GENEVA – The U.N. migration agency says the coronavirus pandemic appears to have accelerated “hostile rhetoric” against migrants in the world and “radically altered” mobility, projecting in a new report that travel and other CO- VID-19-fighting restrictions could dampen migration worldwide as long as they remain.
BOSTON – Republican Gov. Charlie Baker announced Wednesday he won’t seek a third term as governor of Massachusetts, where his party is bitterly split between supporters and foes of former President Donald Trump.
TOKYO – The omicron variant kept a jittery world off-kilter Wednesday as Japan further tightened travel restrictions, infections linked to the new version of the coronavirus popped up in more places and new evidence made clear the mutant strain was circulating weeks earlier than thought.
As a mammal, the human tendency to stick with just one partner for mating purposes is rare. Only about 4% of the 4,000 or so mammal species are monogamous, meaning they stick with one partner for life – or at least for a very long time.
Lawmakers say a deep dive on student achievement in Kansas schools is needed, with the dialogue likely to have a substantial effect on the policy choices of the GOP-controlled legislators. The formation of the Special Committee on Education, which met for the first time Tuesday, is a sign that long-standing questions over how many Kansas students are performing as expected — and whether those figures are acceptable in the context of the COVID-19 pandemic and increased investment in the classroom.
Aside from producing milk, cows manufacture another nutritious ingredient for soil health — manure. In mid-November, two non-profits got together to tell farmers about the advantages of , partnering with local dairies.
The craft beer industry for small breweries is being hit with several adjustments that could affect the business heading into 2022. According to Larry Cook, co-owner of Dodge City Brewing in Dodge City, there are packaging price increases along with an increase in malt prices, labor costs and shortages and food price increases that leave the future up in the air on operations.
NASSAU, Bahamas – News that Tiger Woods said he has accepted the reality that he may never play at the highest level again, his body broken to the point he wouldn’t be able to get ready to compete, quickly spread through the Hero World Challenge, which has attracted 20 of the game’s best players this week.
LAWRENCE — Kansas volleyball will be competing in the NCAA tournament for the 10th time ever in program history, with its first round matchup coming Thursday at 4:30 p.m. in Omaha, Nebraska against Oregon.
Dear Abby: My husband has a “best friend” from childhood I’ll call “Artie,” but they have little in common anymore. We like to travel, so we always invite them along, but Artie says “no” to everything. His wife, “Ann,” and I are pretty close.