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DETROIT (AP) — Volkswagen is recalling nearly 92,000 cars in the U.S. to fix mechanical problems that can knock out the power-assisted brakes.

LANCASTER, Ky. (AP) — A teenager has died after officials say a forklift ran over him at a business in Lancaster.

FRANKFORT, Ky. (AP) — Republican victories for governor and three other statewide offices in Kentucky severely crippled one of the few remaining viable Democratic parties in the South.

Graham, KY (Muhlenberg County) – The Kentucky State Police is investigating a two-vehicle, injury-collision that occurred at the intersection of US 62 and KY 175, in Graham, on Tuesday, November 3, at 2:35 p.m.

(Murray, KY) – Trooper Jody Cash was responding to an emergency call on November 3, 2015 at approximately 1:46 P.M. when he was involved in a collision with another motor vehicle.

Victims included McConnell Senate Committee

Defendant admitted to purchasing vacation condominiums, luxury automobiles and jewelry with the stolen funds

LOUISVILLE, Ky. – The former pastor of a Louisville, Kentucky, parish was charged by grand jury Indictment yesterday with violating federal child exploitation laws, announced United States Attorney John E. Kuhn, Jr.

LOUISVILLE, Ky. – United States Attorney John E. Kuhn, Jr. today announced the indictment of a Simpson County, Kentucky resident on charges of making and possessing destructive devices, commonly known as Molotov cocktails.

FRANKFORT, Ky. (Nov. 3, 2015) – A succession of expanding businesses, new facility openings, thousands of jobs added and dedicated efforts by economic developers statewide helped Kentucky place third nationally in the 2015 Business Climate Ranking by Site Selection magazine.

FORT WRIGHT, Ky. (AP) — Authorities have announced that the driver responsible for a fatal crash in Fort Wright that killed the driver and three others was under the influence of heroin at the time of the crash.

COVINGTON — A Covington, Ky., man has been sentenced to 200 months for distributing heroin in Kenton County.

The Justice Department announced today that a federal grand jury in London, Kentucky, has indicted two former deputy jailers at the Kentucky River Regional Jail on charges related to the July 9, 2013, in-custody death of Larry Trent, a pretrial detainee at the jail.

Louisville, Ky. – The owner of the shuttered Preston Farms Popcorn, LLC (Preston) pleaded guilty to bank fraud on Monday, before Chief Judge Joseph H. McKinley, Jr., in U.S. District Court, for diverting buyers’ payments toward the operation of his business rather than towards the payment of his loan, announced U.S. Attorney John E. Kuhn, Jr.

LOUISVILLE, Ky. (AP) — Here is a look at Kentucky’s top races in Tuesday’s general election, from the contest for governor at the top of the ticket to down-ballot races for statewide offices:

LOUISVILLE, Ky. (AP) — Kentucky’s campaign for attorney general turned into a verbal sparring match between Democrat Andy Beshear and Republican Whitney Westerfield over qualifications, a critical job evaluation and one candidate’s familiar last name.