Four Tennesseans have died in the winter storm, and officials are bracing for days of recovery from widespread power outages and recovery efforts slowed by ice and downed trees. Here’s the latest from WPLN, updated at 8 a.m. Monday.
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Minnesota Rep. Ilhan Omar was speaking at a town hall event when she was rushed by a man who sprayed a liquid at her via a syringe.
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The Kentucky Foundation for Women’s 2025 Artist Enrichment grant is supporting artists – including two in Calloway County – who are participating in residencies, developing new techniques or building on existing bodies of work.
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Kentucky continues efforts to restore power and stay warm after a severe winter storm dropped snow and ice across the entire state.
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Thousands of legal immigrants will lose access to TennCare beginning in October as a result of new Trump administration policy, while Tennessee officials separately consider barring pregnant women without legal immigration status from accessing publicly-funded prenatal care.
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Kentucky bill aims to clarify traceable communications requirements for school employees, volunteersKentucky’s legislature unanimously approved a measure last year mandating that school employees and volunteers use traceable forms of communications when they contact students outside the classroom. But now, the bill’s original sponsor wants to fix some unintended consequences that teachers and education advocacy groups have brought to her attention.
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States from Texas to Maryland can expect everything from freezing rain to a foot of snow this weekend. Experts are urging people to prepare for potentially historic weather.
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Ahead of a winter weather event that’s projected to have major impacts across the mid-South, the National Weather Service has issued a winter storm warning for the weekend – meaning forecasters are more confident that severe weather will occur.
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Three Texas siblings who died in an icy pond are among several dozen deaths in U.S. states gripped by frigid cold. A massive storm dumped deep snow across more than 1,300 miles from Arkansas to New England.
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A sharp drop in net immigration has led to a slowdown in U.S. population growth. The Census Bureau says the population grew only about half as fast in the year ending last June as it did the previous year.
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The best books for children and young adults were awarded the country's top honors by the American Library Association on Monday.