Allen County voters narrowly rejected a half-cent sales tax to fund EMS services, which would have shifted the burden from property taxes. The question brought 52% of voters opposed, with a count of 2,870 to…

SEDAVI, Spain (AP) — Francisco Murgui went out to try to salvage his motorbike when the water started to rise. He never came back. One week after catastrophic flooding devasted eastern Spain, María Murgui still…

DEIR AL-BALAH, Gaza Strip (AP) — An Israeli airstrike in northern Gaza killed at least 20 people, mostly women and children, Palestinian officials said Tuesday, as Palestinians fled Israel’s assault. Some said they had hardly…

KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — Ukrainian troops have for the first time engaged with North Korean units that were recently deployed to help Russia in the war with its neighbor, Ukraine’s defense minister said Tuesday. Another…

SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (AP) — Tropical Storm Rafael was chugging past western Jamaica on Tuesday and was expected to strengthen into a hurricane as it headed toward Cuba. The storm was located 70 miles…

Andrew Giza’s love of the performing arts began early. He was around 8 years old when he watched a live performance of “A Christmas Carol.” The actor playing Scrooge woke up Christmas morning a changed…

(Editor’s note: An earlier version of this story misidentified Andersyn Carr as Khiana Haynes. We regret the error.) Don’t play with your food — especially if it’s smarter than you.  That sums up the theme…

Half of Kansans are either very or moderately concerned that Kansas may be running out of water, according to a new statewide survey by the Docking Institute of Public Affairs at Fort Hays State University.…

Iola Elementary School’s SAFE BASE and Title I offered a voting-themed Blue Plate Dinner Monday night to teach youngsters about the electoral process.Students selected whether they wanted Assistant Principal Tiffany Koehn or SAFE BASE Director…

CHISINAU, Moldova (AP) — Moldova’s pro-Western President Maia Sandu won a second term in a pivotal presidential runoff against a Russia-friendly opponent, in a race that was overshadowed by claims of Russian interference, voter fraud,…