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In a joint statement, lawyers for the actors said they hoped the settlement would bring "closure."
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A judge ruled part of Kentucky's abortion ban defining human life as beginning at conception unconstitutional in a lawsuit brought by Jewish women.
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The two-day festival in Paducah’s Lower Town neighborhood will feature two stages, live music, crafts, vendors, and food. Festival Music Director Seth Murphy said he is glad the festival is back, and that he thinks it will be better than ever. This year’s headliners are two Grammy Award-winning artists: renowned pedal steel guitarist Robert Randolph and Cajun-flavored rock musician Louis Michot.
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Local officials, business leaders, job seekers, concerned citizens and people looking to learn about the nuclear industry packed an open house event in Paducah Wednesday hosted by Global Laser Enrichment.
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The Kentucky Derby is the oldest continuously running sporting event in the country. Despite its long history, horse racing is still evolving with the emergence of new technological advancements.
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In Kentucky, prize purses for winning horse racers have risen sharply in recent years. Those purses have been fueled in large part by the growth in state-sanctioned gambling on historical horse race machines.
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University of Kentucky researchers are working on a new way of eliminating an invasive insect species that’s been a blight to some of the commonwealth’s biggest crops.
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NPR's Mary Louise Kelly talks with Jeff Rathke, president of the American-German Institute, about U.S. troops stationed in Germany, and what happens if President Trump moves some of them elsewhere.
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The outcome is expected to strengthen Modi's political position midway through his third term.
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Award winners include authors Daniel Kraus, Jill Lepore and Yiyun Li, opinion writer M. Gessen and staffers and contributors at The Washington Post, Reuters and AP.
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New Jersey State Police say a United Airlines passenger jet struck a light pole and damaged a truck as it was coming in for a landing at Newark Liberty International Airport on Sunday.
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The musical connection between frontperson Nick Llobet and bassist Micah Prussack is at the heart of the Brooklyn-based band's latest album.
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The Supreme Court says rules that allow patients to get the abortion pill mifepristone through the mail can stay the same for at least a week.