WASHINGTON (AP) — U.S. job openings rose unexpectedly in April, illustrating the resilience of the American labor market and complicating Federal Reserve efforts to fight inflation. Employers posted 10.1 million job openings last month, up…

WASHINGTON (AP) — A Republican attempt to expand work requirements for federal food aid in debt legislation moving through Congress would increase federal spending by $2.1 billion over 10 years — far from the cuts…

Idris Darlene Drury Clements, 89, of Brenham, Texas, passed into the arms of Jesus surrounded by her family, Monday, May 29, 2023. A visitation will be from 5 to 7 p.m. Thursday, June 1, at…

Most days we each face decisions, few with serious consequences.  Others, however, can be harbingers of what’s to come, for good or ill. Though we may be reading too much into it, an instance from…

It’s not difficult for Democrats and Republicans alike to list multiple reasons to hate the debt limit agreement reached over the weekend by House Speaker Kevin McCarthy and President Joe Biden. The irony, of course,…

HUMBOLDT — The Humboldt High baseball team fell in heartbreaking fashion in the Class 3A state tournament semifinal game to Wichita Collegiate last Friday.  The Cubs (23-3) made an eight-run comeback to knot the game…

The world is sliding into a new age of nuclear risk — in which miscalculation or accident could lead to catastrophe. The great progress the nuclear powers made in the 1990s through arms control and…

Three Rivers League baseball players from Crest, Marmaton Valley and Yates Center earned Kansas Association of Baseball Coaches All-State and All-League honors.  The group of players are highlighted by Crest’s four athletes on the KABC…

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) — NASA held its first public meeting on UFOs Wednesday a year after launching a study into unexplained sightings. The space agency televised the hourslong hearing featuring an independent panel of…

Dear Carolyn: Over the past two years, I have, not very artfully or compassionately, ended my 25-year marriage to have a chance at a different reality for the next 25 years. My son is aware…