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Ernesto Manuel-Andres was greeted by a community celebration for his returned to southern Kentucky after he was released from a federal immigration detention center in Louisiana.
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Long-planned Kentucky State Capitol renovations are pushing Frankfort lawmakers into temporary chambers. The renovations are estimated to stretch for three years.
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A group of religious leaders and immigrant advocates is suing to block a new Tennessee law that would impose criminal penalties for housing immigrants without legal status.
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Manuel-Andres was taken into custody June 4 for allegedly being in the country illegally, despite his attorneys saying the 18-year-old native of Guatemala had legal authorization to be in the U.S.
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Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu doubled down on his plan for Israel to seize control of Gaza City and the remaining sliver of Gaza not already under Israeli control.
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Some European leaders say that Ukraine must be included in any talks with Russia over ending the war.
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Washington D.C. Mayor Muriel Bowser said President Trump has the power to deploy the National Guard, but "none of the conditions exist" for the president to take over the city's police.
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A confrontation between religious freedom and public safety has reached the Supreme Court of Texas. The battle is over access to a site where Native Americans have been holding spiritual ceremonies for centuries.