People demonstrated across Kentucky on Saturday to express their outrage at President Donald Trump’s administration.
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Prolific songwriter and founder of The Black Swans, Jerry David DeCicca, returns to Murray, Kentucky, for a show at Wits' End Records on Sunday, June 15. Tracy Ross speaks to DeCicca ahead of the performance.
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More than a dozen Kentucky cities will participate in nationwide protests Saturday against President Donald Trump's massive military parade. The nationwide "No Kings" protests coincide with the military parade in Washington D.C. to celebrate the Army's 250th anniversary, which falls on President Trump's birthday.
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Paul says Trump’s criticism will not deter the Kentucky senator from disagreeing with his party’s president on policies such as debt spending and tariffs.
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Protesters are decrying the ICE detention of an 18-year-old Bowling Green resident weeks after his graduation.
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Brian Clardy – a professor of history at Murray State University and one of the hosts of Cafe Jazz on WKMS – will be leading “A Love Supreme: the Artistry and Spirituality of John Coltrane,” which will examine the record’s storied musical legacy and its religious significance.
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The London-bound plane struck a medical college hostel in a residential area of the northwestern city of Ahmedabad minutes after takeoff Thursday, killing 241 on board and at least 29 on the ground.
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People gathered for pro-democracy protests across the country today.