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Severe Midwest weather, including a tornado, leaves at least 14 dead in Kentucky; 7 dead in MissouriAs of Saturday morning, some 14 people in Kentucky have been killed by severe weather — including a devastating tornado — and the death toll is likely to rise, according to Gov. Andy Beshear.
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Severe weather swept across Missouri and Kentucky overnight Friday, leaving a wake of destruction and fatalities, officials said.
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A jury found former Tennessee House Speaker Glen Casada and his ex-top aide guilty on corruption charges tied to a secretive political vendor.
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A student lawsuit to revive a decades old Kentucky Supreme Court case faced its first hurdle in court this week. What is the Rose decision, and why are Kentucky students in court to declare the state’s education system unconstitutional?
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Families across Tennessee can now use public money for private school education. Applications for the state’s school voucher program opened Thursday.
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Flooding is Kentucky's most frequent and costly natural disaster. Yet, only about 1% of the state's property owners have flood insurance. As Kentuckians begin cleaning up and rebuilding from April's deadly floods, many of them say the cost of flood insurance is out of reach as experts say major flood events are becoming more common.
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Murray’s Playhouse in the Park is hosting a benefit concert of Disney classics this weekend – featuring current and former DisneyWorld performers – to raise money for Sabry Poor, a Murray native and former WKMS host, who recently battled cancer.
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The Kentucky General Assembly passed Senate Bill 151 with bipartisan support. More than a year later, it still hasn’t been implemented. While the state says they don’t have the funds to implement, lawmakers say their spending proves otherwise.
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Powerful storms and tornadoes tore through Midwestern and Southern states overnight Friday, leaving carnage and flattened buildings in their wake.
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NPR's Scott Simon reflects on the discovery that what Harvard University thought was a copy of the Magna Carta is actually an original.
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Hollywood's plummeting film and TV production levels have studio executives and grassroots groups pushing for better incentives to keep business in California.
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The drone hit a bus evacuating civilians from a front-line area in Ukraine's northeastern Sumy region Saturday, hours after Moscow and Kyiv had held their first direct peace talks in years.
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Budget reconciliation may not be catchy, but it's been a vital tool for many presidents, including Ronald Reagan, whose first federal budget was a watershed in the history of federal fiscal policy.
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President Trump and his allies have long made false claims of widespread noncitizen voting. Now, as the GOP pursues new restrictions, experts worry isolated arrests will be used to push the new rules.