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Louisville to rename airport after Muhammad Ali
Louisville Mayor Greg Fischer said on Wednesday that Ali had inspired billions of people around the world with his boxing accolades as well as his openness about his conversion to the Muslim faith.
Mind of the Learner
On 2 November 1853, a school student, Matthew Ward, took a pistol to his school in Kentucky and shot his teacher in protest against what he deemed to be excessive punishment meted out to his brother by the same master the previous day. Considered as one of the earliest documented school shooting incidents anywhere in …
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Kentucky school shooting leaves two dead, 17 hurt
A shooting in a southwest Kentucky high school on Tuesday morning has left two students dead and 17 injured, said Kentucky Governor Matt Bevin. Bevin told a press conference at Marshall County Board of Education that the shooter was a 15-year-old student, who was taken into custody and would be charged with murder and attempted …
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