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Trump is the first president to have an airport named after him while in office. The Trump Organization says he won't get royalties from the renaming, but legal experts see potential loopholes.
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Nearly one in four Kentucky counties have no nurse trained to conduct sexual assault exams. While numbers have increased over the last decade, advocates continue their efforts to ensure no survivor goes without proper care.
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LPM News uncovered that voters from more than 1,800 households may have cast incorrect ballots due to an error by the Jefferson County Clerk’s office. In some instances, this affected where they voted and which representatives they were able to vote for.
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The Jefferson County Clerk's office may need additional funding from Louisville Metro to complete an audit of precinct assignments for nearly 600,000 addresses.
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Starting Wednesday, some of the hemp industry’s most popular products will be taken off the shelves in Tennessee.
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A set of photos recently acquired at auction documents western Kentucky and southern Illinois’s starring turn in the epic 1962 film “How The West Was Won,” showing candid scenes from the region’s brush with golden age Hollywood.
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A group of Tennessee Republican senators is urging the governor to commission an independent review of a failed execution and correct any problems before the state attempts another execution.
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Kalshi says it has blocked "dozens" of trades from campaign insiders, but experts say the company's approach leaves lots of potential loopholes. NPR has found at least one trade that slipped through.
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The new round of bombing in the Middle East has underscored the precarity of relying on fossil fuels. The war is speeding up the global transition to EVs, solar, and batteries, experts say.
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The Egyptian Football Association (EFA) said Wednesday it "cannot remain silent" after what it believes was unfair and biased officiating in Egypt's 3-2 round of 16 loss against Argentina on Tuesday.
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President Trump flew partway home from a NATO summit on an old Air Force One plane instead of the new Qatari-gifted plane, a surprise swap that came as the U.S. and Iran began trading strikes again.
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President Trump capped a NATO summit in Turkey meeting Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy, and saying that the U.S. will give Ukraine a license to make Patriot air defense systems.
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The United States launched new airstrikes against Iran early Thursday, and Tehran responded by targeting Bahrain, Kuwait and Qatar in crossfire that again threatened an interim deal intended to help end the war.