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Race Day Recap: Sovereignty stays on top winning the Jim Dandy Stakes
WNYT - New York
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July 27, 2025
The NewsChannel 13 News Team presents a report of local, regional, statewide and national news events. Kentucky Derby and Belmont Stakes winner, Sovereignty, won the Jim Dandy Stakes Saturday at Saratoga Race Course. Junior Alvarado was on board...
Julie Chrisley To See A Specialist – Post-Prison Health Concerns
Celebrating The Soaps
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August 1, 2025
Todd and Julie Chrisley are opening up about life in prison on their Chrisley Confessions podcast. It comes after they were pardoned by Donald Trump. This week, they talked about Julie, who will be seeing a specialist because they have concerns...
Female lawmakers in Kentucky fight for 'potty parity'
WCHS - West Virginia
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FRANKFORT, Ky. (AP) — For female state lawmakers in Kentucky, choosing when to go to the bathroom has long required careful calculation. There are only two bathroom stalls for women on the third floor of the Kentucky Statehouse, where the House...
More children can attend Kentuck's early arts education series after grant award
WVUA 23 - Alabama
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Kentuck Art Center is getting arts education into the hands of even more children with the help of a recent grant from the Community Foundation of West Alabama. Thanks to the grant, Kentuck's early childhood workshop series Imagination in Motion...
Why, in our free country, do we lack education freedom?
Mid Rivers Newsmagazine - Missouri
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What issue could be more important to a nation’s future than education? A country is about people. How Americans act, work, think, choose – live – reflects their values. K-12 education, of course, is about learning to read and do math. This is...
Truth calls for more artistry sans reporting
Northwest Arkansas Democrat Gazette
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August 2, 2025
Recently I was scrolling through my usual itinerary of news sites: The New York Times, The Washington Post, the Lexington Herald-Leader, The Associated Press, The Free Press, a couple of religion news outlets and so on. I keep vowing to cut back...
‘Pure joy’ | Penn State Powwow brings the ‘culture forward,’ keeps Native traditions alive
The Daily Collegian - Pennsylvania
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On the first page of the Penn State Powwow brochure lies a land acknowledgement. As the Farmers’ High School of Pennsylvania slowly transformed into one of the largest public institutions in the U.S., Penn State’s origins as a land-grant...
Federal judge orders SFA to reinstate women’s sports programs amid Title IX lawsuit
The Lufkin Daily News - Texas
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Friday afternoon, federal Judge Michael J. Truncale issued a preliminary injunction ordering Stephen F. Austin State University to reinstate its women’s beach volleyball, bowling and golf teams. In May, SFA’s athletic department announced it will...
Grade 3 Pucker Up Leads Stakes On Day 2 Of Kentucky Downs Preview Weekend
Yahoo Sports
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Grade 3 Pucker Up Leads Stakes On Day 2 Of Kentucky Downs Preview Weekend originally appeared on Paulick Report. Steve Landers Racing’s emerging 3-year-old Destino d’Oro will face nine fellow 3-year-old fillies entered in Sunday’s $400,000 Grade 3...
How rural Kentucky schools adopt policies limiting cellphone use in classrooms
WHAS 11 - Kentucky
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July 28, 2025
Depending on the school's policy, some students may be able to use their phones during lunchtime. HARDIN COUNTY, Ky. — It's back-to-school season and for Kentucky students that means going into their classrooms without using their cellphones. If...
Joint Statement on Immigration Enforcement Tactics Directed at Children in the Outdoors
Sierra - California
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In recent weeks, we have watched with growing concern the proliferation of aggressive immigration enforcement tactics specifically targeting children in California and in other parts of the country. According to press reports, children have been...
21 states that have passed anti-LGBTQ+ laws in 2025 so far
The Advocate
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July 28, 2025
21 states, 67 laws International Transgender Day of Visibility rally in Union Square, New York City, 2025 Christopher Penler/Shutterstock Anti-LGBTQ+ legislation isn't slowing down in 2025 — it's gaining traction. Five hundred and ninety-eight...
An interview with Vox Grata director
Roane County News - Tennessee
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“Vox Grata” performs at Kingston’s Bethel Presbyterian Church on Saturday, April 27 at 5 p.m. Rebecca Price of The Recital Series of Kingston picked up the phone recently to speak with Jeanette MacCallum, director of the award winning music group...
CRAWFORD | From ‘Pony Up’ to Powering Up: Stoops looks to reconnect at Kentucky
WDRB - Kentucky
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LOUISVILLE, Ky. (WDRB) -- Mark Stoops didn't wear sunglasses to Monday's news conference, though he might have wanted to. The Kentucky football coach having minor facial surgery later this week and joked he didn't want to take the podium with a...
Filipino immigration advocates in WA launch national alliance
FOX 13 Seattle - Washington State
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As detainment and deportations continue at a rapid rate in the US, one Filipino immigrant rights organization is also ramping up its efforts to fight for immigrants who are under increasing pressure here. TACOMA, Wash. - As detainment and...
Feds plan to release frozen education funding, but educators remain ‘unsettled'
NECN - Massachusetts
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The U.S. Department of Education plans to release "the vast majority" of $6.8 billion in education grants it withheld from states in June, though the "chaos and confusion" the freeze caused in Massachusetts can't be undone, according to Attorney...
Private Kentucky university worries students could lose financial aid amid federal uncertainty
WHAS 11 - Kentucky
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July 28, 2025
"All those are things that are up in the air," Sullivan University President Tim Swenson said. LOUISVILLE, Ky. — Sullivan University, a small, private school in Louisville that's been around since the 1960s, just eliminated 21 positions in the...
UK, Walsh Construction, Goodwill Kentucky launch Pre-Apprenticeship Program Aug. 1
UKNow - Kentucky
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July 28, 2025
LEXINGTON, Ky. (July 28, 2025) — The University of Kentucky, in partnership with Walsh Construction and Goodwill Kentucky, is launching a new Pre-Apprenticeship Program on Aug. 1. The initiative, tied to the construction of the UK Cancer and...
Photography Intern Arrested While Covering Pro-Immigration Protest
PetaPixel - California
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July 28, 2025
Roebling Bridge, which links Cincinnati and Covington, Kentucky. A photography intern and the journalist he was shadowing were arrested while covering a pro-immigration protest in Cincinnati and reportedly “just doing their jobs.” Photography...
Teen of the Week: Barrel racer Kayleen Staats of Williamstown hoofing it toward a career in nursing
Parkersburg News & Sentinel - West Virginia
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Kayleen Staats of Williamstown on her horse Lily competing at the Kentucky Horse Park in Lexington, Ky., this summer. (Photo Provided) WILLIAMSTOWN — When Kayleen Staats is barrel racing on horseback, concentration and focus are vital, which is...