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A new book authored by members of the Hickman County Historical Society tells a detailed history of the area’s place along the Trail of Tears, and the experiences of the Native American people who traveled on it, as they passed through the far western Kentucky county.

As the 100th anniversary of the Scopes trial is commemorated this week, battles over public education continue in Tennessee and surrounding states amid a new wave of government scrutiny.

Trump is pushing Republicans to stop talking about Jeffrey Epstein, but Congressman Thomas Massie wants a vote to force his administration to release more information.

Bookshelves have become battlefields in recent years. Challenges to materials and calls for book bans have climbed to levels previously unheard of across the country as culture wars stoked by political differences have brought the fight into both school and public libraries.

Higher education leaders told legislators Tuesday that each of the Commonwealth’s public schools is complying with a new law eliminating diversity, equity and inclusion efforts at those schools. However, lawmakers had concerns for some of the schools – including Murray State University and the University of Kentucky – about whether they were fully in line with the new legislation.

The Office of Kentucky Nature Preserves says they’ve already found hundreds of wild bee species midway through a multi-year project to inventory and protect the pollinators native to the state.

Protesters marched to the White House on Saturday as D.C. Metropolitan Police officers and National Park Service police looked on from a distance.

The U.S. State Department says it's halting visas for visitors from Gaza as it reviews its process for granting visas for medical evacuees.

Immigration arrests falter in July after a big push for mass deportations in June. Activists in sanctuary jurisdictions hope their resistance plays a role.

The world got a glimpse of Marwan Barghouti for the first time in years in a video of a far-right Israeli minister berating him.

Canada's government forced Air Canada and its striking flight attendants back to work and into arbitration Saturday after a work stoppage stranded more than 100,000 travelers around the world.

Hurricane Erin exploded in strength to a Category 5 storm in the Caribbean before weakening on Saturday, the National Hurricane Center said.