Monday, June 27, 2016

Somali cab driver shot in Louisville is likely paralyzed, family says and other top stories.

  • Somali cab driver shot in Louisville is likely paralyzed, family says

    Somali cab driver shot in Louisville is likely paralyzed, family says
    LOUISVILLE, Ky. (WDRB) -- A Somali cab driver shot days ago in Louisville may never walk or work again, according to the man’s family.Louisville Metro Police say a driver for Yellow Cab was shot around 3:15 a.m. Thursday morning when he responded to a call for a ride near 32nd Street and Hale Avenue.Family members have identified the driver shot as Andirahman Mohamed, a father of four who came to America from Somalia in 2007.“He’s a fighter. A man just trying to meet the basic needs and live the..
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  • Worrell makes 100-fly final at US trials

    Worrell makes 100-fly final at US trials
    Kelsi Worrell reacts after winning her preliminary heat in the women's 100-meter butterfly at the U.S. Olympic swimming trials, Sunday, June 26, 2016, in Omaha, Neb. (AP Photo/Mark J. Terrill)(Photo: Mark J. Terrill, AP)University of Louisville swimmer Kelsi Worrell won her semifinal in the 100-meter butterfly at the U.S. Olympic Trials in Omaha, Neb., Sunday night and qualified as the second seed for Monday night's final, where a ticket to the Olympics in Rio de Janeiro will be on the line.Worr..
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  • Rick Pitino's Louisville First wins NY Stallion Stakes

    Rick Pitino's Louisville First wins NY Stallion Stakes
    AP 7:29 p.m. EDT June 26, 2016Louisville First, a 3-year-old filly owned by Cardinals head coach Rick Pitino, barrels toward to finish line Sunday at Belmont Park.(Photo: NYRA)NEW YORK (AP) — Cloud Control and Louisville First were the upset winners of the $100,000 divisions of the New York Stallion Stakes for 3-year-olds on the turf Sunday at Belmont Park.Louisville First, owned by Louisville basketball coach Rick Pitino and RAP Racing, stormed home at 14-1 to capture the filly div..
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  • U of L offer excites 2019 Trinity DE Herron

    U of L offer excites 2019 Trinity DE Herron
    Trinity 2019 DE Stephen Herron, a target of U of L and IU, updates recruitment. Steve Jones, The C-JBuy PhotoStephen Herron, 2019 defensive end for Trinity High School, recently received his first scholarship offers from Louisville, Tennessee and Indiana.(Photo: Steve Jones, The Courier-Journal)Buy PhotoThe University of Louisville recently became the first college football team to offer a scholarship to Trinity High School sophomore defensive end Stephen Herron. The early gesture from ..
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  • Louisville's own Bryson Tiller wins 2 BET Awards

    Louisville's own Bryson Tiller wins 2 BET Awards
    Louisville's own Bryson Tiller wins 2 BET Awards Louisville native Bryson Tiller wins two BET Awards C.J. Daniels, WHAS 12:17 AM. CDT June 27, 2016 LOUISVILLE, Ky. (WHAS11) – R&B artist Bryson Tiller has earned two statues at the 2016 BET Awards.Tiller, who received notable buzz for his TRAPSOUL album, walked away with Best Male R&B / Pop Artist and Best New Artist."It's my first award ever man, I just want to say thank you to anybody who listened to TRAPSOUL," he said.Upon win..
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  • Trapsoul earns Louisville native 4 BET Award nominations

    Trapsoul earns Louisville native 4 BET Award nominations
    Trapsoul earns Louisville native 4 BET Award nominations C.J. Daniels, WHAS 4:10 PM. CDT June 26, 2016 OCTOBER 02: Bryson Tiller attends vitaminwater and The Fader unite to 'HYDRATE THE HUSTLE' for the fifth anniversary of #uncapped concert series on October 2, 2015 in New York City. (Photo by Dave Kotinsky/Getty Images for vitaminwater) (Photo: Dave Kotinsky/Getty Images) LOUISVILLE, Ky. (WHAS11) – All eyes will be on Louisville native Bryson Tiller as he is up f..
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  • LMPD looking for suspects in triple homicide

    LMPD looking for suspects in triple homicide
    LOUISVILLE, Ky. (WDRB) – Three people were found dead Saturday in the Park DuValle neighborhood after police responded to a report of a shooting.Police would not confirm how those three people died. Initially, police said investigators found two men and one woman dead. On Sunday morning that was corrected to three men.“It's a really quiet, nice neighborhood,” said neighbor Shanta King of the Park DuValle neighborhood. “We don't see or hear of any crime in this area.”The cause of death for the th..
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  • 3 Men Found Dead In Louisville Home

    3 Men Found Dead In Louisville Home
    Updated: Sunday, June 26 2016 3:57 PM EDT2016-06-26 19:57:51 GMTJESSAMINE COUNTY, Ky (LEX 18) - A vigil will be held Sunday night to mark the second anniversary since five family members were killed in a fiery crash.  In June of 2014 police say Steven Hibbard, his wife, and their three children were driving on US-27 when their car crossed over the median and into the path of a van. Their car burst into flames, and all five of them and the driver of the van were killed.  Friends of the family w..
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  • Louisville offers new health care degree program

    Louisville offers new health care degree program
    The University of Louisville is accepting applications for a new degree program in health care leadership aimed at working adults.The school says in a statement that the program is geared toward those who want to get their bachelor's degree and have at least 2,000 hours of experience in health care and 24 transferrable college credit hours. The statement says participants can gain college credit for job experience.Online classes are offered through the College of Education and Human Development..
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  • Refugee kids learn to thrive at Louisville summer camp

    Refugee kids learn to thrive at Louisville summer camp
    Four children sat cross-legged as their teacher flipped through a numbers book. When the page turned, they raced to yell the next number first — "six," "seven" and then, "nine!"So they hadn't yet mastered digits.But for them, it was a task more stressful than it would have been for most other 5-year-olds in Louisville.The children — from Somalia, Burma and Iraq — had only been in the United States for weeks or days. They're refugees, forced to leave their homes because of war or persecution.Now..
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