For 24 years, Iola Middle School history teacher Mark Boyd delivered his lessons while standing at the front of his classroom. He looked upon a sea of rambunctious eighth grade faces, watching through the course…

JAKARTA, Indonesia (AP) — The death toll from floods in Indonesia’s capital rose to 43 Friday as rescuers found more bodies amid receding floodwaters, disaster officials said. Monsoon rains and rising rivers submerged at least…

CRESCENT, Iowa (AP) — Frogs, carp and bugs thrived all summer in murky floodwaters where Gene Walter should have planted corn and soybeans. Last year’s ruined crop spilled from metal storage bins that burst nine…

Dear Carolyn: I am devastated. Husband has asked for a divorce, and I haven’t been able to change his mind. I’ve been begging, crying and pleading with him to stay. Of course he says that’s…

It wasn’t until Monday — a full nine days after an explosion leveled her house and critically injured her husband, Max — that Beth Houk was able to see the devastation firsthand. Beth wasn’t home…

Dear Carolyn: How does one balance expectations between reasonably high and realistic? I’ve had a few disappointments lately that hit me fairly hard — a promotion dangled and then delayed, a budding friendship that’s running…

LAWRENCE, Kan. (AP) — Kansas Gov. Laura Kelly says she felt “incredibly overwhelmed” after seeing the devastation left by an EF-4 tornado from a flight tour of the Tuesday storm’s path in eastern Kansas. The…

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court says Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg’s recovery from cancer surgery is “on track” and no further treatment is required. But the 85-year-old justice will miss court arguments next week. Court…