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Kentucky Lantern @kentuckylantern.com · 38m

Can states, and a little bit of faith, convert church land into affordable housing?

YIGBY - "Yes In God's Backyard" - movement seeks to turn church property into homes.

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Can states, and a little bit of faith, convert church land into affordable housing? • Kentucky Lantern

Yes In God’s Backyard? Some states hope so. Lawmakers see the potential for much-needed housing on church-owned land.

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Kentucky Lantern @kentuckylantern.com · 41m

Commentary by Olivia Spradlin, ZeroV

Amid uncertainty for service providers, survivors of domestic violence need your support

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Amid uncertainty for service providers, survivors of domestic violence need your support • Kentucky Lantern

As domestic violence service providers face huge uncertainty about their ability to continue serving survivors, Kentuckians can help.

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Ohio Capital Journal @ohiocapitaljournal.com · 14h

Commentary: Airports have seen significant flight delays recently because of a shortage of air traffic controllers, who are required to work without pay during the government shutdown. Two Ohio State University aviation experts discuss the consequences ohiocapitaljournal.com/2025/10/14/h...

Government shutdown is making the air traffic controller shortage worse and leading to flight delays • Ohio Capital Journal

Airports have seen significant flight delays recently because of a shortage of air traffic controllers, who have been required to work without pay during the government shutdown. Two Ohio State…

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Source New Mexico @sourcenm.com · 13h

“There’s this misconception that ICE is basically going after people who have committed crimes,” he said. "They’re going after children as young as, you name it, whatever age, and the impact that it’s having on people, like, we don’t know.”

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NM immigrant lawyer says deportation fear widespread among NM kids, parents, crime victims • Source New Mexico

Contigo Immigrant Justice, formerly known as the Santa Fe Dreamers Project, said it is pushing the state Legislature to counteract federal immigration chaos.

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Kentucky Lantern @kentuckylantern.com · 13h

Trump targets ‘Democratic programs’ as shutdown standoff heads for third week kentuckylantern.com/2025/10/14/r...

Trump targets ‘Democratic programs’ as shutdown standoff heads for third week • Kentucky Lantern

U.S. Senate returns to Capitol Hill after a four-day weekend, but neither Republicans nor Democrats appeared ready to work toward ending the government shutdown.

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Kentucky Lantern @kentuckylantern.com · 15h

Kentucky State University officials are seeking a “carve-out bill” in the next legislative session to launch two agriculture Ph.D. programs.

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Kentucky State makes case to lawmakers for new agriculture doctoral programs • Kentucky Lantern

Kentucky State University officials are seeking a “carve-out bill” in the next legislative session to launch two agriculture Ph.D. programs.

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Joshua Moore @joshuamoore.com · 22h

A Kentucky writing icon and one of the best teachers a person who could ever have. RIP, Gurney.

Kentucky Lantern @kentuckylantern.com · 22h

‘Kind and generous,’ Gurney Norman, Kentucky writer and teacher, dies at 88.

He was Kentucky poet laureate and received many honors including an honorary degree from Berea College and an affiliation with Ken Kesey’s Merry Pranksters.

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'Kind and generous,' Gurney Norman, Kentucky writer and teacher, dies at 88 • Kentucky Lantern

Beloved Kentucky writer Gurney Norman, whose fiction chronicled life in Appalachia and the 1960s counterculture, died Oct. 12. He was 88.

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Kentucky Lantern @kentuckylantern.com · 16h

ICE’s use of full-body restraints during deportations raises concerns over inhumane treatment
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ICE's use of full-body restraints during deportations raises concerns over inhumane treatment

U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement officers have been using a full-body restraint device called the WRAP during deportations.

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Kentucky Lantern @kentuckylantern.com · 22h

‘Kind and generous,’ Gurney Norman, Kentucky writer and teacher, dies at 88.

He was Kentucky poet laureate and received many honors including an honorary degree from Berea College and an affiliation with Ken Kesey’s Merry Pranksters.

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'Kind and generous,' Gurney Norman, Kentucky writer and teacher, dies at 88 • Kentucky Lantern

Beloved Kentucky writer Gurney Norman, whose fiction chronicled life in Appalachia and the 1960s counterculture, died Oct. 12. He was 88.

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Kentucky Lantern @kentuckylantern.com · 1d

Trump said Netanyahu will be remembered “far more” for the peace deal than for the fighting and notably asked Israeli President Isaac Herzog to pardon Netanyahu, who is under investigation for bribery and fraud.
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Trump, U.S. leaders celebrate end of hostilities in Gaza • Kentucky Lantern

Surviving Israeli hostages are released as President Donald Trump visits Israel and Egypt to celebrate a U.S.-brokered peace deal to end the war in Gaza.

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Kentucky Lantern @kentuckylantern.com · 1d

Pentagon to shift research dollars to pay troops during shutdown kentuckylantern.com/2025/10/13/r...

Pentagon to shift research dollars to pay troops during shutdown • Kentucky Lantern

The Trump administration plans to send paychecks to active duty troops this week, despite Congress not passing legislation to allow it during the ongoing shutdown.

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Kentucky Lantern @kentuckylantern.com · 1d

Shutdown forces Medicare patients off popular telehealth and hospital-at-home programs
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Shutdown forces Medicare patients off popular telehealth and hospital-at-home programs • Kentucky Lantern

The federal government shutdown is forcing a reckoning for two remote health care programs because they automatically expired Oct. 1.

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Source New Mexico @sourcenm.com · 1d

A little look at the New Mexico celebrations for Indigenous Peoples Day.

New Mexico marks Indigenous Peoples Day • Source New Mexico

About three dozen people gathered under cloudy skies Albuquerque to see the first traditional dance performances for Indigenous Peoples Day.

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Kentucky Lantern @kentuckylantern.com · 1d

Trump undertakes a MAGA-centric makeover of US civics education kentuckylantern.com/2025/10/13/r...

Trump undertakes a MAGA-centric makeover of US civics education • Kentucky Lantern

Conservative coalition to spur civics education and push it in a more patriotic direction excludes nonpartisan civics and traditional education groups.

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DG Farnsworth @dgfarnsworth.bsky.social · 1d

Free screening for public at the Kentucky Theater, 213 E. Main Street in Lexington. Doors open at 6 p.m. and the screening will begin at 7 p.m.

Kentucky Lantern @kentuckylantern.com · 1d

Live premiere tonight at the Kentucky Theatre.
"Lexington: 250 Years" will begin airing statewide next Monday, Oct. 20, on KET.
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Lexington's history chronicled in new KET documentary series • Kentucky Lantern

“Lexington: 250 Years,” a KET documentary about Lexington’s history, will premiere live in Lexington before airing statewide on KET Oct. 20.

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Kentucky Lantern @kentuckylantern.com · 1d

Subu Vedam, 64, spent nearly his entire adult life behind bars for a murder he did not commit.
He came to this country from India when he was 9 months old.
ICE wants to deport him to India where he has no family.

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He was wrongfully imprisoned for 43 years. Moments after being released, ICE took him

Subramanyam “Subu” Vedam now faces deportation.

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Kentucky Lantern @kentuckylantern.com · 1d

As if we needed another reason to love Barbara Kingsolver ...

‘Demon Copperhead’ author lays foundation for women in Appalachia to beat addiction.

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‘Demon Copperhead’ author lays foundation for women in Appalachia to beat addiction • Kentucky Lantern

Author Barbara Kingsolver puts royalties from "Demon Copperhead" into recovery residence for women in Appalachia.

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Kentucky Lantern @kentuckylantern.com · 1d

Commentary by Keith Elston, Kentucky Youth Law Project

Constitution does not protect malpractice, fraud or conversion therapy.

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Constitution does not protect malpractice, fraud or conversion therapy • Kentucky Lantern

Conversion therapy — discredited by medical groups — is not protected by constitutional protections for speech.

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Kentucky Lantern @kentuckylantern.com · 1d

Live premiere tonight at the Kentucky Theatre.
"Lexington: 250 Years" will begin airing statewide next Monday, Oct. 20, on KET.
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Lexington's history chronicled in new KET documentary series • Kentucky Lantern

“Lexington: 250 Years,” a KET documentary about Lexington’s history, will premiere live in Lexington before airing statewide on KET Oct. 20.

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Kentucky Lantern @kentuckylantern.com · 2d

Pope urges news agencies to stand as bulwark against lies, manipulation and post-truths.
Journalism is a right and a pillar upholding “the edifice of our societies” that must be protected and defended, he said.
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Pope urges news agencies to stand as bulwark against lies, manipulation and post-truths

Pope Leo XIV has encouraged international news agencies to stand firm as a bulwark against the “ancient art of lying” and manipulation.

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David DeWitt @daviddewitt.bsky.social · 4d

Oh look, the billionaire who sponsored JD Vance's political career. This all sounds very normal and not completely unhinged: "Inside billionaire Peter Thiel’s private lectures: Warnings of ‘the Antichrist’ and U.S. destruction." www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2...

Inside billionaire Peter Thiel’s private lectures: Warnings of ‘the Antichrist’ and U.S. destruction

In leaked recordings of private lectures by tech billionaire Peter Thiel he argued that “the Antichrist” is likely to take the form of a critic of technology.

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Kentucky Lantern @kentuckylantern.com · 4d

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‘Substantial’ layoffs of federal workers launched by Trump administration amid shutdown • Kentucky Lantern

Trump administration says it has begun mass layoffs of federal employees, a step not taken during other government shutdowns.

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WKMS @wkmsfm.bsky.social · 4d

Kentucky Gov. Andy Beshear is joining Democratic state officials in a legal action against President Donald Trump’s deployment of National Guard troops in U.S. cities and calling on Republican governors to also speak out against what Beshear called “political stunts.” via @kentuckylantern.com

Beshear denounces Trump’s ‘un-American’ deployment of military to U.S. cities

Kentucky Gov. Andy Beshear is joining Democratic state officials in a legal action against President Donald Trump’s deployment of National Guard troops in U.S. cities and calling on Republican…

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Brian Lyman @brianlyman.bsky.social · 4d

I could diagnose and fix some engine problems on a car built 20 years ago. I really can’t today.

John Gramlich @johngramlich.bsky.social · 4d

Americans who never attended college are about twice as likely as those with a postgraduate degree to say they could fix a problem with a car's engine.

New @pewresearch.org survey looks at various practical tasks that Americans say they can and can't do.

Navigate with a compass? Fix a car engine? What Americans say they can (and can’t) do

Most Americans express confidence in their ability to do various practical tasks, but they are much less confident in their ability to do other tasks that require more specialized knowledge.

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Kentucky Lantern @kentuckylantern.com · 4d

Tom Loftus reports Kentucky GOP has raised $4.2 million from just 21 donors to expand its state HQ, known as the Mitch McConnell Building.

Bean Suntory and Boeing gave big over the summer.

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Kentucky GOP raises $4.2 million from just 21 donors to expand Mitch McConnell Building • Kentucky Lantern

Two big gifts from special interests bring to $4.2 million the amount raised to expand Kentucky GOP headquarters, known as the Mitch McConnell Building.

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