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        Daily Forecast

        Near record highs for Wednesday

        Patrick Herion
        APTOPIX Travel Delays

        Scripps News Life

        Airport bottlenecks ease as TSA workers get paid, but shutdown continues

        AP via Scripps News Group
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        National News

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        AP via Scripps News Group
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        National Politics

        Federal judge blocks Trump order to end funding for NPR and PBS

        AP via Scripps News Group
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        Covering Kentucky

        ACLU represents KY mom banned from school property over social media posts

        Erin Rosas
        Immigrant deaths

        Scripps News Investigates

        Police video shows arrest of 19-year-old immigrant who died in ICE custody

        Patrick Terpstra
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        National News

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        National News

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        Justin Boggs
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        National News

        Texas megachurch pastor Robert Morris is free after 6 months in an Oklahoma jail for child sex abuse

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        Sports

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        Iran War

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        Covering Kentucky

        Judge voids impeachment articles against Fayette Circuit Judge Julie Goodman

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        Sports

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        National Politics

        Supreme Court rules against Colorado ‘conversion therapy’ ban for LGBTQ kids

        AP via Scripps News Group
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        KY lawmakers restore funding match to save Dolly Parton's Imagination Library

        Annie Brown
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        National News

        King Charles III to mark 250 years of American independence on historic US trip

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        National Politics

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        Maura Barrett
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        National News

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        National Politics

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        Justin Boggs
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        Daily Forecast

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        Covering Kentucky

        Inmate back in custody after stealing Wolfe County truck while on work crew

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        Covering Kentucky

        Man wanted in connection to Nashville murder case found dead in Lyon County

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        National Politics

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        Covering Kentucky

        Man arrested after making threat on Barren County Courthouse ahead of appearance

        Rosemary Kelley
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        Covering Kentucky

        AG wants case blocking KY's executions for 15 years to be dismissed

        Karolina Buczek
        Travel

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        Cameron Couvillion
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        We Follow Through

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        Drew Amman
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        National Politics

        US to close Afghan refugee camp, leaving over 1,000 allies in limbo

        Kadia Tubman
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        Covering Kentucky

        KY Powerball winner appears before judge on burglary charge after 3rd arrest

        Leigh Searcy
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        Daily Forecast

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        Bill Meck
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        Covering Kentucky

        Lextran launches new $1 seasonal bus route connecting local entertainment spots

        Megan Mannering
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        Iran War

        White House touts progress in Iran talks as Tehran denies direct negotiations

        Scripps News Group
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        Covering Kentucky

        Bourbon Co. first responders conduct realistic mass casualty drill with students

        Michael Berk
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        Covering Kentucky

        Valley View Ferry reopens with safety measures as armed suspect remains at large

        Molly Demrow
        Supreme Court Birthright Citizenship

        National Politics

        Trump seeks birthright citizenship restrictions as case reaches Supreme Court

        Ava-joye Burnett
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        Covering Kentucky

        Autopsy report details the death of Laurel County man shot by police

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        National News

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        National News

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        Vehicle fire on south I-75 just before Newtown Pike shuts down lanes

        Web Staff
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        National News

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        Scripps News Group
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        Associated Press
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        Crime

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        Web Staff
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        National News

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        AP via Scripps News Group
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        Crime

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        Web Staff
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        Covering Kentucky

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