Republicans say new legislation clarifies when life-saving abortions are legal. But it adds anti-abortion language and could subject doctors to tougher scrutiny in court.
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The town hall was hosted by SoKY Indivisible in downtown Bowling Green. The group said it was holding the event because they feel that U.S. Rep. Brett Guthrie had not responded to their requests to hold a town hall.
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In southern Kentucky, the Barren County community is grieving the unthinkable. Local teenager Eli Heacock died of a self-inflicted gunshot wound last month. Investigators are looking into what role an online extortion scheme played in the death.
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With President Donald Trump back in office, fossil fuels are again at the forefront of the nation’s energy policy. Trump posted on social media this week calling for more energy production with "beautiful, clean coal," prompting interactions from West Virginia’s governor and senior senator. But those ambitions are far from certain, even in the nation’s most coal-reliant state.
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Federal orders from President Donald Trump axing DEI initiatives are hitting multiple sectors. Kentucky arts and culture organizations have not been exempt from the fallout.
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Beshear vetoed a GOP-backed bill that aims to dismantle diversity, equity and inclusion efforts at public universities, saying the bill "is about hate."
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Utah's new law is part of a larger effort by Republicans to limit the window in which mail ballots can be counted during an election.
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Last year, Gen-Z uprising in Bangladesh helped bring down Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina. Student activists continue to be central figures in shaping the future of Bangladesh's political landscape.
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Climate change and overfishing are making it harder to catch the anchovies essential to the condiment that underlies so much of Vietnam and southeast Asia's food.
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For the first time, a re-creation of the annex where Anne Frank and her family hid is available outside of Amsterdam. Visitors in New York said its themes reverberated in today's political climate.
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Second lady Usha Vance has scrapped a plan to attend Greenland's national dog sled race this week. But American tax dollars will help support the race anyway.
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Officials said they would now exempt people who apply for Medicare and disability benefits, as well as supplemental income help for the poor, from having to prove their identity in-person.
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