Yasmine Jumaa
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Last fall in Hardin County, a white middle school boy allegedly tried to rip the hijab from a Black, Muslim teen’s head. It resulted in a physical altercation.
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Menstrual products are currently subject to sales tax in Kentucky. But a proposal at the General Assembly seeks to change that.
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A proposal in the Kentucky General Assembly aims to protect people facing financial hardship from having their utilities shut off at home.
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A big winter storm is expected to hit the eastern and central parts of the country — including Kentucky — on Thursday. Temperatures will drop below freezing, with high winds, snow and rain forecasted through Christmas.
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Ahead of the 2023 legislative session that starts next month, a Republican lawmaker pre-filed two bills aimed at LGBTQ youth. One of them would ban trans students from using their gender-aligning bathrooms in school. The other would prohibit doctors from identifying a child’s sex as anything other than male or female.
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Two grassroots groups are hosting holiday drives to benefit residents in different parts of eastern Kentucky.
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The trial date for two of the four former Louisville Metro Police officers facing federal charges for their roles in the deadly 2020 raid on Breonna Taylor’s home is up in the air.
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In 2020, the ACLU of Kentucky and NAACP’s Legal Defense Fund sued Louisville Metro Police over the department’s alleged use of force against protesters who took to the streets demanding justice for the police killing of Breonna Taylor.
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Feedback from student participants highlighted prominent issues facing young people, including that they’re burned-out, don’t have adequate access to care and feel a stigma tied to mental health struggles.
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Former Louisville Metro Police Department Officer Kelly Goodlett appeared virtually in federal court Friday for charges related to Breonna Taylor’s killing.