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Kentucky State University's Amina Seck has been in ICE custody since Aug. 7, according to her lawyer.
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In the days before refrigeration, railway cars full of bananas were a regular sight in the Twin Cities of Fulton, Kentucky, and South Fulton, Tennessee. Last week, the towns held their 63rd annual Banana Festival – a celebration of the towns’ history as a former key stop for the country’s fruit imports.
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Most of the eight organizations seeking to get tax-credited donations in Kentucky starting next year are designed for religious and private schools.
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All of the uranium that comes out of Global Laser Enrichment’s planned Paducah enrichment facility will be bought by Cameco, a Canadian corporation that owns a minority stake in GLE.
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At a special called meeting Friday, Murray State University’s Board of Regents authorized President Ron Patterson to launch two Limited Liability Companies (LLCs) – a move the school leader said would create additional revenue streams for both the university and Racer Athletics.
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Western Kentucky and southern Illinois musicians have organized a charity covers concert celebrating the music of Nirvana – the iconic 1990s grunge rock band led by Kurt Cobain – to benefit the Paducah Cooperative Ministry.
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The treaty aims to help the countries of the world prepare for — and defeat — any future pandemic. Why hasn't it gone into effect?
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The Supreme Court is allowing use of a data system that Trump officials overhauled. The system has erroneously flagged U.S. citizens and a lower court found it violated federal privacy protections.
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Pope Leo XIV raised existential concerns about scientific progress, life and human rights during a speech on his first papal visit to France.
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Nolo will slow down as it nears Hawaii's Big Island and is expected to become a major hurricane this weekend, bringing torrential rain to areas that have been flooded by big storms this summer.
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The Australian musician's newest album is named for a neighborhood bar in Melbourne that just so happens to have a recording studio upstairs.
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Primetime dramatizes the story behind the series To Catch a Predator. It's full of big swings from the director and the actors — but doesn't engage with the most complicated questions the series raised.