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The U.S. Department of Transportation has awarded a new essential air services contract to Barkley Regional Airport’s preferred provider, but the approved deal announced on Wednesday isn’t exactly what the Paducah airport recommended.

Out-of-state groups have funneled millions of dollars into Tennessee’s special congressional race, outpacing the fundraising totals for most frontrunners.

Some Kentucky health experts are pushing back against the Trump administration's claim that Tylenol use during pregnancy increases risk of autism in children.

Low-income Kentuckians getting much-needed cash payments through the Kentucky Transitional Assistance Program (or KTAP) will get less help starting in November.

An electric vehicle battery manufacturer in Hardin County is being sued for allegedly violating labor laws. Employees of BlueOval SK say they're not receiving overtime pay for work performed outside their scheduled shifts.

Daviess County Public Library is facing an ongoing campaign from local Christian conservatives and Christian Nationalists seeking changes in how it handles certain materials. Some of the more vocal activists argue their recommendations better protect children from harmful or inappropriate material, but opponents fear it's the start of a more extensive effort to restrict or remove materials relating to sexuality, gender identity, human anatomy, race, and diversity.

Clashes in recent days have killed dozens of people on both sides of the border. Pakistan is grappling with militant attacks that have increased since 2021, when the Taliban seized power in Afghanistan.

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Antimicrobial resistance is responsible for some 1.2 million deaths a year and contributes to millions more. Data in the new report shows that the problem is growing at an alarming rate.

A Supreme Court case over Louisiana's congressional map could determine the future of Voting Rights Act protections against racial discrimination and allow Republicans to draw 19 more House seats.

Raila Odinga — the towering figure of Kenyan politics who helped usher in multiparty democracy and a new constitution — has died in India at 80.

Conspiracy theories about health fill a vacuum created by the lack of doctors in many rural communities. Meanwhile, doctors in these areas say patients have become increasingly distrustful and sometimes hostile.