Baseball’s back: MLB sets 60-game sked, opens July 23 or 24
Major League Baseball issued a 60-game schedule Tuesday night that will start July 23 or 24
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Sponaugle concedes in W.Va. Democratic attorney general race
Isaac Sponaugle conceded the Democratic primary for West Virginia attorney general
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McConnell, GOP congressmen win Kentucky primaries
McConnell, GOP congressmen win Kentucky primaries
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Senate, House races among decisions in Kentucky primary
FRANKFORT, Ky. (AP) — Presidential primaries may top the ballot June 23, but there are several others races to be decided in Kentucky including party nominations for a U.S. Senate seat. Other contested races on the ballot include five U.S. House seats, 11 contested legislative primaries and a Kentucky…
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Kentucky governor signs proclamation recognizing Juneteenth
MIDWAY, Ky. (AP) — Kentucky Gov. Andy Beshear signed a proclamation Thursday recognizing Juneteenth and said he will encourage lawmakers to pass a bill next year to recognize it as a state holiday. Juneteenth commemorates when the last enslaved African Americans learned they were free 155 years ago.…
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Lexington meeting hijacked by people saying racial slurs
LEXINGTON, Ky. (AP) — A virtual city council meeting in Kentucky was interrupted Wednesday night by people making racial and homophobic slurs. The Zoom meeting by the Lexington-Fayette Urban County council members was held as an open forum for the public to discuss police reform before it was hijacked…
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Aunt Jemima brand retired by Quaker due to racial stereotype
NEW YORK (AP) — Quaker Oats is retiring the 131-year-old Aunt Jemima brand, saying the company recognizes the character’s origins are “based on a racial stereotype.” Just hours later, the owner of the Uncle Ben’s brand of rice says the brand will “evolve” in response to concerns about…
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Elkhorn City native, Marshall Univ. Ph.D. student earns grant for addiction research
HUNTINGTON, W.Va. – Christopher D. Walker, a biomedical research doctoral student at the Marshall University Joan C. Edwards School of Medicine, received a graduate research fellowship grant from the NASA West Virginia Space Grant Consortium. The $24,000 NASA grant will fund Walker’s research…
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U.S. Rep. Andy Barr’s wife passes away unexpectedly at age of 39
News outlets reported that the wife of U.S. Congressman Andy Barr passed away unexpectedly in the family’s home Tuesday night at the age of 39.
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Trump signs executive order on police reform
President Donald Trump signed an executive order on policing Tuesday that he said would encourage better police practices.
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