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Kentucky Gov. Andy Beshear joined local officials in Graves County Tuesday afternoon to dedicate a new home to a family that survived the 2021 tornado outbreak.

A day after Rep. Thomas Massie, a northern Kentucky Republican, took the first step in forcing a vote on releasing the Jeffrey Epstein files, survivors rallied at the U.S. Capitol in support.

Federal immigration officials are making arrests from within Tennessee jails at a much higher rate than other states. A new report ranks Tennessee second only to Texas in the number of people ICE picks up from jail.

Researchers with the Kentucky Geological Survey at the University of Kentucky are hoping to use devices normally meant to monitor earthquake activity to identify when tornadoes touch down.

The Kentucky Chamber of Commerce says the state could help more residents enter the workforce – and boost one of the nation’s lowest workforce participation rates – by addressing ballooning costs for childcare and access to those services.

President Donald Trump and House Republicans want to cut new funding for a housing grant that many rural areas rely on to help fund affordable housing. Experts say cutting the grant would jeopardize thousands of future homes for the nation’s poor. That’s especially true in Appalachian towns and rural counties that lack investment and where many of Trump’s voters live.

U.S. allies in Europe and the Indo-Pacific are showing willingness to coordinate and cooperate across a wide range of shared interests, from trade to defense and alliance management to China.

On the second anniversary of the Hamas-led attack on Israel of Oct. 7, 2023, the leaders of Israel and Hamas are pushed by Arab countries and the U.S. toward a potential end to the war.

Some federal workers support the government shutdown, even as President Trump threatens to use this moment to lay off employees and cut funding to programs.

The Hopi Tribe received a multimillion-dollar federal grant to install solar panels and battery storage systems for hundreds of homes. But the Trump administration has canceled the funding.

The federal government has long surveyed high schoolers to help track how their academic choices may have influenced the course of their lives. The Trump administration put an end to that effort.

NPR's Juana Summers talks with Mayci Neeley of Hulu's The Secret Lives of Mormon Wives about how her traumatic college days have shaped her relationship with her religion.