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Former Kentucky State Police Trooper Jonathan Biven has been indicted by a Clinton County grand jury on a charge of theft by unlawful taking involving more than $10,000 but less than $1 million. -
A fugitive from Indiana with ties to Lexington and Louisville is the subject of an international manhunt, and now the FBI is seeking help from the public. A $1 million reward is being offered for information that leads to his arrest. -
The confirmation process has begun for Nate Morris, the Kentuckian nominated by President Donald Trump to become U.S. Ambassador to Columbia. Much of this week's hearing focused on his former campaign to replace Sen. Mitch McConnell. -
The U.S. Department of Justice has settled a civil lawsuit against Ascend Elements, which was once building a massive battery plant in western Kentucky. The company was accused of inflating the cost of labor and construction for a battery recycling plant in Christian County that would serve the electric vehicle industry. -
Domestic violence reports and protective orders rose across Kentucky last year, according to a new state report, with southcentral Kentucky advocates saying the troubling trend matches what they're seeing locally.
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Primary results this month in Michigan, Minnesota and Wisconsin paint a muddled picture of just how far to the left Democratic voters want their candidates to be come this fall's midterm elections.
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Nidal Eshtayeh/APThe U.S. Ambassador to Israel Mike Huckabee condemned the actions of Jewish settlers who are besieging the home of an American Palestinian family in the Israeli-occupied West Bank.
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