Karen Tzar
speaker
68 appearances
10 recordings
3 series
first heard May 2025
last heard 9 Jul
Karen Tzar’s voice in public audio — every appearance, attributed to the second.
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But the crowd is largely focused on the nation's 250th birthday party.
For NPR News, I'm Karen Tsar in Lexington.
A heat dome has settled over Kentucky, pushing heat index values over 100 degrees.
Governor Andy Beshear says the extreme weather is worsening conditions for flood survivors, many of whom remain without power or running water, with little relief when the sun goes down.
The National Weather Service predicts a dangerous heat wave across the central and eastern United States through the Fourth of July holiday.
For NPR News, I'm Karen Zar in Lexington.
Governor Andy Beshear signed emergency measures that will freeze Kentucky's sales tax on gasoline starting in July and declared a state of emergency that would lower prices by 10 cents a gallon beginning next week if it's approved by the state's attorney general.
Beshear said he doesn't see negotiations to end the war with Iran moving forward, and it's time to, quote, be proactive.
Beshear has also urged members of Congress to suspend the federal gas tax.
For NPR News, I'm Karen Tzar in Lexington.
The Kentucky Derby typically draws more than 150,000 racing fans to Churchill Downs, making it one of the largest single-day sporting events in the world.
Governor Andy Beshear said officials have implemented a multi-layered security plan at the racetrack.
Owners, staff and fans will pass through security screenings and metal detectors and can expect an increased police presence, including patrols on horseback.
For NPR News, I'm Karen Czar in Lexington.
Like previous No Kings rallies in Lexington, the downtown courthouse square was filled with demonstrators, and speakers urged the crowd to continue pushing back against the Trump administration.
Vietnam veteran Lee Carroll held a sign that read, Stop Trump's War.
The way the sun came out for two straight days got the temperature of the roadways warm enough, even though the regular temperature out there wasn't, for our salt and brine to be effective.
Thank you for having me.
Well, we are in Lexington, which is the central part of Kentucky, and it seems like south of us sustained the most damage. Now, those reports were in the overnight, and as the sun comes up, officials in several counties say that they're going to have a better assessment of the scope of the damage.
And as the storm was passing over the WUKY studios here in Lexington last night, we were under tornado watches, and you could see the rotations on the radar that And then as the storm moved south, those watches quickly turned to warnings and weather spotters captured what appeared to be funnel clouds and several local meteorologists confirmed tornadic activity.
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