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Former Venezuelan leader Nicolás Maduro heads to court again this week. The judge overseeing this case is longtime federal Judge Alvin Hellerstein. At 92 years old, Hellerstein is older than the average age of a federal judge by more than 20 years.
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A pharmacy chain is ringing alarm bells, saying a bill could shutter pharmacies. But lawmakers on both sides of the aisle say that's fear-mongering.
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Leaders of local Dolly Parton's Imagination Library branches say a proposed change in the state budget could cause them to shut down.
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Grassland habitats across the United States have been on a sharp decline over the past 30 years, with some researchers suggesting a loss of nearly 62% of historic native ecosystems as of 2023. To combat this, a Clarksville, Tennessee organization is working to hopefully halt the rapid rate of biodiversity loss across the south.
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If you picked a random bill filed in the General Assembly this year, there’s more than a one in ten chance the original version would be devoid of meaningful content. They’re called shell bills and here’s why Kentucky lawmakers use them so much.
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A Kentucky Senate committee has approved a bill allowing 18- to 20-year-olds to carry concealed firearms with provisional licenses.
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The Kentucky Senate added more spending to the budget than the House version, but now GOP legislative leaders in each chamber will hammer out their differences.
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OpenAI said Tuesday that it was "saying goodbye to the Sora app" and that it would share more soon about how to preserve what users already created on the app.
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Secretary of State Marco Rubio will travel to France this week to try to sell America's skeptical Group of Seven allies on the Iran war that has sent global fuel prices soaring.
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Tech company Anthropic, the maker of the Claude AI system, is suing the Trump administration over the government labeling it a "supply chain risk."
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The National Transportation Safety Board said it has concerns about air traffic controllers who work the midnight shift taking on extra work in an airspace as busy as LaGuardia's.
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The jury agreed that Meta engaged in "unconscionable" trade practices that unfairly took advantage of the vulnerabilities of and inexperience of children. Jurors found there were thousands of violations, each counting separately toward a penalty of $375 million.
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The effects of the war in Iran are far-reaching, extending to drivers for DoorDash and Uber Eats. They're paying more for gas — and being squeezed by competition. DoorDash is rolling out some relief.