Murray State University's Department of History is hosting Pulitzer Prize-winning author David Maraniss on Thursday for the seventh annual Sid Easley Lecture.

Federal funding for education in Tennessee is under scrutiny by state lawmakers. Speakers of both the state House and Senate have announced that they’re putting together a working group to study the impact of federal education funding in and out of the classroom.

Senate Bill 150 might be best-known for prohibiting gender-affirming medical treatments for transgender kids. But the new law also changed the rules for sex ed in the state’s public schools.

Kentucky residents and visitors 18 and older can now legally bet on sports using websites and mobile apps. Gov. Andy Beshear said last week more than 60,000 accounts were preregistered with sportsbooks.

Kentucky’s clean energy workforce was the second fastest-growing in the country last year behind Tennessee, according to a new report.

In the “Safer Kentucky Act,” Louisville Republican legislators proposed 18 measures that would increase penalties for existing crimes, place restrictions on nonprofit bail funds and ban on “street camping” and homeless encampments in public areas.

The new law, signed by Democratic Gov. Ned Lamont in June, bans the open carrying of firearms and prohibits the sale of more than three handguns within 30 days to any one person, with some exceptions.

New Zealand has declared war on tobacco with a remarkable new law. The indigenous Māori population, with the country's highest smoking rate, has a lot to gain. But they have a bone of contention.

Deep in a forest in the Burgundy region, a group of enthusiasts is building a castle the medieval way — no motorized machines included.

Rob Delaney found out his youngest son Henry had brain cancer. This is a story about the saddest of places life can take you, but it's also about the biggest of loves and how to scrape up bits of joy.

Amid those hawking corndogs and cheese curds at the Minnesota State Fair, the Army is trying to sell itself. An effort to entice sign ups is happening as the Army struggles to fill its ranks.

The bombing in Ankara occurred hours before parliament was scheduled to reopen after a three-month summer recess. A second assailant was killed in a shootout with police, the interior minister said.