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Articles, photos and videos that are seen as promoting DEI will be removed under the new approach.
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Kentucky businesses are feeling the impacts of President Donald Trump’s steel and aluminum tariffs — even when they use metal made in America.
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Despite the current rise in anti-LGBTQ legislation across the nation and in Kentucky, some LGBTQ+ people and their allies are still putting together events celebrating queer culture and demonstrating the importance of solidarity and community.
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A Kentucky bill to make water fluoridation optional reflects a growing national trend questioning the 80-year-old practice that has proven benefits for dental health. While the bill has stalled in the Senate, some dentists and researchers are still concerned about what removing fluoride from water supplies could mean for residents.
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Republicans pushed an unexpected update to Kentucky’s abortion ban through the state legislature this week, passing it in less than 24 hours.
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Kentucky’s worker safety authority would no longer be able to enforce any rules that are more strict than federal minimums. What supporters call business friendly, one Democrat described as a “race to the bottom.”
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Prosecutors have requested a mental evaluation for a former Kentucky sheriff charged with gunning down a judge in a courthouse last year after his attorneys said they will argue he was emotionally disturbed at the time of the shooting.
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The Federal Trade Commission is in a "dire resource situation," a federal lawyer said on a call about its major lawsuit against Amazon. Within hours, he retracted the claim.
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The former Philippine president, accused of crimes against humanity over his deadly "war on drugs," spoke via video link in his initial appearance at the International Criminal Court in The Hague.
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Cate Blanchett and Michael Fassbender play a high-ranking spy couple in Steven Soderbergh's new film. Black Bag offers Bond-style globe-trotting intrigue and marital dramedy.
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As the moon moved through the shadow of the Earth, it was also being illuminated by light from the sun — causing the moon to appear as if dipped in a deep red hue in a stunning celestial sight.
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Hamas, the militant group the U.S. has labeled as terrorists, says it's willing to release the one living American hostage and bodies of four others it's held in Gaza since the 2023 attacks in Israel.
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Dorothy Thompson saw the rise of Nazi Germany as a foreign correspondent in Berlin. A new series from Radio Diaries tells the story of Thompson's career as a radio broadcaster.