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Now that the federal government shutdown is over, Kentucky is working to issue full SNAP benefits to the 600,000 residents who receive food assistance.
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The U.S. Supreme Court declined on Monday to review a petition from a former county clerk in Kentucky who asked justices to overturn the 2015 Obergefell v. Hodges ruling that legalized marriage for same-sex couples. -
Some of the largest and busiest airports in the U.S. are among the 40 impacted by a shortage of air traffic controllers. -
Gov. Andy Beshear is sending the National Guard to help staff food banks as about 600,000 Kentuckians experience delays in SNAP benefits from the federal government. -
Western Kentucky University is ending gender-inclusive housing, among other changes, to comply with the state’s new anti-DEI law. -
Jean Twenge is at WKU on Nov. 4 as part of the school's Presidential Speaker Series
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Saul Loeb/AFP via Getty Images; Michael Loccisano/Getty Images for Empire State Realty Trust; Thibault Camus/APThis week's quiz is mercifully light on politics, unless you count President James Garfield, a Kennedy family member and a new House rep … OK, so it's not light on politics. But there are geese? -
Tasos Katopodis/Getty ImagesAmericans are feeling the strain of high prices, even as President Trump tries to tout "record highs" in the stock market. -
Timothy D. Easley/APBuilding a social media brand has helped enrich players. But constant harassment — fueled in part by sports gambling — has come to outweigh potential income. Now, staying "regular" is the goal. -
Cyndi Kirkhart and Scott Thompson of the Facing Hunger Food Bank in Huntington, West Virginia, talk about how they met and the rewards of feeding the hungry.
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Evgeniy Maloletka/APAt least 430 drones and 18 missiles were used in the overnight attack, according to Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy. -
Jacquelyn Martin/APLawyers for former FBI Director James Comey and New York Attorney General Letitia James asked a judge to dismiss their cases, arguing prosecutor Lindsay Halligan was illegally appointed.
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