Federal judge extends ban on new Kentucky abortion law

A federal judge in Kentucky has extended a temporary ban on the enforcement of a new state law that effectively ended abortions because the state's two clinics said they can't comply with all its requirements.

Judge: Former Kentucky clerk violated same-sex couples' rights

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 — a refusal that sparked international attention and briefly landed her in jail in 2015.

Kentucky man rescues wife, sister-in-law from rubble of candle factory demolished by tornado

MMA fighter Brian Brooks says his wife, who worked at the Mayfield, Kentucky candle factory destroyed by a tornado, called him to tell him that she and her sister were trapped in the rubble, and that she loved him. He raced to the scene, helping to pull as many workers as he could from the collapsed building -- and eventually managed to rescue his wife and her sister as well.