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A batch of George Washington's straight rye whiskey is being made in a reconstruction of his old distillery. Historians who have tasted it say it's very bad rye whiskey.

FRANKFORT, Ky. - On the last day of the 2013 session, the Kentucky legislature passed a bill that would allow the sale of alcohol on election days in…

FRANKFORT, Ky. - State lawmakers have approved a bill to allow a regulatory framework to be set up for industrial hemp in Kentucky, if the crop is…

Correspondents Kelly McEvers and Deborah Amos were cited for "detailed reportage, often from dangerous locations." Radio Diaries was also honored for a profile of teen boxer Claressa Shields on All Things Considered.

The Supreme Court is hearing two landmark gay marriage cases this week. But Robin Shahar's case never made it that far. She lost a job offer for planning a private wedding ceremony with her same-sex partner in 1991. Shahar speaks with host Michel Martin about the cultural shift that brought about these legal challenges.

A lawyer for 11 detainees said his clients see death as the only way out of Guantanamo. Of the 166 captives in the prison, more than half has been cleared for transfer, but politics have prevented that.

Jared Loughner talked to himself and made "all kinds of noises," according to his parents. He left a phone message for a friend the night before the rampage thanking him for "some very good times."

The rich and good-looking get a taste of life among the 99 percent in Jonathan Dee's novels. In A Thousand Pardons, his protagonist, Helen Armstead, finds a secret talent for getting powerful men to apologize after her marriage falls apart and she is forced to enter the working world.

You'd be free to leave the state, as long as you left your money behind. That's essentially what it's like now for people in Cyprus.

The court OK'd a suit against the federal government over alleged sexual assault by prison guards. The decision broadens the reading of the Federal Tort Claims Act.