The clock is ticking as the GOP-controlled Kentucky General Assembly races to pass bills ahead of the governor’s veto period this week. On Tuesday they advanced bills addressing pesticides, Medicaid spending, elections and more.
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Iran continued to target Gulf countries with ballistic missiles and drones Thursday as the U.S. Embassy in Baghdad issued a security alert warning of attacks by Iran-backed militias.
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March is Women’s History Month and women throughout the Commonwealth are celebrating, including the West Kentucky Chapter of the National Organization for Women. In 2026, NOW is commemorating 60 years of working for women. And West Kentucky NOW President and Associate Professor of History, Dr. Christine Lindner joined us to share a little more of the organization’s history and what they see for the future.
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A bill passed the Kentucky House adding more voter citizenship verification, okaying more partisanship in judicial races and letting federal officeholders show up twice on the ballot.
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Bath County, Kentucky, celebrated a historic occurrence, the meat shower of 1876.
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Kentucky has been a right-to-work state for nearly a decade. But now, some Democratic state lawmakers are looking to remove the laws they argue are hurting Kentucky workers.
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Senate Bill 8 would limit the role of groups such as the Sierra Club in cases before the Kentucky Public Service Commission.
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Details are emerging about six soldiers killed in Kuwait in an Iranian strike. Several Kentucky politicians made misleading statements about their ties to Kentucky.
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NPR's Steve Inskeep speaks with Tristan Harris, co-founder of the Center for Humane Technology, about the use of AI by the Pentagon.
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Human remains found in a church in the Netherlands could be those of d'Artagnan, one of the legendary French swordsmen who inspired the novel The Three Musketeers.
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President Donald Trump said he has "no problem" with a Russian oil tanker off the coast of Cuba delivering relief to the island, which has been brought to its knees by a U.S. oil blockade.
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Violence erupted in the central Haitian town of Petite-Rivière de l'Artibonite early Sunday morning as a powerful gang warred with a vigilante group.
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The Huskies beat Duke with a 3-pointer from the logo with 0.4 seconds left by Braylon Mullins, who grew up just outside of Indianapolis.
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Even when Transportation Security Administration workers get paid, Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents could still be present at U.S. airports.