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Speakers at six-hour Trump rally in NYC insult Puerto Ricans, mock Harris’ race
NEW YORK? — Former President Donald Trump promised “America’s new golden age” of closed borders and world peace as he rallied a capacity crowd at Madison Square Garden in his home city in the final stretch of the 2024 presidential contest against Vice President Kamala Harris. Trump headlined the over six-hour rally that featured nearly […]
‘Operation Counter-Mold:’ The hidden battle in military homes
Editor’s note: Since this investigation was published Oct. 24 in Rolling Stone ?the Army has offered to move both of the Fort Campbell families into new homes. The story is republished from POGO, The Project On Government Oversight. On the weekends, Aubrey Metzler lets out her frustration with military housing by screaming at strangers in […]
Tennessee is gearing up for another private school voucher debate. Here’s what we know.
This story was originally published by Chalkbeat. Sign up for their newsletters at ckbe.at/newsletters A new universal school voucher proposal will be the first bill filed for Tennessee’s upcoming legislative session, signaling that Gov. Bill Lee intends to make the plan his No. 1 education priority for a second straight year. Senate Majority Leader Jack […]
FBI says it’s still committed to Pikeville office, staffing shortage is temporary
Federal law enforcement in 10 Eastern Kentucky counties is now being conducted by FBI special agents from nearby areas while the agency tries to fill vacancies in its Pikeville office. “The Pikeville territory is currently being covered by FBI special agents from the surrounding areas while we await current vacancies to be filled,” said Katie […]
Final results may lag in deadlocked presidential contest, anxious election officials warn
WASHINGTON — As an exceedingly bitter, tight and dark campaign for the presidency moves into its last moments, apprehensive election officials and experts warn Election Day is only the first step. The closing of the polls and end of mail-in voting kick off a nearly three-month process before the next president of the United States […]
Beyoncé takes the stage in Texas with Harris to underline support of reproductive rights
Democratic presidential nominee Kamala Harris appeared alongside superstar performer Beyoncé on Friday night to encourage voter turnout and reinforce the differences between the two parties on reproductive rights, with just days to go before voting ends. The rally at Shell Energy Stadium in Houston, Texas, followed months of speculation about whether Beyoncé would support Vice […]
Trump again says U.S. is a ‘garbage can for the rest of the world’ in anti-immigrant tirade
Former President Donald Trump in Austin, Texas, on Friday attacked Vice President Kamala Harris over her approach to immigration and border security, while echoing several false claims. The respective GOP and Democratic presidential candidates spent one of the final days leading up to the election in the heavily red Lone Star State — not regarded […]
Millions of Americans flock to early voting, in person and via mail
WASHINGTON — Nearly 30 million Americans by Thursday had cast their ballots ahead of Election Day, with 13 million choosing to vote in person at early voting centers and another 17 million submitting mail-in ballots, according to data from the University of Florida’s election lab. The total number of early votes is expected to increase […]
Prescribed burn planned on portion of Taylorsville Lake Wildlife Management Area
Portions of Taylorsville Lake Wildlife Management Area (WMA) in Spencer County will be closed to the public for two days between Oct. 28 and 31 to facilitate a prescribed fire project as part of ongoing hardwood forest improvements on the property, according to a release from the Kentucky Department of Fish and Wildlife Resources. The […]
Less power from coal, more from natural gas in Kentucky’s future, says state’s largest utility
Power-intensive data centers will drive growth in electricity demand in the near future, says the utility serving the most Kentuckians. It plans to meet that demand by continuing to replace coal-fired power with natural gas while potentially adding up to 1,000 megawatts of solar power by 2035. Investor-owned Louisville Gas and Electric and Kentucky Utilities […]
Reproductive health care in the Southeast hinges on Florida abortion-rights measure, doctors say
Dr. Cherise Felix says a recent patient yelled and swore at her before eventually hugging her, grateful she would no longer have to carry the planned-for baby that had died inside her. Felix provides abortions at Planned Parenthood clinics in Florida, which on May 1 banned abortion at six weeks’ gestation. She was able to […]
‘We have persevered:’ Biden will apologize for Native American boarding school history
For the first time in history, a sitting U.S. president is set to apologize to Indigenous communities for the role the federal government played in the atrocities Indigenous children faced in the federal Native American Boarding School system. The apology, which President Joe Biden will deliver Friday when he speaks at the Gila River Crossing […]