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Reese Witherspoon premieres new show to make country music ‘more inclusive’

Actress Reese Witherspoon and country singer Kacey Musgraves have joined together to create a new country music competition television show My Kind of Country in hopes of making country music “more inclusive and representative.”

Veto puts Kentucky in thick of fight over transgender rights

FRANKFORT, Ky. (AP) — Kentucky Gov. Andy Beshear’s veto of a bill aimed at transgender health care puts the state in the middle of a national fight, but with more immediate consequences as the state’s looming election offers an early test on the state-by-state assault on gender-affirming care for minors.

In Ghana, Kamala Harris ‘excited about the future of Africa’

ACCRA, Ghana (AP) — Vice President Kamala Harris was greeted by schoolchildren, dancers and drummers as she arrived Sunday in Ghana for the start of a weeklong visit to Africa intended to deepen U.S. relationships amid global competition over the continent’s future.

Daunting recovery underway in tornado-devastated Mississippi

ROLLING FORK, Miss. (AP) — Help began pouring into one of the poorest regions of the U.S. after a deadly tornado tore a path of destruction across a long swath of Mississippi, even as furious new storms Sunday struck across the Deep South.

Biden’s Justice Dept. keeps hard line in death row cases

CHICAGO (AP) — Rejon Taylor hoped the election of Joe Biden, the first U.S. president to campaign on a pledge to end the death penalty, would mean a more sympathetic look at his claims that racial bias and other trial errors landed him on federal death row in Terre Haute, Indiana.

Two Baton Rouge police officers die in helicopter crash over sugar cane field

Two Baton Rouge police officers died Sunday from a helicopter crash in West Baton Rouge Parish, Louisiana.

Philadelphia officials warn residents against drinking tap water after Delaware river chemical spill

Officials in the city of Philadelphia are warning residents of a latex spill in the Delaware river, which may have impacted drinking water for much of the area.

Former U.S. Attorney says Trump probe not unprecedented

Former U.S. Attorney Preet Bharara said that the Manhattan probe into alleged hush money payment by former President Donald Trump's former lawyer is not unprecedented.

Netanyahu fires Minister of Defense after he pressed for halting judicial overhaul

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu fired his Minister of Defense Yoav Gallant Sunday after he pressed for a pause on plans for a judicial overhaul.

WATCH: Utah Gov. expects ‘enforcement issues’ with new social media laws for minors

Utah Gov. Spencer Cox (R) said Sunday that his state's recently signed laws that require parental consent and time limits for minors on social media sites are not "foolproof" and recognizes there are "enforcement issues."
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