Richard "Old Man" Harrison reportedly removed one of his sons from his will last year.

    Authorities shut down Cairo Road in McCracken County Tuesday while crews responded to a house fire there. 

    A 71-year-old woman suffered serious head injuries after tussling with a black bear in her New Hampshire home early Tuesday, officials said.

    A California woman was arrested last week after she allegedly stabbed a man — but it was no random attack, police said.

    Four members of an Alabama police department were suspended after they made a hand gesture in a post-arrest photo that some say is a hate symbol meaning “white power.”

    Tour buses have been banned from driving near the iconic "Full House" home in San Francisco, California.

    Destiny Child member, Michelle Williams, has reportedly checked herself into a mental health center for depression.

    A photo posted on Instagram shows Olivia Munn copying an image of a teenage Meghan Markle.

    Amanda Seyfried and Dominic Cooper played an engaged couple in the 2008 original flick “Mamma Mia!”

    Frances Bean Cobain was only 1½ years old when her father, Kurt Cobain, committed suicide in 1994.

    The shale oil boom has brought a gold rush mentality to Texas, home to two massive oilfields.

    Selling by corporate insiders has climbed to the highest level in a year, even as CEOs push through record levels of stock buybacks.

    The European Union and Japan signed a huge free trade deal on Tuesday that covers 600 million people.

    Europe took 11 of the top 20 spots on a ranking of cities with the largest price increases in the first quarter, according to global property agency Knight Frank.

    There are more signs that China's economy is slowing as its trade fight with the United States escalates.

    (Society for the Study of Ingestive Behavior) Improved medications for Type 2 diabetes are one step closer thanks to a new discovery reported this week by researchers at the University of Pennsylvania and Syracuse University. By modifying the key ingredient in current diabetes drugs, the researchers produced a compound that was effective for hyperglycemia in animal trials, yet without the most problematic side effects of current drugs.

    (Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft) The Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (DFG, German Research Foundation) has approved the establishment of five new Research Units and two new Humanities Centers for Advanced Studies.

    (Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft) DFG submits list to German Federal Labor Minister / 95 supplements and new entries / MAK value for polytetrafluoroethylene / List now also available in Spanish

    (Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center) LSU Health New Orleans is one of 12 universities and health care entities conducting the first large-scale, multi-institutional study to help determine why African- American men are at higher risk for developing aggressive prostate cancer and dying from it.

    (University of Virginia) How do scale patterns on fish provide understanding of the development of feathers, fur -- and even cancer? Biologists are investigating.

    Changes could be coming to Paducah’s Julian Carroll Convention Center. 

    Tourism is on the rise in Southern Illinois. It's the seventh largest part of the economy in the state. The Illinois Office of Tourism is celebrating small business owners through their Illinois Made Program.

    You might call it graffiti with love. A select few got to put paint brushes to work in the St. Jude Dream Home.

    Finally…a break in the humidity is almost here. We’ll wake up to a more comfortable day in the morning. Another brief rise in heat and humidity returns for the end of the week.  

    Gov. Bruce Rauner says he was "deeply troubled" by President Donald Trump's seeming support for Russia and President Vladimir Putin in public comments.

    Researchers have conducted one of the largest surveys of people's first memories, finding that nearly 40 per cent of people had a first memory which is fictional.

    Results of a new study bring us closer to identifying individuals likely to benefit from antidepressants.

    Article describes simulation of mechanism that eliminates sawtooth instabilities in fusion plasmas.

    People who have their evening meal before 9 p.m. or wait at least two hours before going to sleep have lower risk of breast and prostate cancer.

    A new study has found that about 40 percent of adults in the United States who drink alcohol do so in amounts that risk health consequences, and identifies a range of factors associated with starting or stopping drinking too much.

    NEW YORK (AP) Anthony Joshua was welcomed by applause on the stage. He stood front and center, promoting his Sept. 22 bout against Alexander Povetkin.

    WASHINGTON (AP) Major League Baseball is confident the Oakland Athletics and Tampa Bay Rays are moving closer to getting plans in place for new ballparks.

    Boston Red Sox outfielder, Mookie Betts, discusses his All-Star MVP pick with Ken Rosenthal.

    The Milwaukee Bucks bolstered their frontcourt, officially signing center Brook Lopez on Tuesday.

    Tampa Bay Rays All-Stars Blake Snell and Wilson Ramos get introduced ahead of the game at Nationals Park on Tuesday night.

    While Prime Day is a great chance to grab a cheap TV, PC, or DVD set, it’s also a good excuse to get the tools you need to get in shape. Amazon is running a few awesome deals on fitness trackers to help Prime members on the road to their workout goals, and we’ve collected the best ones here:Fitbit Alta HR Fitbit/ThinkstockIf you’re looking for something a little simpler, Fitbit’s Alta HR might fit the bill. Even with a slim design, it still brings a heart-rate sensor, sleep tracking, full fitness tracking, and 7-day battery life, as well as notifications and call alerts. It retails for $150, but Amazon is selling it today in black, blue, coral, or fuchsia for just $90Remove non-product link. We’ve previously seen it as low as $99, so this is an incredible deal.To read this article in full, please click here

    Prime Day is here and if you've been waiting for just the right moment to upgrade your smartphone, today might be the day. Whether you want a top-of-the-line gaming phone or just something that will get you though a day of messaging and music streaming, Amazon is running some killer deals for Prime members on some of the year's most exciting phones. Here are the best ones we found for every carrier and taste:Fully unlocked PhonesGalaxy Note 8 Doug Duvall/IDGThe Galaxy Note 8 is our pick for best phablet phone, and today you can grab the Orchid Grey version for just $650Remove non-product link, $300 off the list price. That's the best price we've seen this side of a BOGO deal and a killer price for a phone with a 6.3-inch screen and incredible all-around specs. Of course, Samsung is gearing up to release the Note 9 next month, but rumors are all pointing to a minor upgrade, so you don't have to worry too much about new phone envy. But you might have bargain regret if you pass on this deal.To read this article in full, please click here

    Lest we forget, Amazon made e-readers ubiquitous, tablets affordable, and smart speakers a thing. And just like clockwork, the retail giant is using Prime Day 2018 to drop prices on Kindles, Fire tablets, and Echo smart speakers. Oh, and don’t forget Amazon owns Ring now—so Ring Video Doorbell products are on sale too, along with Amazon's own Cloud Cam.If you want to see the whole line-up of Amazon device price reductions, go to this Amazon page that showcases all the gadgets Amazon makes itself. Or just keep reading for a rundown of what’s on sale by category.Kindle E-reader dealsKindle E-reader, $50 ($30 off, 37.5% discount.)Kindle Paperwhite E-reader, $80  ($40 off, 33% discount.)Our recommendation: Get the Paperwhite. It’s our favorite overall E-reader.To read this article in full, please click here

    The LIFX A19 LED light, one of the best smart bulbs we've tested, is available from LIFX's website today for $97.98 for a four pack, using the code B2G2Remove non-product link. That’s a steep discount from the $240 list price and Amazon's price, where the same pack is $196.To read this article in full, please click here

    The best non-Amazon Prime Day deals take the "holiday" created for members-only and make it a great shopping time for the rest of us, too. We’re only a few hours away from the Prime Day kick-off, and we’ve rounded up a bunch of solid deals for a Monday morning from all over the web. If you put them all together you’ve got one heck of an upgrade for your average gaming rig or home PC.Nvidia GeForce GTX 1080Newegg’s got the Gigabyte GeForce GTX 1080 (GV-N1080WF3OC-8GD) for $460 after code 18FANST05Remove non-product link, and if you do the mail-in rebate thing you can get $10 back, bringing the total cost to $450. This model of the GeForce GTX 1080 has three fans, 8GB of GDDR5X RAM, 2,560 CUDA cores, a base clock of 1,632MHz, and a boost to 1,797MHz. There’s also a non-gaming boost up to 1,657MHz. Ports include one DVI-D, one HDMI 2.0b, and three DisplayPort 1.4.To read this article in full, please click here

    A Texas prisoner was executed Tuesday evening for the fatal shooting of a San Antonio convenience store owner after courts turned down appeals that the state parole board improperly rejected the inmate's clemency request because he's black.

    Sen. Kamala Harris is set to release a new book about her life and her prescriptions for the country, the latest in a series of steps that signal a possible 2020 presidential run.

    WARNING: ARTICLE CONTAINS GRAPHIC IMAGES Dustin Theobald was at a Fernandina beach in Florida with his son on Friday, sitting on a surfboard in just two feet of water when he felt something tug at his foot.

    A Russian woman arrested for conspiring to infiltrate American political organizations — including the National Rifle Association — at the direction of an unnamed senior Kremlin official was indicted by a federal grand jury and charged additionally Tuesday.

    A Tennessee man mowing his mother’s lawn died when he was struck by lightning, authorities said.

    A migrant woman and a toddler were abandoned and left to die in the Mediterranean Sea by the Libyan coast guard, a Spanish aid group alleged on Tuesday.

    North Korea will return the remains of about 50 Americans killed during the Korean War over the next two weeks, the first set of repatriations to be made since the recent summit between President Trump and Kim Jong Un, a report says.

    Voters extended and expanded Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan’s 15-year power grip in snap national elections on Sunday – but not just inside the borders of his own country, according to a growing chorus of western officials and critics – who claim the AKP leader’s spreading of nationalistic Turkey-branded Islamism is being used as a surveillance tool over the diaspora.

    A widespread investigation into all Mother Teresa charity-run shelters was underway in India on Tuesday after the stunning arrest of a shelter worker and a nun who allegedly sold a baby.