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Louisville Mayor Craig Greenberg's comments on the city's mask ban come after a group of masked white supremacists marched through downtown over Independence Day weekend.
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Responding to criticism about Tennessee’s applications for private-school vouchers, Gov. Bill Lee said this week the state doesn’t need to know whether students were enrolled in private schools before seeking the funds.
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In a massive audit released Wednesday, the Republican state auditor accused the Kentucky Department of Education of allowing millions in school funding needlessly lapse.
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Some residents are skeptical that President Trump's use of tough police tactics will work to solve complex social ills.
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Al Jazeera's Anas al-Sharif and five of his colleagues at the network were killed in an Israeli airstrike targeting Gaza's most recognized television journalist.
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Trump said Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy was unlikely to be included in talks he described as a "feel-out meeting" to better understand Russia's demands for ending its war in Ukraine.