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The Rock & Roll Hall of Fame announced the shortlist for its 2025 class of inductees on Wednesday. The shortlist includes groundbreaking Southern rap duo OutKast, Mexican rock band Maná and the recently reunited Britpop group Oasis.
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The 1965 tour sparked a great deal of controversy among music listeners and fans of Dylan’s folk music who felt he was betraying his base by changing his sound and becoming more commercial – much of which was depicted in the recent Dylan biopic “A Complete Unknown,” starring Timothee Chalamet.
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With months to go before the U.S. Supreme Court rules on gender-affirming care for minors, the Trump administration has changed the federal government’s legal position on the case. The U.S. Department of Justice notified the high court Friday that the U.S. is now backing the state of Tennessee and its ban on the care.
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The Kentucky Department of Corrections said last month that 67 state inmates are taking hormones to treat gender dysphoria. A Republican priority bill seeks to deny such medication.
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Paducah's Market House is presenting "Where There's a Will, There's a Way," a murder mystery production centered around unexpected twists and murder surrounding the reading of a will.
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Black Patch Revival, a Paducah-based psychedelic rock band, will perform a public concert live-streamed from Paducah Beer Werks during the Super Bowl LIX halftime show on Sunday.
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Kentucky Gov. Andy Beshear’s office this week launched a webpage displaying projected price tags for bills before the legislature — known as fiscal notes — which he touted as a step toward transparency.
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New, less damaging treatments are giving some patients the choice to try to preserve their ability to have children after cancer.
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Melissa Barbanell's 7-year-old son was severely injured after being hit by a pickup truck. A stranger, who turned out to be a nurse, let Barbanell know he was going to be OK.
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Alvin Ailey's seminal Revelations is considered the most widely viewed modern dance work in the world. Lost songs from the 1960 premiere are featured in a new work and an album this season.
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Bannon pleaded guilty in a Manhattan court to one count of scheme to defraud, a low-level felony. The case involved We Build the Wall, a non-profit that Bannon himself once suspected was a scam.
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Monty's competition included a bichon frisé called Neal, a Skye terrier named Archer, a whippet and repeat runner-up known as Bourbon and a shih tzu called Comet who's been a finalist before.
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Staffers at the U.S. cybersecurity agency working on countering foreign disinformation and on election security have been put on leave, according to sources who spoke anonymously for fear of reprisal.