Mist Moonshine Maker Over Hats And T-Shirts | We’ve already established that the University of Kentucky is sort of insane when it comes to overly restrictive trademark practices. We’ve also established that many other educational institutions are equally asshat-ish when it comes to tra... |
| Nov 5, 2014 | Which parts of Obamacare will McConnell attack first? | The other factor in the equation is the smashing success of KYnect, the state’s health insurance exchange. Medicaid expansion has extended coverage to many people in Kentucky, so it’s hard to see McConnell pushing a repeal of the ACA that w... |
| Oct 8, 2014 | Kentucky city threatens to block Comcast/Time Warner Cable merger | reader comments 68 with 51 posters participating
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| Aug 20, 2014 | No separation of church and wellness for ‘pastoral mental health counselors’ | Kentucky recently became the sixth state (joining Arkansas, Maine, New Hampshire, North Carolina and Tennessee) to allow pastoral counselors to become licensed mental health counselors. As of now, Kentucky only has 20 licensed pastoral coun... |
| Dec 18, 2013 | Appeals Court Upholds Life Prison Sentence For Iraqi 'Terrorist' Caught In One Of The FBI's Own Terrorist Plots | Over the past few years, we’ve reported over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over again, that the FBI’s “anti-terrorism” strategy appears to be setting up its own fake terrorist plots, co... |
| Jul 3, 2013 | What’s to blame for student loan debt? Medicaid | “Medicaid and education funding are the two biggest parts of every state budget,” he said. “As the Medicaid bill gets bigger, funding for education is cut and colleges have to raise tuition.”
Kentucky will be expanding Medicaid and is build... |
| May 23, 2013 | Magic Hat Brewery Sues West Sixth Brewing, Claiming 6 Looks Too Much Like 9 | You may recall that years ago Anheuser-Busch applied for a trademark on the number 312, having bought out Goose Island Brewery, who had a beer by that name. The catch is that 312 is the area code for most of Chicago, where Goose Island was ... |
| Feb 21, 2013 | Today’s Headlines and Commentary | As Steve mentioned yesterday, the House Judiciary Committee is holding a hearing on the legal rationale for targeted killing next Wednesday. We should have more details---including a witness list---shortly.
Lots of reaction to the Mandiant ... |
| Feb 6, 2012 | How do you replicate Silicon Valley entrepreneurship? | Silicon [insert your area here]
"This country can't be knocked out with one punch," said Clint Eastwood, during the Super Bowl halftime, in an ad for Chrysler. "We get right back up again, and when we do the world is going to... |
| Jun 20, 2011 | Today's Headlines and Commentary | The New York Times today surveys the current and prospective uses of drones in warfare.
Plans are in the works for the House to vote on limiting funding for U.S. military efforts in Libya.
The Washington Post editorialized over the weekend ... |
| Oct 27, 2010 | Hispanic community’s distance from the web will affect voting Nov. 2: Guest Post | This is a guest post by Liz Spikol, Editor of bilingual Tek Lado magazine, as part of our Guest Contributor Week. Want to have an op-ed or feature you’ve written to appear on TP, now or in the future? Drop us a line.
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| Sep 1, 2010 | When Suing A Website For Libel, It Helps To Actually Sue The Right One | Last week, a story caught my eye, about a website being ordered to pay $11 million for failing to respond to a lawsuit claiming libel. The story caught my attention for a few reasons: first, I’m always interested in libel lawsuits involving... |
| Apr 14, 2009 | MedCity morning read, Tuesday, April 14 | “My family and I were invited to a first-class resort, where I presented the results at a sponsored conference,” Psaty wrote in a commentary this week in the Journal of the American Medical Association (JAMA).
Dr. Psaty agreed to help deve... |
| Jul 23, 2008 | Housing Package Set For House Approval; Bush Drops Veto Threat | A little fear over the possible future of Fannie Mae (FNM) and Freddie Mac (FRE) is apparently all it took to put enough momentum behind a behemoth housing package that has been bouncing throughout Congress since May — on Wednesday morning,... |
| Feb 1, 2007 | LonelyGirl15: Show Me The Money! | The Daily Reel has
a short interview with the creators of LonelyGirl15, the online video diary of a fake
teen which became enormously popular on YouTube last year. The topic was what they think
about the monetization of YouTube. If anyone w... |
| Mar 13, 2006 | Monday morn SV quarterback: Khosla, VC urinals, Ridgelift, Carlyle, GoogleMars, Kontiki & more | There is so much going on in Silicon Valley, here’s a summary of things we didn’t get to, but which you might want to know about.
Most dangerous place in the Bay Area — Here’s a virtual helicopter tour of the Hayward fault line than runs th... |
| Dec 8, 2005 | VCs Pay Off Epinions Shareholders, Open Door For New Lawsuits | This story may not get too much attention, as it seems like a fairly quiet settlement to a lawsuit that wasn’t that interesting in the first place, but hearing that the investors in Epinions have agreed to pay out some money to fifty-one fo... |
| Aug 5, 2004 | A Disney Computer? | The Walt Disney Company hasn’t been particularly friendly with the tech industry lately, but maybe that’s because they think technology is easy. They’ve apparently decided that, despite the general trouble most companies seem to have with s... |
| Jul 9, 2003 | Former FCC Chairman's Plan: Government Subsidized Fiber To The Home | I noticed a few Supernova attendees commenting on their own sites about former FCC Chairman Reed Hundt’s claim that the government should be subsidizing the installation of fiber to the home. Now, Dan Gillmor has written up a brief summary ... |
| Jul 9, 2003 | Skirting eBay's No Lottery Ticket Rule | As the jackpot for the popular multi-state Powerball lottery rises to “staggering” levels people in states that don’t offer Powerball are scrambling to get tickets. As with so many things, the destination of choice to buy Powerball tickets ... |
| EGEB: The US’ last new coal plant proposal has been denied | In today’s Electrek Green Energy Brief (EGEB):
The US’ last new coal plant proposal, in Georgia, is dead.
The EPA refuses to tighten air quality standards despite the pandemic.
How a conservative coal county built the biggest community sola... |
| Biden was poised to nominate an anti-abortion attorney to a federal judgeship on the day Roe v. Wade was overturned by the Supreme Court: report | President Joe Biden delivers remarks on the Russian invasion of Ukraine in the Roosevelt Room of the White House on April 21, 2022. AP Photo/Evan Vucci
Biden was poised to tap an anti-abortion attorney for a federal judgeship on the day Roe... |
| Here’s what to watch for as Biden decides on his Supreme Court pick | Justice Stephen Breyer’s impending retirement gives President Joe Biden his first chance to fill a seat on the Supreme Court.
Biden last week reaffirmed his campaign promise to nominate a Black woman to the high court and said he intends to... |
| The best college football tailgate in every state | Clemson University tailgates like no other. Facebook/Clemson University
About as traditional as apple pie, tailgating on game day is an American custom that many colleges and universities pride themselves on getting right.
Regardless of wea... |
| Live updates: Pennsylvania's GOP Senate primary is going down to the wire | North Carolina GOP Rep. Madison Cawthorn lost his seat in a primary on Tuesday. Saul Loeb - Pool/Getty Images
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| No separation of church and wellness for ‘pastoral mental health counselors’ | Mental health therapists most often leave issues of faith outside their office doors, even for patients who are religious. But one class of counselors believes a nonsectarian model doesn’t serve everyone equally well.
“On a feeling level, p... |
| What’s to blame for student loan debt? Medicaid | Turns out it’s not presidential salaries or huge budgets for athletic departments or campus improvement projects that are driving up the cost of college. It’s poor and sick people who use Medicaid for healthcare.
That’s the analysis of Sena... |
| EGEB: Kentucky’s new Democratic governor still backs coal, more | In today’s Electrek Green Energy Brief (EGEB):
Kentucky elected Democrat Andy Beshear yesterday as their new governor. What’s his stance on green energy?
Australia’s main grid reaches 50% green energy for the first time.
Bristol becomes the... |
| BlackRock, world’s largest investment manager, drops thermal coal | BlackRock, the world’s largest investment manager, announced that it will no longer invest in thermal coal. It also said it will drop company directors who fail to act on financial risks from climate change.
As a result, BlackRock will drop... |
| MedCity morning read, Tuesday, April 14 | It appears that not only doctors and medical students are hearing the siren song of the pharmaceutical industry.
So are medical researchers, according to a story by Reuters news service.
Dr. Bruce Psaty, an assistant professor at the Univ... |
| Which parts of Obamacare will McConnell attack first? | Sen. Mitch McConnell has won his life-long dream to be majority leader in the Senate. He had no trouble beating Alison Lundergan Grimes in Tuesday’s election in Kentucky. He has low favorable ratings in his home state (only 38% of voters ap... |
