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Kentucky adds Gonzaga to this year’s basketball schedule. Zags will play in Rupp next season.

LEXINGTON, Ky. — To help promote the Kentucky Flood Relief telethon Tuesday night, John Calipari teased “a really big-time announcement” that would be revealed on the broadcast.

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‘Our new weather challenge.’ Hot temperatures follow historic floods in Eastern Kentucky

LEXINGTON, Ky. – Hot summer temperatures will return to some of the Eastern Kentucky areas devastated by deadly floods this week, prompting a new safety concern for the state as residents attempt to cleanup their communities – some doing so without any power.

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After devastating floods, Kentucky residents now face high heat and power outages

"It's going to take years to rebuild. People left with absolutely nothing," said Gov. Andy Beshear, as recovery begins. "And we continue to find bodies of our brothers and sisters that we have lost."

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Some suggest flood victims ‘got what they voted for.’ Kentuckians aren’t having any of that

LEXINGTON, Ky. — In the wake of disastrous flooding that claimed the lives of more than 30 Kentuckians, those in the state are not only dealing with cleanup efforts but also vitriolic comments that suggest the victims deserved their fate because of the political makeup of Eastern Kentucky.

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Kentucky basketball players step up to help flood victims. ‘We gotta do something here.’

Sitting in his car and scrolling through his phone, CJ Fredrick looked at the heartbreaking photos of the eastern Kentucky flooding and the devastation it has wreaked upon the region.

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Dem Sen. Sinema's views on economic bill remain shrouded

Democratic Sen. Kyrsten Sinema's views remained a mystery as party leaders eye votes later this week on their emerging economic legislation

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Gov. Beshear warns of more rain for devastated Eastern Kentucky

LEXINGTON, Ky. — As search and rescue efforts continue in flood-ravaged Eastern Kentucky, the forecast isn’t giving residents or rescuers a break, with more storms and heat expected to bear down on the region this week.

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More rain hits Kentucky while the death toll from flooding grows

At least 37 have been confirmed killed in flooding and hundreds remain unaccounted for. The governor warned that high winds could create the danger of falling trees and utility poles.

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Kentucky death toll climbs above 30 in flooding. About 50 bridges damaged, official says

HAZARD, Ky. — Four days into the flooding disaster after record rainfall in Eastern Kentucky, Gov. Andy Beshear said the state and region are still in rescue and recovery mode to find missing people and identify the dead.

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‘Still finding bodies’: Kentucky governor confirms 26 dead in flooding

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Kentucky's governor warns residents to brace for more flooding

Kentucky officials are still working to confirm deaths from the past week's flooding. Hundreds of people have already been displaced.

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Floods strike new blow in place that has known hardship

Some people lost everything in the floods that devastated eastern Kentucky, and many didn't have much to begin with

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‘We could lose history.’ Appalachian archives soaked in record Kentucky flooding

LEXINGTON, Ky. — A good bit of Appalachian history and arts got soaked in the record flooding in eastern Kentucky.

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What we know so far about the victims in historic eastern Kentucky flooding

LEXINGTON, Ky. — As of noon Saturday, 25 deaths have been confirmed across the eastern Kentucky counties impacted by Thursday’s flash flooding.

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Washed out roads, severity of damage hamper power restoration in flooded parts of eastern Kentucky

LEXINGTON, Ky. — As search and rescue operations continue in eastern Kentucky counties affected by catastrophic flooding, thousands of people remained without power Saturday.

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As flooding death toll in eastern Kentucky climbs to 25, Beshear warns of more rain on the way

LEXINGTON, Ky. — The death toll from floods that hit eastern Kentucky this week has risen to 25, and it is likely to climb higher as search and rescue efforts continue, Gov. Andy Beshear said Saturday.

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At least 25 people have died in Kentucky's devastating floods, governor says

Kentucky's governor said the numbers would likely rise significantly and it could take weeks to find all the victims. Torrential rains swamped towns across Appalachia earlier this week.

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‘Damage like I’ve never seen before’: Water recedes, death toll rises in Eastern Kentucky floods

LEXINGTON, Ky. — The death toll from devastating flooding in Eastern Kentucky rose to 25 on Friday evening. Some people were still missing even as the water receded and residents across the region continued the weary tasks of trying to salvage belongings and clean thick mud from their homes, or…

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Eager to enforce Kentucky’s abortion ban, AG Cameron again asks court to reinstate trigger law

LEXINGTON, Ky. — Continuing his dogged pursuit to enforce Kentucky’s abortion ban, Republican Attorney General Daniel Cameron late Thursday asked a higher court to overturn a July 22 ruling that prevents his office from enforcing the trigger law.

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‘Damage like I’ve never seen before.’ Water recedes, death toll rises to 19 in Eastern Kentucky floods

LEXINGTON, Ky. — The death toll from devastating flooding in Eastern Kentucky rose to 19 as of midday Friday. Some people were still missing even as the water receded and residents across the region continued the weary tasks of trying to salvage belongings and clean thick mud from their homes,…

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Record flooding in Kentucky and Appalachia kills more victims as searches continue

Major floods have devastated Eastern Kentucky and parts of Virginia and West Virginia. The death toll continues to climb as search and rescue teams cover the affected areas.

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At least 19 die as flooding devastates parts of Eastern Kentucky; rescue efforts step up

LEXINGTON, Ky. — Six months after the last round of destruction, historic flooding again consumed Eastern Kentucky, taking at least 19 lives, trapping others in homes and buildings, and sending thousands to shelters in what’s becoming a devastating and disturbingly common disaster scene in Kentucky’s Appalachian region.

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Deaths rise to 15 as flooding devastates parts of Eastern Kentucky

LEXINGTON, Ky. — Gov. Andy Beshear on Friday confirmed that the death toll surrounding the catastrophic floods in Eastern Kentucky now sits at 15.

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At least 8 people are dead in Kentucky after torrential rains flood Appalachia

Heavy rains unleashed devastating floods on Thursday, as fast-rising water killed at least eight people in Kentucky and sent people scurrying to rooftops to be rescued.

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National donor resumes financial aid for individual abortions in Kentucky after pause

LEXINGTON, Ky. — Though Kentucky’s trigger law has been blocked for nearly a month and abortion has remained legal, one of the country’s largest providers of financial aid for individual abortions only this week resumed its donations to the state.

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