A lease to build the first U.S.-owned, privately developed uranium enrichment facility in the country was signed in western Kentucky on Tuesday against a backdrop of containers holding depleted tails of uranium hexafluoride – some covered in rust.
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The committee asked the DOJ for files related to its investigation of Jeffrey Epstein. It is also looking to question Bill and Hillary Clinton, among several other former government officials.
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Morganfield is home to one of nation’s largest vocational training centers for at-risk young people
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Gov. Andy Beshear is renewing his call for universal pre-K in Kentucky. This time, he's harnessing the power of education and business leaders in an effort to influence reluctant state lawmakers.
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T.J. Martinson, an assistant professor of English at MSU, recently published “Her New Eyes,” a novel about a woman who undergoes an experimental eye procedure that causes her to have visions of Marilyn Monroe and eventually leads to a struggle of wills between her and the late actress.
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After years of advocacy, freestanding birth centers will soon be easier to open in Kentucky, as activists say many women go to neighboring Tennessee and Indiana for childbirth.
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Murray State baseball notched another historic milestone this season with a 12-11 win Monday over Ole Miss: advancing to its first NCAA super regional in program history.
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A sculptor from Lexington and a writer living in Appalachia represent Kentucky this year in a regional arts fellowship.
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A South African university launched an anti-poaching campaign Thursday to inject the horns of rhinos with radioactive isotopes that it says are harmless for the animals but can be detected by customs agents.
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El Salvador President Nayib Bukele's party approved constitutional changes in the country's National Assembly that allow indefinite presidential reelection and extend presidential terms to six years.
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The Trump administration has said the conditions in the three countries have improved, therefore the immigrants can return back to their homelands. But federal Judge Trina Thompson suggested Trump's motives are discriminatory.
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An executive order says most of the tariffs will not take effect for at least a week, despite an earlier assertion that new rates would take effect on Friday. Some goods from Canada would get a new 35% tariff rate beginning Friday, though.
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In 2024, President Trump popped up as a guest in a number of popular podcasts. Now, even in an off-election year, politicians are taking to the same non-political podcasts to reach a new audience.