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Saratoga Notebook, presented by NYRA Bets: Whitney Day Ranks Right Up There as One of Brown’s All-Time Best
Thoroughbred Daily News - New Jersey
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August 3, 2025
SARATOGA SPRINGS, N.Y. — There have been some days for trainer Chad Brown. Some real big days. Remember Arlington Million day in 2019? He won all four graded stakes races, including all three GI races. He has won a bushel full of Breeders' Cup...
Kentucky’s campaign to improve rural cancer care is a national model. Federal cuts threaten its progress
STAT - Massachusetts
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July 23, 2025
IRVINE, Ky. — The giant inflatable colon loomed over the rural health clinic, pink undulations exclaiming its presence to all who passed by. Caught by a breeze, the intestine tugged at a metal handrail where Tonya Pauley had tied it down. Those...
Trump administration wants immigrants excluded from in-state tuition
Politico Europe
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Discounting tuition for undocumented immigrants brought to the U.S. as children has a long bipartisan history. Texas’ law was signed by Republican then-Gov. Rick Perry and 23 red and blue states, plus the District of Columbia, followed, a...
Trump administration pushes to exclude undocumented immigrants from in-state tuition The Justice Department argues these tuition laws unfairly offer a benefit to foreigners that is unavailable to U.S. citizens and legal residents. Read More »
Yahoo News
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Texas let undocumented young people qualify for in-state college tuition for 24 years. President Donald Trump convinced the state to unravel the policy in a matter of hours. Since returning to the White House, Trump’s Justice Department has...
Unfortunate Weather Update Forces Kentucky-Based Horse Racing Event To Make Crucial Decision
Essentially Sports
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July 27, 2025
The track was prepped, jockeys were finalizing their strategies, and trainers stood by eagerly awaiting the start of racing day on July 27 and 28. But an unexpected update disrupted the horse racing plans at Ellis Park on July 26. Due to the...
Kentucky Derby Festival now accepting 2026 race ambassador applications
WDRB - Kentucky
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LOUISVILLE, Ky. (WDRB) -- The Kentucky Festival is searching for race ambassadors for next year's miniMarathon and Marathon. The 2026 miniMarathon and Marathon is scheduled for Saturday, April 25. Race officials are accepting applications for the...
PCHS student wins local, state scholarships
Appalachian News Express - Kentucky
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A recently graduated student at Pike County Central High School is the winner scholarships from both the Pike County Democratic Woman’s Club and the Kentucky Democratic Woman’s Club. PCDWC President Cathy Bartley presented Havanna Scarberry with...
Kentucky State Police say missing teen from Owen County found safe
WLWT 5 - Ohio
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July 23, 2025
Kentucky State Police say missing teen from Owen County found safe THE WAY. ALL RIGHT. IT IS SUMMER IN JULY. GOOD MORNING TO YOU AND MEGAN MITCHELL. AND I’M STEVEN ALBRITTON WITH KELLY RIPPIN. WE’RE GOING TO BE FEELING HOPEFULLY JUST AS GOOD AS WE...
Week In Review: ‘Rising Stars’ From Last Season Now in Different Orbits at The Spa
Thoroughbred Daily News - New Jersey
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August 3, 2025
By T. D. ThorntonThere was a brief window of time about 15 months ago when 'TDN Rising Stars' Sierra Leone (Gun Runner) and Fierceness (City of Light) were well established sophomores on the Triple Crown trail, and they were joined by an...
Kentucky Senate Republican Candidate Andy Barr Bankrolling Pro-Amnesty Republicans Like Maria Salazar
Breitbart
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July 22, 2025
Kentucky Senate Republican candidate Rep. Andy Barr (R-KY) has bankrolled prominent Republican sponsors of a recently proposed bill that would provide amnesty to illegal aliens. Barr hopes to replace the outgoing Sen. Mitch McConnell (R-KY),...
Kentucky 4-H camps help Kentuckians, communities flourish
UKNow - Kentucky
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July 22, 2025
LEXINGTON, Ky. (July 22, 2025) — Each summer, thousands of Kentuckians attend a Kentucky 4-H camp, but to many it’s “more than just camp.” “It’s a place where children find friendship, growth and lifelong memories,” said Alyssa Canupp, a Harrison...
Families rally in Old Louisville to protest program cuts, immigration raids
WLKY - Kentucky
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July 26, 2025
Americans across the country held marches, rallies and demonstrations Saturday, demanding that lawmakers put their families first.In Old Louisville, participants at the "Kentucky Families First" rally called for an end to federal policies that...
Superintendent: Johnson County Schools have met SB 181 requirements
The Paintsville Herald - Kentucky
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August 3, 2025
Senate Bill 181, a bill passed by the Kentucky General Assembly this year that requires schools to have all teacher-student communication locked down to one, predetermined platform that is completely traceable has already been put in place by the...
People in Kentucky town win fight to free youth from ICE jail
The Militant
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July 26, 2025
BOWLING GREEN, Ky. — Over 100 people came out June 25 in this south-central Kentucky manufacturing center to welcome home 18-year-old Ernesto Manuel-Andres after he was released from detention in Louisiana by immigration authorities. The...
Kentucky’s GED testing success higher than national pass rate
Jessamine Journal - Kentucky State
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July 22, 2025
Published 11:07 am Tuesday, July 22, 2025 Gov. Andy Beshear announced Friday that since waiving the GED testing fee in his first term, more Kentuckians without a high school diploma are earning their GED, with a success rate that is higher than...
Saturday At 'The Spa': Saratoga Race Course Picks Include The Jim Dandy Stakes
OutKick - Tennessee
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July 26, 2025
My late grandmother, a former regular at the Saratoga Race Course, had a great take on betting at the track: The goal was to profit enough to cover the cost of drinks, food, and parking. Well, I'm up $189.50 through the first two weeks of...
Kentucky Capitol getting a $300M makeover that will take years to complete
The Lane Report - Kentucky
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July 22, 2025
High above south Frankfort, two workers in orange, left of the flags, can be seen on scaffolding covering the Capitol dome. (Photo by Joe Bandy) FRANKFORT, Ky. — Lucas Deaton of Walton, a lawyer for the Kentucky Bar Association, brought his...
Two pubs claim to be the oldest on London's riverside. Which one is right?
St. Louis Post-Dispatch - Missouri
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LONDON — On a charming cobblestone street tucked away in London's East End, a pub proudly hangs out a sign that reads "Oldest riverside pub in London." Across the Thames River, a pub with a different name makes the same bold claim. The unofficial...
2028 Presidential election candidates: Full list of Republican hopefuls
Mint
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August 3, 2025
The Republican race for the 2028 Presidential nomination is already taking shape, less than six months into Donald Trump’s second term. With Trump constitutionally barred from running again, a crowded field of GOP hopefuls is emerging — from...
Saturday Headlines: Trent Noah Could be Kentucky Basketball’s Best 3-point Shooter
A Sea of Blue - Kentucky
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July 26, 2025
Good morning, BBN! The Kentucky Wildcats’ summer workouts have been buzzing with talk of just one name: Trent Noah. The rising sophomore from Harlan County has become the unofficial king of catch‑and‑shoot threes, as teammates and coaches alike...