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Adam Wells
@TheAdamBWells13 Mar 2025
I can officially confirm that Murray State is hiring Creighton assistant coach Ryan Miller. An official announcement from the school is expected in the near future.
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Meteorologists at 27 local TV news stations are facing uncertainty about their jobs after Allen Media Group announced a new local weather initiative with The Weather Channel. wkms.org/npr-news/2025-01-19…

Local meteorologists could face layoffs amid new initiative with The Weather Channel

The new initiative will be rolled out across 27 stations and feature "additional visual storytelling capabilities," Allen Media Group says.

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Hours before leaving office, Joe Biden said he was issuing pardons to retired Gen. Mark Milley, Dr. Anthony Fauci, the members of Congress and staff who served on the Jan. 6 committee and police officers who testified before that committee. wkms.org/npr-news/2025-01-20…

Biden pardons Fauci, Milley and members of Jan. 6 panel

President Biden said the pardons are not an "acknowledgment that any individual engaged in any wrongdoing" but rather protect individuals from "unjustified and politically motivated prosectutions."

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President-elect Donald Trump is expected to kick off a slew of executive actions related to immigration after his inauguration ceremony on Monday. wkms.org/npr-news/2025-01-20…
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President-elect Donald Trump's inauguration comes at a pivotal time in American history. Insulated from controversy, Trump will enter the White House more prepared than when he first won in 2016. wkms.org/npr-news/2025-01-19…

Trump's 2nd term brings hope but also fear. Here's what he's promised to focus on

President-elect Donald Trump's inauguration comes at a pivotal time in American history. Insulated from controversy, Trump will enter the White House more prepared than when he first won in 2016.

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After more than 15 months of fighting, Israel and Hamas have agreed to a ceasefire and hostage deal, raising hopes for families that their loved ones could soon return home. wkms.org/npr-news/2025-01-19…

33 hostages are expected to be released by Hamas as part of a ceasefire with Israel

There are men, women and children on the list of 33 to be released from Gaza. Two are U.S. citizens. Israel is set to free hundreds of prisoners in exchange for them.

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TikTok is no longer accessible to users in the U.S., the result of a controversial law forcing the popular platform offline unless it splits away from its China-based owner, ByteDance. wkms.org/npr-news/2025-01-18…

TikTok is offline in the U.S. after Supreme Court upholds ban

The app had more than 170 million monthly users in the U.S. The black-out is the result of a law forcing the service offline unless it sheds its ties to ByteDance, its China-based parent company.

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When the Tennessee House re-elected Cameron Sexton as House Speaker on Tuesday, members of the public gallery booed the decision. Now, he will have the power to ban vocal observers from the House. @WPLN wkms.org/government-politics…

Two strikes, you’re out: TN House votes to ban spectators for reacting during session

When the Tennessee House re-elected Cameron Sexton as House Speaker on Tuesday, members of the public gallery booed the decision. Now, Sexton, R-Crossville, will have the power to ban vocal observers...

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The Air Quality Index, commonly used to track air pollution levels, provides a rough sense of the pollution floating in the skies. But it doesn't capture some other potentially health-damaging materials in the air that get released during fires. wkms.org/npr-news/2025-01-18…

Is the air quality index actually useful right now?

The air has improved in the LA region as firefighters get blazes under control, but there are questions about how safe the air actually is.

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Presidential inaugurations are by definition historic acts, but when we think of past Inauguration Days there is clearly a hierarchy of historical pop. wkms.org/npr-news/2025-01-18…

Trump's return recalls when inaugurations have been more than ceremonies

Presidential inaugurations are by definition historic acts, but when we think of past Inauguration Days there is clearly a hierarchy of historical pop.

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Gov. Bill Lee will call a special legislative session to focus on passing an expansion to his school voucher program. The announcement Wednesday morning comes less than 24 hours after lawmakers began this year’s regular session. @WPLN wkms.org/government-politics…

TN governor calls special session on school vouchers, immigration, disaster relief

Gov. Bill Lee will call a special legislative session to focus on passing an expansion to his school voucher program. The announcement Wednesday morning comes less than 24 hours after lawmakers began...

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A panel of appeals judges has ruled that Tennessee can begin enforcing a law that requires pornographic websites to verify their visitors’ age as the First Amendment debate rises to the U.S. Supreme Court for oral arguments over a similar Texas law. wkms.org/government-politics…

Court lets Tennessee porn site age verification law take effect as Texas law goes to Supreme Court

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — A panel of federal appeals judges has ruled that Tennessee can begin enforcing a law that requires pornographic websites to verify their visitors’ age. The 6th Circuit Court...

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Israel and Hamas have reached an agreement on a multiphase ceasefire that commits them to end the war in Gaza. wkms.org/npr-news/2025-01-15…

Israel and Hamas reach a Gaza ceasefire agreement

Israel and Hamas have reached an agreement on a multiphase ceasefire that commits them to end the war in Gaza, President Biden and Qatar's prime minister announced separately on Wednesday.

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Fiber artist “Sunshine” Joe Mallard grew up watching his great-great-grandmother quilt. Now, a quilt of his own is part of the permanent collection at the Obama Presidential Center Museum. wkms.org/arts-culture/2025-0…

Quilt from Louisville fiber artist accepted to Obama Center collection

Fiber artist “Sunshine” Joe Mallard grew up watching his great-great-grandmother quilt. Now a quilt of his own is part of the permanent collection at the Obama Presidential Center Museum.

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South Korea's impeached president Yoon Suk Yeol was apprehended for questioning over insurrection charges, a month and a half after he briefly imposed martial law. wkms.org/npr-news/2025-01-15…

South Korean President Yoon detained after standoff over martial law decree

Yoon and his ruling party supporters remain defiant against the insurrection charges. He is South Korea's first sitting president to be detained.

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A group of students associated with the Kentucky Student Voice Team has filed a lawsuit arguing the state has failed its constitutional obligation to provide an “adequate and equitable” education. wkms.org/2025-01-14/kentucky…

Kentucky students demand the state provide ‘adequate’ public education in lawsuit

A group of students associated with the Kentucky Student Voice Team has filed a lawsuit in Franklin County, arguing the state has failed its constitutional obligation to provide an “adequate and...

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Kentucky’s asset forfeiture law gives law enforcement agencies broad authority to take and keep cash and property if they suspect it’s tied to drug trafficking. But 25% of them failed to submit reports detailing what they took last fiscal year. wkms.org/criminal-justice/20…

1 in 4 Kentucky law enforcement agencies failed to detail cash seizures

State records show police and sheriffs seized at least $7.5 million in cash last year, but the full total is unknown.

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Kentucky’s Hospital Rate Improvement Program for hospital inpatient and outpatient services has not only helped to keep hospitals open, but has also improved patient outcomes, according to the leader of the Kentucky Hospital Association. wkms.org/health/2025-01-14/k…

Kentucky’s Hospital Rate Improvement Program brings more money and better health outcomes to...

Kentucky’s Hospital Rate Improvement Program for hospital inpatient and outpatient services has not only helped to keep hospitals open, but has also improved patient outcomes, according to the leader...

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NPR has tracked the prices of dozens of items at the same superstore in Georgia, including eggs, T-shirts, snacks and paper towels. Here's what got cheaper over the past year, and more expensive. wkms.org/npr-news/2025-01-14…

NPR shopped for 96 items at Walmart to track how prices are really changing

NPR has tracked the prices of dozens of items at the same superstore in Georgia, including eggs, T-shirts, snacks and paper towels. Here's what got cheaper over the past year, and more expensive.

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A group of news organizations, led by The New York Times, is taking ChatGPT maker OpenAI to federal court on Tuesday in a hearing that could determine whether the tech company has to face the publishers in a high-profile copyright infringement trial. wkms.org/npr-news/2025-01-14…

'The New York Times' takes OpenAI to court. ChatGPT's future could be on the line

In three consolidated suits, publishers allege that OpenAI broke copyright law by copying millions of articles without permission or payment. OpenAI counters that the fair use doctrine protects them.

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