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The Stonewall National Monument in New York City will be the first addition to the National Park System specifically highlighting the history of the LGBT community.

A U.S. park ranger is honored for helping to remove aviation hazards from a 1930s-era installation of telephone lines in the Grand Canyon.

“We know we need to make changes, and we’re making them now,” Lexington Mayor Linda Gorton said.

34 horse and rider combinations from six nations will start the first of three competitive phases, the dressage, which takes place Thursday and Friday at the Kentucky Horse Park. WUKY's Samantha Lederman reports.

Bienvenidos! WUKY has a special edition of One on One with members of the group, FLACA, which stands for the Foundation for Latin American and Latino Culture and Arts, and who along with Lexington Parks and Recreation will be putting on the annual Festival Latino De Lexington event at the Robert F. Stephens Courthouse plaza in downtown Lexington. Alan Lytle gets a preview from Francie Chassen-Lopez, Guipsy Lopez and Noe Tirado Muniz.

Marcia Belyea was on a drive with her boyfriend when she heard a police siren. She was pulled over and told she owed $2,000 in parking tickets and faced 30 days in jail. As she wept in the police car, Belyea was offered a deal. Charges would be dropped if she took her boyfriend's hand in marriage. Believe it or not, she said "yes."

NPR's Miles Parks speaks with National Weather Service meteorologist Victor Murphy about the extreme heat and humidity that's fallen over Texas and other Southern states.

Julie Rovner, chief Washington correspondent for KFF Health News, on Congress's healthcare stalemate and what it means for ACA marketplace shoppers.

Many cities struggle with a lack of public toilets, making homelessness and sanitation more difficult. In one Colorado cith, a non-profit is stepping up to address the challenge.

As the federal government shutdown continues, national parks across the country remain closed to visitors. That includes the famous Gettysburg battlefield in Pennsylvania. But this year is the 150th anniversary of the battle that many historians consider the turning point of the Civil War. And Gettysburg is fighting to keep some of the crowds coming, even without federal funds.