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Today — 5 November 2025Main stream

UPS Plane Crash Near Louisville Airport Kills at Least 3, Kentucky Governor Says

At least 11 people were injured, the Kentucky governor said, and two businesses were struck. Data from Flightradar24 showed that a cargo plane bound for Honolulu reached an altitude of just 175 feet before swiftly descending.

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A shelter-in-place order was issued for a five-mile radius around the airport in Louisville, Ky., after a plane crash on Tuesday afternoon, the authorities said.
Yesterday — 4 November 2025Main stream

In Search of the Simpsonville Massacre

In 1865, two dozen Union soldiers, all formerly enslaved, were ambushed and killed along a road in Kentucky. Archaeologists are still searching for their remains.

© Jon Cherry for The New York Times

Before yesterdayMain stream

Martha Layne Collins, 88, Dies; Kentucky’s First Female Governor

3 November 2025 at 09:36
She rose from a junior high school teacher to the state’s top official, and helped persuade Toyota to build its first American factory in Georgetown, Ky.

© Jim Mone/Associated Press

Gov. Martha Layne Collins of Kentucky in 1984 with Walter Mondale, the Democratic candidate for president. He was considering Ms. Collins for his running mate, but eventually selected Representative Geraldine Ferraro.
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