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Pulitzer Prize-winning photographer Slava "Sal" Veder died on Saturday, Aug. 22, just 8 days shy of his 100th birthday.
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President Donald Trump’s bid to lower beef prices ahead of the midterms has prompted backlash from the Kentucky groups representing beef producers.
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The Oscar Devereaux Micheaux Black Film and Arts Festival is returning for its second year this Friday at Paducah’s Maiden Alley Cinema.
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Ahead of this year’s World Championship Horse Show at the Kentucky State Fair, a horse died by electrocution in its stall. Two years prior, event organizers were warned they needed to fix electrical issues to maintain horse safety.
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The Beshear administration is withholding 127 emails related to the Lee Specialty Clinic in advance of controversial cuts announced in June, including who sent them and when.
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TVA, the nation’s largest public utility, is moving forward with a long-term plan focused on building more gas plants. The TVA Board, the utility’s only regulator, with members all appointed by President Donald Trump and trained by TVA staff, approved a draft “Integrated Resource Plan” on Thursday.
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The stakes are high as Fed Chair Kevin Warsh prepares to give a speech on Friday at the annual gathering of economists and central bankers in Jackson Hole, Wyoming.
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More than three quarters of all wildfires in the U.S. are caused by human behavior including accidents, negligence and arson.
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NPR critics remember some of their favorite Dolly performances — including a duet with Kermit the Frog and the twinkle in Dolly's eye singing with Linda Ronstadt and Emmylou Harris.
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A big glass of moo juice — no, make that several glasses a day — is common in Rwanda. Is that too much of a good thing?
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Many of the missing are foreign tourists after deadly floods hit the Nepal-Tibet border, sweeping away entire villages.