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Kenosha unrest
The Kenosha unrest, August 2020: protests and rioting after police shot Jacob Blake, ending in the Kyle Rittenhouse shootings that killed two and wounded one.
Kenosha unrest shooting
Kenosha unrest shooting: Kyle Rittenhouse's fatal August 25, 2020 shootings of Joseph Rosenbaum and Anthony Huber and wounding of Gaige Grosskreutz during Kenosha protests after Jacob Blake's police shooting; Rittenhouse acquitted in 2021.
Kenosha, Wisconsin
Kenosha, Wisconsin, originally named Southport, is a city of about 100,000 on Lake Michigan between Milwaukee and Chicago, known for its automobile manufacturing heritage and its downtown museums.
Kenosis (κένωσις)
Kenosis (κένωσις) is the Christian theological term for Christ's self-emptying, named from Philippians 2:7, and a family of Christological theories about what that emptying involved.
Kenozersky Biosphere Reserve
Kenozersky Biosphere Reserve (Kenozersky BR), a UNESCO Man and the Biosphere site designated in 2004 in Arkhangelsk Oblast, Russia, covering Kenozero National Park, a taiga lake landscape with wooden churches, inscribed on the World Heritage List in 2024.
Kenpō (拳法)
Kenpō (拳法, kempo), Japanese for "fist method," denotes Chinese-derived striking arts and a family of modern systems: Nippon Kempo (Sawayama, 1932), Shorinji Kempo (Sō Dōshin, 1947), and Ed Parker's American Kenpo; distinct from karate and kung fu.
Kenrad E. Nelson
Kenrad E. Nelson, also known as Kenrad Nelson, was an American infectious-disease epidemiologist and Johns Hopkins professor known for HIV and hepatitis C research, who died in 2022.
Kenrick Monk
Kenrick Monk (born 1988, Blacktown, NSW) is an Australian swimmer and coach, two-time Olympian (Beijing 2008, London 2012), 2008 short-course world 200m freestyle champion, and 4x200m relay short-course world record holder, now head coach at Caulfield Aquatics.
Kensaku Mizuno
Kensaku Mizuno is a Japanese cell biologist known for identifying LIM-kinase and Slingshot, which regulate cofilin in actin remodeling, and is now emeritus professor at Tohoku University.
Kensal E. van Holde
Kensal E. van Holde (1928–2019) was an American physical biochemist known for his work on chromatin and hemocyanins, and a professor at Oregon State University.
Kensall D. Wise
Kensall D. Wise is an American electrical engineer at the University of Michigan, a pioneer of integrated solid-state sensors and the neural microprobes known as the Michigan probes.
Kensei Hontō
Kensei Hontō (憲政本党, Constitutional Government Party) was a Japanese political party of the late Meiji period, formed in 1898 and dissolved in 1910 into the Rikken Kokumintō.
Kenseikai
The Kenseikai (憲政会, Constitutional Association) was a Taishō-period Japanese political party led by Katō Takaaki, formed in 1916 and merged into the Rikken Minseitō in 1927.
Kenshi Yonezu (米津玄師)
Kenshi Yonezu (米津玄師), also known as Vocaloid producer Hachi (ハチ), is a Japanese singer-songwriter, producer, and illustrator born 1991 in Tokushima. Known for Lemon, KICK BACK, and IRIS OUT, RIAA Platinum, Billboard Global 200 No. 5.
Kenshi Yonezu, Hikaru Utada (music)
Kenshi Yonezu, born 1991, and Hikaru Utada, born 1983, are Japanese singer-songwriters who released their first duet, "JANE DOE", in 2025 as the ending theme of the Chainsaw Man film.
Kenshiro (ケンシロウ)
Kenshiro (ケンシロウ) is the protagonist of Fist of the North Star, serialized in Weekly Shonen Jump 1983–1988; the seven-scarred 64th successor of Hokuto Shinken, star of the 1984 and 2026 anime.
Kensho (company)
Kensho is an American AI company founded in 2013 in Cambridge, Massachusetts, acquired by S&P Global in 2018 to serve as its AI innovation hub.
Kensho Ono (小野 賢章)
Kensho Ono (小野 賢章, born 1989, Fukuoka) is a Japanese voice actor, actor, and singer with Animo Produce. Known as Harry Potter's Japanese dub voice for 10 years and for roles as Kuroko, Giorno Giovanna, and Hathaway Noa.
Kensington
Kensington, west London district in the Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea; village on the road west of the City, royal residence from 1689, Victorian suburb, home of Kensington Palace and the South Kensington museums.
Kensington Gardens
Kensington Gardens, a Grade I registered Royal Park of about 112 ha west of Hyde Park, London, created in 1689 for Kensington Palace and reshaped by Charles Bridgeman, home to the Serpentine, Albert Memorial, Peter Pan statue, and Diana Memorial Playground.
Kensington Oval
Kensington Oval, Bridgetown, Barbados: the "Mecca" of West Indian cricket, established 1882, first Test 1930, rebuilt for the 2007 World Cup, capacity up to about 28,000-30,000, host of 2007, 2010, and 2024 finals.
Kensington Palace
Kensington Palace is a royal palace in Kensington Gardens, London, rebuilt by Christopher Wren for William III and Mary II in 1689, now home to the Prince and Princess of Wales.
Kensington Palace Gardens
Kensington Palace Gardens, also called Billionaires' Row, is a private Crown Estate street in London W8 alongside Kensington Gardens. Built from the 1840s with Italianate stucco villas and embassies, it is regularly Britain's most expensive street, averaging around £30 million per property.
Kensington Runestone
Kensington Runestone (Kensington Rune Stone): greywacke slab with runes found in 1898 by farmer Olof Ohman near Kensington, Minnesota, claiming a 1362 Norse expedition; scholars judge it a 19th-century forgery, linked to modern Dalarna rune alphabets, and it is displayed in Alexandria, Minnesota.
Kensington Security Slot
The Kensington Security Slot, also known as the K-Slot or K-Lock, is a small opening in laptops and electronics that accepts a cable lock to deter theft.
Kensington System
The Kensington System was the strict upbringing regime devised by the Duchess of Kent and Sir John Conroy for the future Queen Victoria at Kensington Palace, isolating and supervising her until her 1837 accession, when it backfired and Conroy was banished.
Kensington Tallman
Kensington Tallman (born 2008, Denver, Colorado) is an American actress, Emmy-nominated voice of Riley Anderson in Inside Out 2 and Dream Productions, lead of Home Sweet Rome!, and Nickelodeon actress in Drama Club and That Girl Lay Lay.
Kensington, Brooklyn
Kensington is a largely residential neighborhood in central Brooklyn, New York City, just below Prospect Park and Green-Wood Cemetery, known for its cultural diversity, tree-lined streets, and relative affordability.
Kensington, Philadelphia
Kensington, Philadelphia: a Northeast-area neighborhood founded by Anthony Palmer in the 1730s, once a textile and carpet manufacturing hub, now the epicenter of the region's opioid crisis and of Mayor Parker's revitalization efforts.
Kenso Soai
Kenso Soai (硤合憲三), born 1950 in Hiroshima, is a Japanese organic chemist and Professor Emeritus at Tokyo University of Science who shared the 2026 Nobel Prize in Chemistry for discovering asymmetric autocatalysis.