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NPR's Scott Simon talks to Sen. Tim Kaine, D-Va., about the U.S. strikes on Iran.
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An energy company is developing a $142 million facility in far western Kentucky that will take agricultural waste from local farms and businesses and convert it into a renewable form of natural gas.
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For many students, physical education classes offer more than just a chance to play dodgeball.
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The Kentucky Supreme Court’s first Black woman justice will be the keynote speaker at the Modernette Civic Club of Hopkinsville’s annual African American Heritage Breakfast on Saturday.
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The latest version of the $31 billion GOP budget bill, which includes more money for education and Medicaid, passed a Kentucky House committee — before the public could read it.
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Churchill Downs Incorporated cut the ribbon Wednesday on the new Marshall Yards Racing & Gaming facility in Calvert City, welcoming in over 200 guests who lined up to be among the first to try out a collection of historical racing machines.
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Immigrants nationwide say Trump’s ICE jailed them illegally. In Kentucky, federal judges often agreeA nationwide push to get immigrants out of jail is finding success in Kentucky.
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Israel and the U.S. have launched strikes against Iran, with explosions reported in Tehran and air raid sirens sounding across Israel.
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U.S. President Donald Trump said Friday he's "not happy" with the latest talks over Iran's nuclear program but indicated he would give negotiators more time to reach a deal to avert another war in the Middle East.
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Former President Bill Clinton told members of Congress on Friday that he "did nothing wrong" in his relationship with Jeffrey Epstein and saw no signs of Epstein's sexual abuse as he faced hours of grilling from lawmakers over his connections to the disgraced financier from more than two decades ago.
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Experts say this kind of media campaign is unprecedented and paints a distorted picture of immigrants and crime
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After threatening to sever ties with the organization formerly known as the Boy Scouts, Defense Secretary Hegseth announced a 6-month reprieve
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In shaking up its Artemis lunar program, NASA's new moon plan looks more like the Apollo missions of the 1960s. Instead of landing on the surface on Artemis III, NASA hopes to do so on Artemis IV.