Good morning, Kentucky. Here's what you need to know today.
Clouds will be on the increase today with the chance of rain increasing later today and especially tonight. Afternoon highs will top out in the 70s with cooler air moving in behind a cold front tonight.
1. UofL Doctor Participates in Pfizer's COVID-19 Vaccine Trial
Dr. Jon Klein is one of around 44,000 people across the world participating in the trial. The Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine that is under trial is a two-injection vaccine. Klein just got the second dose of the vaccine a few weeks ago. Klein is the Vice Dean of Research at the University of Louisville School of Medicine.
2. How Amy McGrath Can Try to Beat Mitch McConnell One More Time
Amy McGrath’s attempt to unseat Mitch McConnell ended in resounding defeat last Tuesday when nearly 58% of Kentucky voters agreed to send the Senate Majority Leader back to Washington, D.C., for a seventh-term. McGrath has one more chance to make life hard for McConnell. One way she might do that is by using leftover campaign cash — she raised more than $90 million, the second most all-time — to prop up Democrats in the Peach State, campaign finance experts said.
3. Kentucky Attorney General Joins Other Republicans In Challenge To Pennsylvania Mail-In Ballots
Republican Attorneys General from 10 states, including Daniel Cameron from Kentucky, have filed a brief supporting President Donald Trump's challenge to a group of votes that were cast in Pennsylvania.
1. Trump Fires Defense Secretary Esper; Biden Urges Americans To "Wear a Mask"
2. Supreme Court To Hear Challenge To Affordable Care Act With New Conservative Majority
3. Pfizer Says Early Data Signals COVID-19 Vaccine Is 90% Effective
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Millions of people watched Jeopardy! every weeknight on television in the 36 years that Alex Trebek hosted of the answer-and-question game show. Others, including many from Kentucky, were lucky enough to meet him while competing as a contestant. Trebek died Sunday, Nov. 8, after a long battle with pancreatic cancer. He was 80 years old.
