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US researchers have developed a new lethal Covid strain in a laboratory – echoing the type of experiments many fear started the pandemic. The mutant variant — which is a hybrid of Omicron and the original Wuhan virus — killed 80 percent of mice infected with it at Boston University. When a similar group of rodents were exposed to the standard Omicron strain, however, they all survived and only experienced 'mild' symptoms.

Shortly after Kentucky House Speaker Greg Stumbo learned of Rep. John Tilley accepting Gov. Matt Bevin’s offer to become secretary of the Justice and Public Safety Cabinet, Stumbo charged the Hopkinsville lawmaker with delivering “a slap in the face to representative democracy and to those who elected (him).” Funny, I didn’t feel the sting. And here in Western Kentucky — where I am a registered Democrat and Stumbo is not — I find myself more annoyed with him trying to put words into my mouth than I am with anything Tilley has done. I do, however, wish Mr. Stumbo would...

John Howland may not be as famous as William Bradford, John Carver and Myles Standish, notable passengers on the Mayflower that landed in Massachusetts in 1620. Yet Howland, who boarded the ship as Carver's servant, probably had a greater impact on the history of the United States than any of them. Hundreds of thousands of Americans will sit down for Thanksgiving dinner Thursday unaware that they owe their very existence to Howland, who almost never even made it to the New World. Howland fell overboard in the middle of the Atlantic during a gale

The Stillwater motorcyclist arrested last year on suspicion of racing 205 mph near Wabasha during the "Flood Run" motorcycle charity event is accused of failing to abide by the terms of his probation. Sam Tilley, 21, failed to report to his probation officer, and there is no record of his having paid the $125 fine or performing the 200 hours of community service as ordered during his December sentencing, Wabasha County court officials say. Tilley did not appear at a March 24 hearing to explain himself, so a judge issued an arrest warrant. He was picked up early Thursday, after...

A motorcyclist who set jaws dropping across the nation last month when he was stopped for going 205 miles per hour south of the Twin Cities tells a reporter for Midwest Quick Throttle Magazine in an upcoming issue that he was going closer to half that speed, said magazine editor Pat Andrews.