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After Kentucky, Louisville & Purdue, 5-star Tay Kinney schedules official visits to Texas and Indiana
Tay Kinney is a five-star prospect in the 2026 class and the top point guard in the country, according to 247 Sports. He is ranked No. 14 overall in the composite rankings. Kinney has received scholarship offers from 27 schools, including Oregon,...

MIT researchers studying impact of generative AI on environment
July 7, 2025 / 7:49 PM EDT / CBS Boston MIT researchers studying impacts of generative AI MIT researchers studying impacts of generative AI 02:43 We can create just about anything in a matter of seconds thanks to generative AI. It's fun to...

Kentucky first to capture aerial imagery of entire state
Kentucky has become the first state in the nation to capture high-resolution aerial imagery of its entire geography, Gov. Andy Beshear announced Friday. The public now has free online access to the imagery through the KYFromAbove Explorer, which...

CoreWeave's $9B Core Scientific acquisition is a bid for more power
CoreWeave just added 1.3 gigawatts of datacenter capacity to its rent-a-GPU scheme with the $9 billion acquisition of crypto-mining outfit Core Scientific, the companies announced Monday. Power has become a major constraint for datacenter...

Kentucky food culture featured in docuseries
LEXINGTON, Ky. (WKYT) - A new eight-part docuseries is showcasing Kentucky’s food culture and the communities it unites. ‘You Belong Here’ is told through the life of acclaimed local Chef Ouita Michel. “We are going to put things on television...

CoreWeave is acquiring Core Scientific in a $9B all-stock deal
CoreWeave has announced the acquisition of large provider of purpose-built digital infrastructure, Core Scientific, in a $9B all-stock deal. The deal follows CoreWeave’s rapid rise as a leader in AI infrastructure. The firm’s latest consolidation...

Kentucky businessman Nate Morris enters Senate race, slams 'McConnell puppets'
LOUISVILLE, Ky. (WDRB) -- Kentucky native and entrepreneur Nate Morris entered the race for U.S. Senate, launching a campaign Monday with a promise to "clean up Washington" and a direct challenge to the state's Republican establishment. Morris,...

Nadine Labaki and Mo Amer to speak at Arabic Creative Industries Congress
Palestinian-American actor and comedian Mo Amer and Lebanese filmmaker Nadine Labaki will participate in this year’s International Congress of Arabic & Creative Industries, taking place at Etihad Arena in Abu Dhabi on September 14 and 15. They...

2024 H-1B petitions: Approvals for employers classified under Retail Trade industry across North Kentucky News publication area
Ur Mendoza Jaddou, Director of the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (left) and Jennifer B. Higgins, Deputy Director. | https://www.uscis.gov/about-us/organization/leadershipUr Mendoza Jaddou, Director of the U.S. Citizenship and...

Why it's costing more to ride the bus in Cincinnati and Northern Kentucky
Cincinnati Metro will start charging higher fares for most of its riders later this month. The Transit Authority of Northern Kentucky increased its fares earlier this year. What do these higher fares mean for the many people who ride the bus to...

Susan Collins’ Approval Rating at Record Low
Republican Maine Sen. Susan Collins’ approval rating has fallen amid a tense summer session where she repeatedly broke away from her party and President Donald Trump on multiple crucial votes. The results were released by Morning Consult as a part...

Research group holds listening session to uplift Black voices
LEXINGTON, Ky. (LEX 18) — A team of student researchers and a mental health specialist in Louisville has partnered to bring awareness to the unethical research on Black men in Lexington. A pair of student researchers from the University of Ottawa,...
SSCC to host Microsoft Excel training
HILLSBORO, Ohio — Southern State Community College will offer Microsoft Excel training sessions on Aug. 4 at its Brown County location in Mount Orab and again on Aug. 5 at the Central Campus in Hillsboro. The training is designed to help...

Kentucky first in nation to capture aerial imagery of entire state, access free to public
Kentucky became the first state in the nation to capture high-resolution aerial imagery of its entire geography, Gov. Andy Beshear announced this week. KyFromAbove: Cumberland Falls State Resort Park aerial view (Photo provided) These photographs...

US cannot 'compel Israel to do anything', says envoy Tom Barrack in Beirut
US envoy Tom Barrack said Washington cannot force but only influence Israeli actions as he met Lebanese leaders in Beirut on Monday for more talks on disarming Hezbollah and stopping Israeli bombing. “The US has no business in trying to compel...

KSU and AFU sign MoU for collaborative research
By TRN Online, Kathmandu, July 6: Kentucky State University (KSU), USA, and Agriculture and Forestry University (AFU), Nepal, signed a landmark Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) aimed at fostering collaborative research, academic exchange, and...

UK to offer free suicide prevention workshops for veterans
The workshops are designed to equip professionals and community members with the tools to recognize warning signs of suicide among veterans, respond effectively and connect individuals to critical resources. AdobeStock photo The workshops are...
QB Trump “Flooding the Zone”
Bill Sims Contributing columnist Eric Barker, author of the WSJ bestseller “Barking Up The Wrong Tree,” said recently, there’s too much going on in the world for our little brains to process; we must distill it. The expression “flooding the zone”...

Kentucky first in nation to capture high-resolution aerial imagery of entire state, becomes aid in 911 rescues
FRANKFORT, Ky. – Today, Gov. Andy Beshear announced that Kentucky is the first state in the nation to capture high-resolution aerial imagery of its entire geography. These photographs are free to access and open to the public online at the...

Kentucky AI work continues, despite uncertainty stemming from federal spending bill
Kentucky lawmakers passed Senate Bill 4 this year, "establishing and implementing policy standards" for the use of AI in state government. And while officials are putting the finishing touches on those standards, the major spending bill in the US...