Concerns about partisan political influence in Kentucky’s judicial elections are growing, as Gov. Andy Beshear and GOP lawmakers are taking sides in a Court of Appeals race.
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The public will have three days to honor a Kentucky State Police trooper murdered in the line of duty. Funeral arrangements have been announced for Trooper Hayden Phillips of Glasgow as his alleged killer remains in jail without bond.
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A ribbon will be cut on Tuesday at The Robert E. Spiller Veterans Nursing Home in Bowling Green that will serve those who served. The opening of Kentucky’s 5th veterans nursing home fills a long-term care need for those living in southern Kentucky.
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A 30-year-old Kentucky State police trooper was shot and killed during a traffic stop on I-65 in Warren County on Monday. The suspect from Portland, TN was captured in Louisville.
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Generations of Black students walked the halls of Todd County Training School before its closure in 1963. Lines of school buses now sit in storage at the former site.
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The mayor of Gallatin, Tennessee says a hyperscale Meta data center is the city’s largest taxpayer and has done a lot of charitable giving in the community. But two years into operation, residents in the northern Tennessee town still have concerns about its effect on utilities, the environment, and property values.
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This was emphasized to people watching a Senate hearing this week, where confusion over two basketball teams was on display.
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The U.S. economy added fewer jobs than expected last month and unemployment ticked up to 4.2%. NPR's Scott Simon talks to Betsey Stevenson, an economist at the University of Michigan.
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Beloved for its dinosaurs, Philadelphia's storied Academy of Natural Sciences closed down this week, amid an intense fight by local residents, politicians and scientists to save it.
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HBO's War is intended to be an anthology series about two dueling London law firms. The first season stars Dominic West and Sienna Miller as a high-profile couple in the midst of a very nasty divorce.
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The Supreme Court term opens on Monday with big test cases on religion, guns and climate change. Plus, the emergency docket keeps popping.
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When the 2025 conclave began, no one expected an American pope. But by its end, Cardinal Robert Prevost had become Pope Leo. Here's a look behind the scenes.
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