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Nebraska volleyball will be jumping right into a tough test to begin the 2024 season. NU is set to face Kentucky in the AVCA First Serve Showcase on Aug. 27 in Louisville, Kentucky. That match will be the first of a doubleheader that concludes with Wisconsin and Louisville. Both matches will be broadcast on ESPN2. The KFC Yum! Center will be the site of the national semifinals and title match this year. “The AVCA is very excited to bring together four teams of this caliber to get the new season started,” AVCA CEO Dr. Jaime Gordon said. “AVCA First Serve offers another way to showcase the sport...
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Washington (AFP) - A trove of more than 700 gold coins dating back to the US Civil War found buried in a cornfield in the state of Kentucky is being put up for sale and is expected to reap millions. The "Great Kentucky Hoard" was discovered on a farm in the Bluegrass State earlier this year, according to the firm which graded the coins and the company selling them. The exact location of the find and the identity of the man who found the coins have not been revealed. In a video posted on GovMint.com, which is selling the hoard, the man is seen digging up the coins in the dirt and heard saying "...
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Louisville (United States) (AFP) - A 25-year-old bank employee opened fire at his workplace Monday in Louisville, in the US state of Kentucky, killing five people and wounding at least eight others in a livestreamed attack before police shot and killed him. After an initial death toll of four, Louisville authorities announced in the evening that a fifth victim, a 57-year-old woman, had died of her injuries. Police identified the gunman in the latest US mass killing as a white man named Connor Sturgeon and said he was an employee of Old National Bank, located downtown in Kentucky's largest city...
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Jackson (United States) (AFP) - The death toll from flooding in eastern Kentucky rose to 37 on Monday as more rain hampered recovery operations and possible severe weather overnight threatened to provoke further damage. "We are ending the day with more heartbreaking news out of Eastern Kentucky. We can confirm the death toll has now risen to 37, with so many more still missing," tweeted Andy Beshear, governor of the south-central US state." "Let us pray for these families and come together to wrap our arms around our fellow Kentuckians," he added. Beshear has said he expects the death toll to ...
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Jackson (United States) (AFP) - Kentucky's governor predicted bodies will continue to be found "for weeks" as the death toll from devastating flooding rose Sunday to 28 and rescuers embarked on a long and grueling effort to locate victims. Some areas in the mountainous region are still inaccessible following the flooding in the state's east that turned roads into rivers, washed out bridges and swept away houses. Off-and-on rain plus poor cell phone service are also complicating rescue efforts. "This is one of the most devastating, deadly floods that we have seen in our history... And at a time...
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Washington (AFP) - Devastating flooding in Kentucky has killed 25 people and the toll is expected to rise, the southern US state's governor said Saturday, as rescuers and residents continued a harrowing search for survivors. Torrential rain earlier this week caused unprecedented flash flooding in 13 counties in eastern Kentucky. Many roads and bridges in that mountainous region -- an area high in poverty due to the declining coal industry -- have been damaged or destroyed. With cell phone service seriously disrupted, finding survivors has been difficult. "I'm worried we are going to be finding...
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Washington (AFP) - Devastating flooding in Kentucky killed 25 people and the toll is expected to rise, the southern US state's governor said Friday as rescuers continued their search for survivors. Torrential rain earlier this week caused unprecedented flash flooding in eastern Kentucky, a region hard-hit by poverty. "We've got some tough news to share out of Eastern Kentucky today, where we are still in the search and rescue phase. Our death toll has risen to 25 lost, and that number is likely to increase," tweeted Governor Andy Beshear, who had previously put the death toll at 16. "To everyo...
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Jackson (United States) (AFP) - Search and rescue teams were using boats and helicopters on Friday to look for survivors of flash floods caused by torrential rains which killed at least 16 people in the Appalachia region of eastern Kentucky. Andy Beshear, governor of the south-central US state, warned that the death toll from the severe flooding was likely to "get a lot higher." Beshear said six of the 16 confirmed dead were children including four from the same family. Kentucky National Guard helicopters, Fish and Wildlife boats and a flotilla of volunteers were scouring flood-hit areas on Fr...
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Jackson (United States) (AFP) - Flash flooding caused by torrential rains has killed at least 15 people in eastern Kentucky and the death toll is expected to double, the US state's governor said Friday. "It is devastating. Our number of Kentuckians we've lost is now at 15, expected to more than double. And it's going to include some children," Governor Andy Beshear told CNN. He said hundreds of people had been rescued by boat and there had been about 50 aerial rescues using helicopters deployed by the National Guard. "Eastern Kentucky floods a lot but we've never seen something like this," Bes...
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Jackson (United States) (AFP) - Flash flooding caused by torrential rains has killed at least three people in eastern Kentucky and left some residents stranded on rooftops and in trees, the governor of the southeastern US state said Thursday. "We're seeing one of the worst, most devastating flooding events in Kentucky's history," Governor Andy Beshear told reporters. The governor said at least three flood-related deaths had been confirmed so far, including an 81-year-old woman in Perry County, and he expects "double digit deaths." "There are a lot of people in eastern Kentucky on top of roofs ...
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