Iola High School welcomes a record number of international students this year. Five students — three from Italy, one from Spain and one from Germany — have arrived in Iola as part of a study…

Henrik Sieh, Germany Henrik Sieh, who lives in a small town in Germany, wants to learn how to play American football. He watched the Kansas City Chiefs play in the Super Bowl in February, although…

Hi, Carolyn: I am half of a married gay couple. My husband and I are backing out of an adoption scheduled to go through this winter. When we got married, I was 50/50 on having…

Gaia Figus, who lives in Italy on a small Mediterranean island, relies on Google Translate to help her communicate with her host family, the Millers.  She types a question into her phone, which translates it…

Veronica Agostini, who is from Italy, surprised her parents with a request to study abroad. They were a little hesitant to allow her to travel to another country to live with strangers for a year,…

Finding a place to play soccer helped Riccardo Barbarossa, a student from Italy, feel at home in Iola.  Fortunately, he didn’t need to go any farther than the spacious yard outside the home of his…

Lucia Perez, who lives in Spain, has dreamed of traveling to the U.S. to study since she was 12. She studied English for years to prepare for her trip. “I want to learn a new…

BOSTON (AP) — It was a tempest in a teapot — or, more accurately, a whiskey tumbler. Presidential transitions are always at least a little tricky. Case in point: Researchers at the John F. Kennedy…

WASHINGTON (AP) — The U.S. budget deficit hit an all-time high of $3 trillion for the first 11 months of this budget year, the Treasury Department said Friday. The ocean of red ink is a…

PHOENIX (AP) — The coronavirus pandemic has taken a harsh toll on the mental health of young Americans, according to a new poll that finds adults under 35 especially likely to report negative feelings or…