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Tennessee House Speaker Cameron Sexton took steps that allowed the owners of a payday lending company, Advance Financial, to keep using their stores to boost a now-defunct online sports betting enterprise, according to an investigation by @tennesseelookout.com and @propublica.org.
How Tennessee’s House speaker helped keep a payday lender’s struggling sports gambling company alive
Tennessee House Speaker Cameron Sexton took steps that allowed the owners of a payday lending company, Advance Financial, to keep using their stores to boost a now-defunct online sports betting…
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January 27, 2026 at 11:06 PM
Tennessee House Speaker Cameron Sexton took steps that allowed the owners of a payday lending company, Advance Financial, to keep using their stores to boost a now-defunct online sports betting enterprise, according to an investigation by @tennesseelookout.com and @propublica.org.
Half of the criminal citations issued last year where Louisville Metro Police Department detailed the use of license plate readers were issued to Black people. Local civil liberty advocates say they worry anti-Black bias plays role in who gets arrested due to those readers.
In Louisville, half the people charged last year in license plate reader cases were Black
In Louisville, local civil liberty advocates told KyCIR they worry anti-Black bias plays role in who gets arrested due to license plate readers.
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January 27, 2026 at 8:51 PM
Half of the criminal citations issued last year where Louisville Metro Police Department detailed the use of license plate readers were issued to Black people. Local civil liberty advocates say they worry anti-Black bias plays role in who gets arrested due to those readers.
Groups spent more than $28 million to lobby members of the Kentucky General Assembly throughout 2025, eclipsing a record set the previous year.
Chamber leads Kentucky legislative lobbying spending in record-breaking 2025
Groups spent more than $28 million to lobby members of the Kentucky General Assembly throughout 2025, eclipsing a record set the previous year.
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January 27, 2026 at 7:28 PM
Groups spent more than $28 million to lobby members of the Kentucky General Assembly throughout 2025, eclipsing a record set the previous year.
The Kentucky Foundation for Women’s 2025 Artist Enrichment grant is supporting artists – including two in Calloway County – who are participating in residencies, developing new techniques or building on existing bodies of work.
Calloway County artists receive grants for works highlighting women’s contributions in untraditional spaces
The Kentucky Foundation for Women’s 2025 Artist Enrichment grant is supporting artists – including two in Calloway County – who are participating in residencies, developing new techniques or building…
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January 27, 2026 at 6:13 PM
The Kentucky Foundation for Women’s 2025 Artist Enrichment grant is supporting artists – including two in Calloway County – who are participating in residencies, developing new techniques or building on existing bodies of work.
CBS News Editor-in-Chief Bari Weiss came in with a mandate to reshape coverage. She is set to announce plans Tuesday that she intends to hire many new paid commentators and that she only wants top-flight performers committed to her approach to stick around.
After rocky start, Bari Weiss to cut staff, add commentators at CBS News
CBS News Editor-in-Chief Bari Weiss came in with a mandate to reshape coverage. She is set to announce plans for newsroom cuts and the hiring of many new commentators.
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January 27, 2026 at 2:24 PM
CBS News Editor-in-Chief Bari Weiss came in with a mandate to reshape coverage. She is set to announce plans Tuesday that she intends to hire many new paid commentators and that she only wants top-flight performers committed to her approach to stick around.
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January 27, 2026 at 1:01 PM
Stay warm! And listen to the WKMS app!
The Treasury Department is canceling millions of dollars worth of contracts with the Booz Allen Hamilton consulting firm, after a contractor from the firm leaked confidential IRS information, showing how wealthy Americans manage to pay little or nothing in taxes.
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Treasury cancels Booz Allen contracts over leaks about wealthy taxpayers
A Booz Allen contractor had leaked confidential tax information that showed how wealthy people like Donald Trump, Elon Musk and Jeff Bezos manage to minimize their tax obligations.
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January 27, 2026 at 12:00 AM
The Treasury Department is canceling millions of dollars worth of contracts with the Booz Allen Hamilton consulting firm, after a contractor from the firm leaked confidential IRS information, showing how wealthy Americans manage to pay little or nothing in taxes.
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Ice-covered trees and power lines knocked out power for more than a million customers across the South at the peak of the storm. By mid-morning Monday more than 800,000 homes and businesses remained without electricity.
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Hundreds of thousands without power in the U.S. after a powerful winter storm
A powerful winter storm walloped a huge swath of the U.S., killing at least 18 people. Electricity is out for hundreds of thousands, and freezing rain and snow have coated streets.
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January 26, 2026 at 10:07 PM
Ice-covered trees and power lines knocked out power for more than a million customers across the South at the peak of the storm. By mid-morning Monday more than 800,000 homes and businesses remained without electricity.
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January 26, 2026 at 8:00 PM
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The severe winter storm that hit Kentucky over the weekend is expected to move out of the state Monday afternoon. However, the snow and ice it left behind will be sticking around.
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Gov. Andy Beshear urges caution as crews continue restoring power, details warming center availability
Kentucky continues efforts to restore power and stay warm after a severe winter storm dropped snow and ice across the entire state.
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January 26, 2026 at 6:30 PM
The severe winter storm that hit Kentucky over the weekend is expected to move out of the state Monday afternoon. However, the snow and ice it left behind will be sticking around.
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Four Tennesseans have died in the winter storm, and officials are bracing for days of recovery from widespread power outages and recovery efforts slowed by ice and downed trees.
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4 dead in Tennessee winter storm; 'prolonged' outages expected as cold sets in
Four Tennesseans have died in the winter storm, and officials are bracing for days of recovery from widespread power outages and recovery efforts slowed by ice and downed trees. Here’s the latest…
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January 26, 2026 at 4:32 PM
Four Tennesseans have died in the winter storm, and officials are bracing for days of recovery from widespread power outages and recovery efforts slowed by ice and downed trees.
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The Israeli military says the body of Ran Gvili, a 24-year-old special forces policeman killed while fighting Hamas militants on Oct. 7, 2023, has been found.
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Israel's military says it found the final hostage body in Gaza
The Israeli military says the body of Ran Gvili, a 24-year-old special forces policeman killed while fighting Hamas militants on Oct. 7, 2023, has been found.
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January 26, 2026 at 2:52 PM
The Israeli military says the body of Ran Gvili, a 24-year-old special forces policeman killed while fighting Hamas militants on Oct. 7, 2023, has been found.
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Forty years after the Challenger disaster, NPR explores the engineers' last-minute efforts to stop the launch, their decades of guilt and the vital lessons that remain critical for NASA today.
40 years after Challenger: Lingering guilt and lessons learned
Forty years after the Challenger disaster, NPR explores the engineers' last-minute efforts to stop the launch, their decades of guilt and the vital lessons that remain critical for NASA today.
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January 25, 2026 at 7:45 PM
Forty years after the Challenger disaster, NPR explores the engineers' last-minute efforts to stop the launch, their decades of guilt and the vital lessons that remain critical for NASA today.
American rock climber Alex Honnold ascended the Taipei 101 skyscraper on Sunday without any ropes or protective equipment.
U.S. rock climber Alex Honnold reaches top of Taipei 101 skyscraper without ropes
Cheers erupted from a street-level crowd as Alex Honnold reached the top of the spire of the 508-meter (1,667-foot) tower, about 90 minutes after he started.
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January 25, 2026 at 5:33 PM
American rock climber Alex Honnold ascended the Taipei 101 skyscraper on Sunday without any ropes or protective equipment.
Russian strikes left much of Kyiv without heat, water and power during freezing temperature, even as Ukraine, Russia and the U.S. held talks on ending the nearly four-year war.
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Russian strikes knock out heat in freezing Kyiv as peace talks continue
Russian strikes left much of Kyiv without heat, water and power during freezing temperature, even as Ukraine, Russia and the U.S. held talks on ending the nearly four-year war.
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January 25, 2026 at 3:20 PM
Russian strikes left much of Kyiv without heat, water and power during freezing temperature, even as Ukraine, Russia and the U.S. held talks on ending the nearly four-year war.
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Join Rick Nance this Sunday, January 25th for the Kitchen Sink. Music by Causa Sui, Dead Can Dance, Hot Tuna, Cat Power, The Limiñanas, Fun Boy Three, and more. The Kitchen Sink Sundays from 2 to 4 pm on 91.3 WKMS and streaming on wkms.org
January 25, 2026 at 12:00 PM
Join Rick Nance this Sunday, January 25th for the Kitchen Sink. Music by Causa Sui, Dead Can Dance, Hot Tuna, Cat Power, The Limiñanas, Fun Boy Three, and more. The Kitchen Sink Sundays from 2 to 4 pm on 91.3 WKMS and streaming on wkms.org
President Donald Trump on Saturday threatened to impose a 100% tariff on goods imported from Canada if America's northern neighbor went ahead with its China trade deal.
Trump threatens Canada with 100% tariffs over its new trade deal with China
The announcement is a reversal for Trump, who initially initially praised the agreement with China as something Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney "should be doing."
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January 24, 2026 at 11:28 PM
President Donald Trump on Saturday threatened to impose a 100% tariff on goods imported from Canada if America's northern neighbor went ahead with its China trade deal.
A man shot Saturday morning in Minneapolis by federal immigration officers has died, federal and local officials said. The incident, which was caught on video, marks the second deadly shooting by federal officers in Minneapolis in less than a month.
Man shot dead by federal immigration officers in Minneapolis
The incident, which was caught on video, marks the second deadly shooting by federal officers in Minneapolis in less than a month.
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January 24, 2026 at 9:44 PM
A man shot Saturday morning in Minneapolis by federal immigration officers has died, federal and local officials said. The incident, which was caught on video, marks the second deadly shooting by federal officers in Minneapolis in less than a month.
An encounter with white separatists decades ago led to new deadly force policies for some federal law enforcement. Minneapolis is raising questions about whether it's again time to revisit the issue.
A deadly standoff in 1992 changed federal use-of-force rules. Here's why it matters
An encounter with white separatists decades ago led to new deadly force policies for some federal law enforcement. Minneapolis is raising questions about whether it's again time to revisit the issue.
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January 24, 2026 at 6:02 PM
An encounter with white separatists decades ago led to new deadly force policies for some federal law enforcement. Minneapolis is raising questions about whether it's again time to revisit the issue.
The Pentagon released a priority-shifting National Defense Strategy late Friday that chastised U.S. allies to take control of their own security and reasserted the Trump administration's focus on dominance in the Western Hemisphere above a longtime goal of countering China.
Trump administration's defense strategy tells allies to handle their own security
The Pentagon released a priority-shifting National Defense Strategy late Friday that chastised U.S. allies to take control of their own security and reasserted the Trump administration's focus on…
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January 24, 2026 at 4:32 PM
The Pentagon released a priority-shifting National Defense Strategy late Friday that chastised U.S. allies to take control of their own security and reasserted the Trump administration's focus on dominance in the Western Hemisphere above a longtime goal of countering China.
Minnesota residents took to the streets of downtown Minneapolis to protest the federal government's immigration campaign in the state, after weeks of sustained resistance in their communities. Businesses across the region closed in solidarity.
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Minnesotans turn out in the frigid cold to protest Trump's immigration crackdown
Minnesota residents took to the streets of downtown Minneapolis to protest the federal government's immigration campaign in the state, after weeks of sustained resistance in their communities.…
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January 24, 2026 at 2:25 PM
Minnesota residents took to the streets of downtown Minneapolis to protest the federal government's immigration campaign in the state, after weeks of sustained resistance in their communities. Businesses across the region closed in solidarity.
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A major winter storm is expected to affect more than 200 million people in the United States this weekend. Among the most concerning aspects of the storm, forecasters say, is the havoc that could come from freezing rain and ice.
Ice may be more hazardous than snow this weekend. What to expect and how to prepare
A major winter storm is expected to affect more than 200 million people in the United States this weekend. Freezing rain and ice are a particular concern.
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January 23, 2026 at 10:22 PM
A major winter storm is expected to affect more than 200 million people in the United States this weekend. Among the most concerning aspects of the storm, forecasters say, is the havoc that could come from freezing rain and ice.
Thousands of legal immigrants will lose access to TennCare beginning in October as a result of new federal policy, while Tennessee officials separately consider barring pregnant women without legal immigration status from accessing publicly-funded prenatal care. via @tennesseelookout.com
Refugees, asylum seekers to lose TennCare, while Tennessee weighs ending immigrant prenatal care
Thousands of legal immigrants will lose access to TennCare beginning in October as a result of new Trump administration policy, while Tennessee officials separately consider barring pregnant women…
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January 23, 2026 at 8:52 PM
Thousands of legal immigrants will lose access to TennCare beginning in October as a result of new federal policy, while Tennessee officials separately consider barring pregnant women without legal immigration status from accessing publicly-funded prenatal care. via @tennesseelookout.com