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Supporters for the three top GOP candidates contending for one of Kentucky's U.S. Senate seats cheer as the trio began taking the stage ahead of the political speaking portion of the St. Jerome Picnic in Fancy Farm.

Republicans spar over chance at McConnell’s seat at 145th annual Fancy Farm picnic

With only one Democrat speaking at the western Kentucky political event, the jabs and jeers of Fancy Farm turned inwards as the GOP candidates jockeyed for the opportunity to replace U.S. Sen. Mitch McConnell.

Attorney General Daniel Cameron at the Republicans' 2019 Election Party

Kentucky Republicans search for answers after loss to Beshear in governor race

Democratic Gov. Andy Beshear defeated GOP challenger Daniel Cameron by about five percentage points during Kentucky's gubernatorial election last week. With Republicans controlling 80% of seats in the legislature and all other statewide elected offices, the party is trying to figure out what went wrong.

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Republicans and Democrats in Michigan head to the polls today to vote for their respective parties' candidates. The FTC and nine states are suing to block the Kroger-Albertsons supermarket merger

2026 Hopkinsville Mayor general election

Three candidates – Republican Russ Guffey, Democrat Markeeta Oldham Wilkerson and Independent Desaepa Vansauwa – are all running to be Hopkinsville's next mayor in the November election.

For decades, horror films have been infused with queer themes

NPR's Mallory Yu, Ryan Benk and Joel Rose discuss how queer themes and characters have long found a home in horror films.

Heavy Rotation: 10 Songs Public Radio Can't Stop Playing

Our public radio panelists share their favorite new tracks for October. Download music from the brilliant singer-songwriter Bill Callahan, songwriter to the stars Dev Hynes, Philadelphia rapper Freeway, jazz iconoclast John Zorn, Odd Future-affiliated soul outfit The Internet and more.

Lucy Wang gets her makeup touched up before her wedding ceremony at a Beijing restaurant. Wang is marrying Derek Wei, who paid her family more than $10,000 for her bride price.

For Chinese Women, Marriage Depends On Right 'Bride Price'

China's one-child only policy and historic preference for boys has led to a surplus of marriageable Chinese men. Young women are holding out for better apartments, cars and the like from potential spouses. And prospective in-laws are socking away savings to try to appeal to a future daughter-in-law.

Health conditions exacerbated by obesity include heart disease, stroke, Type 2 diabetes and certain types of cancer, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Researchers say the newly approved drug Wegovy, could help many who struggle with obesity lose weight — but only if insurers make the costly weekly injections affordable.

Obesity Drug's Promise Now Hinges On Insurance Coverage

Clinical trials show Wegovy triples the average weight loss seen with other drugs. Whether it will reach many patients largely depends on whether insurers decide to cover it.

This is what's called a "specimen lot" — a large mason jar holding smaller vials of parasitic worms gathered by a researcher in 1927. The Smithsonian collection has more than 120,000 specimen lots.

#NPRWormWeek: Worms Are Bottled Up In The Smithsonian's Crawl Space

Tapeworms, hookworms, leeches. Millions of specimens. This collection has it all — except legs.

Joel Charny, who's been a humanitarian aid worker for 40 years, talks to students at a camp for internally displaced people in northern Sri Lanka in 2005. It's one of his favorite photos, he says, "because this is what I did hundreds of times: interview people about what they were going through and what they needed for their lives to improve."

A Retiring Aid Worker Reflects On How To Repair The World — Without Wearing A Halo

Joel Charny, who worked in humanitarian aid for 40 years, speaks candidly about how humanitarianism has changed — and why people shouldn't treat aid workers as if they wear haloes.

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