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The new majors are part of larger computer science programs and come as AI is more widely adopted across many sectors.
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The U.S. Department of Homeland Security says ICE plans to spend up to $20 million on the gloves a Lexington-based company.
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In the next installment of Sounds Good's Cyber Bytes series, Tracy Ross and Dr. Michael Ramage, director of Murray State's Cyber Education and Research Center, discuss the local AI center debate.
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Wednesday marked the 100th anniversary of the rescue of five western Kentucky men who were trapped underground after a Livingston County zinc and fluorspar mine caved in, burying them alive without food for more than six days.
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An exhibit closing this week in Murray collects artwork and poetry made by people going through addiction recovery programs in western Kentucky.
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The Mercer County Fiscal Court passed a one-year moratorium on data center project applications, while Burgin residents blasted an annexation proposal that would still allow one.
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On Friday, Italian police said they'd recovered three paintings stolen from a museum near the city of Parma. By Saturday night, thieves in Sicily had made off with four more masterpieces.
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Hurricane Lala weakened to a tropical storm Sunday after skirting Hawaii without making landfall, but it wasn't done punishing the Big Island with hurricane-force gusts.
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Hundreds of migrants have again attempted to cross from Morocco into the Spanish territory of Ceuta. This time, Moroccan officials fended them off, raising new questions about the crossing of July 30.
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A longtime Republican living in California says the Trump administration's continuing actions to target transgender youth take a personal toll.
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Ukraine launched hundreds of drones across Russia Sunday, killing at least six people in one of Kyiv's largest aerial attacks of the war.
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The viral, no-frills meal prep trend of meat and rice is popular among gym bros. But nutrition experts warn that it lacks essential variety.