The human body can barely cope with weather this hot. In Phoenix, where the asphalt can hit 180, emergency-room doctors are zipping heat-stroke victims into body bags full of ice. Tens of thousands worldwide die…

At game time Friday evening, the expected temperature was 100 degrees.  The Iola AA Indians were facing Pittsburg’s AAA Post 64 team in a battle for the American Legion Super State title.  Each won their…

In Wichita, Topeka, and elsewhere across Kansas, the municipal election cycle is underway. Candidates for city council and school board seats and mayor will be selected in the primary elections which will conclude on Tuesday,…

In a surprising but welcome about-face, Gov. Glenn Youngkin is pushing Republicans to embrace early voting in the upcoming General Assembly races. Youngkin helped launch a new website called Secure Your Vote Virginia, a voter…

Rudy Giuliani admitted Tuesday evening he was lying when he repeatedly accused two women, a mother and daughter, of committing election fraud during the 2020 election count. In the aftermath of the election, Giuliani repeatedly…

The U.S. national women’s soccer team is worth watching, not only as the favorites to win this year’s Women’s World Cup. They’re also at the forefront of a struggle for better treatment of workers —…

It has been a tough season for U.S. military recruiters. In June, the Navy issued and then rescinded an order requiring its recruiters to work six days a week. The Air Force lifted a long-standing…

Labor peace has come at a price for United Parcel Service, which is offering a generous contract to dodge an imminent strike. The deal shows workers’ strength in a tight labor market, but it could…

When Israel was born as a modern Jewish state 75 years ago, its declaration of independence said that “it will be based on freedom, justice and peace as envisaged by the prophets of Israel; it…

Since he withdrew on July 17 from a year-old agreement that allowed Ukraine to continue exporting its wheat and corn through the Black Sea, which his navy patrols, Russian dictator Vladimir Putin has compounded the…