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A Kentucky company says a new Tennessee law regulating hemp discriminates againstout-of-state businesses. -
Leaders broke ground Monday on the Anchor Project, a new approach to substance abuse and mental health crises. -
A tentative settlement has been reached between the Kentucky Council on PostsecondaryEducation and the U.S. Department of Justice over the state’s tuition policy on undocumented immigrants. -
Advocates are concerned funding cuts proposed by the Trump administration could eliminate some forms of disability services, including all University Centers for Excellence in Developmental Disabilities. -
'Tell me where my daughter is': mother of Crystal Rogers speaks as Brooks Houck is sentenced to lifeA judge in Bardstown has formally sentenced Brooks Houck to life in prison for the murder of his girlfriend and mother of his child. Nelson Circuit Judge Charles Simms went with a jury’s recommendation on Wednesday in sentencing Houck to the maximum punishment for the murder of Crystal Rogers.
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Anna Moneymaker/Getty ImagesThe statue of Trump and Epstein holding hands mid-frolic wasn't the first anti-Trump artwork on the National Mall in recent months. But it was the first to be removed, despite having a permit. -
At an immigration facility in Texas, two detainees were killed and one was critically injured, according to the Department of Homeland Security. Officials also say the gunman died of a self-inflicted wound.
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Jimmy Kimmel Live! is back, but New York Times reporter Adam Liptak and former Washington Post editor Marty Baron say the Trump administration is using federal power to control speech and the press.
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The country’s opioid epidemic of the last generation hit Appalachian Virginia particularly hard.
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NATO member states have accused Russia of drone and missile incursions into their territory.
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Residents of Gaza City say the recognition of a Palestinian state by major Western countries has no bearing on their current reality.
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