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Here is a list of area closings for January 6, 2014 due to extreme cold and/or snow and ice. (THIS POST WILL BE UPDATED)Ballard County SchoolsCalloway…

A West Kentucky lawmaker is accused of using company money to inappropriately fund campaign activities and line his pockets with taxpayer dollars.A…

From NPR: Venezuela is a nation with leaders known for bellicose rhetoric and quirky decisions. But the latest government office is raising the most…

The region’s dangerously cold temperatures could bring some benefits later in the year in the form of a smaller flea and tick population. But according to…

A dozen war heroes from South Sudan's long struggle for independence are now accused of launching a coup to overthrow the democracy they helped create. One of them, Peter Adwok Nyaba, was telling NPR's Gregory Warner about the political roots of the conflict when police came for him.

Henderson's Smith Mills Volunteer Fire Department will build a new fire station thanks to a $500,000 community development block grant.The Smith Mills…

The Social Security Administration has long kept track of deaths so it can stop checks when recipients die. And while researchers have used the file for years, fraudsters have, too. So Congress is limiting access to the data — and that has everyone from bankers to genealogists concerned.

Health care costs grew at 3.7 percent in 2012, the fourth year of a trend of smaller annual increases. The Obama administration says that the Affordable Care Act is a factor. But the actuaries who wrote the report beg to differ, saying the recession is a more likely cause.

You think it's cold? You ain't seen nothing! Imagine what it's like at science's coldest places: from the Eastern Antarctic Plateau to the moons of Saturn to the coldest labs.

The coldest temperatures in years and gusty winds that blasted the Midwest are expected to travel as far south as Brownsville, Texas, and Central Florida. The arctic air has caused temperatures to drop 20 to 40 degrees below average in several states and forced businesses and schools to close.