BANGKOK – A landslide at a remote jade mine in northern Myanmar’s Kachin state killed one person and left at least 70 missing Wednesday, and a search and rescue operation was underway, rescue officials said.
Cruise lines will be the first to tell you that COVID-19 isn’t going away, but they have safety protocols in place to weather the storm when cases appear on board. With the rise of the omicron variant throughout the U.S., nearly 1 ⁄3of ships currently sailing from U.S.
JERUSALEM – The Israel Antiquities Authority announced Wednesday the discovery of remnants of two shipwrecks off the Mediterranean coast, replete with a sunken trove of hundreds of Roman and medieval silver coins.
Methodist Church plans two Christmas Eve services First United Methodist Church, 305 W. Seventh, will have two Christmas Eve services.
Kansas politicians are pointing fingers at each other, and especially former Secretary of State Kris Kobach, over a failed voting law that will now cost taxpayers about $1.9 million in legal fees. The Legislature’s Joint Committee on Special Claims Against the State formally recommended settlement pay ments of $1.4 million to the American Civil Liberties Union and $475,000 to a second law firm, Dentons US LLP.
As I sit trying to write this news column I am at a loss for what to type. The devastating wildfires have left a lot of us in the agriculture community numb, or maybe more appropriately for those directly impacted in tears and shock.
WASHINGTON – The Biden administration on Wednesday extended a student loan moratorium that has allowed millions of Americans to put off debt payments during the pandemic. Under the action, payments on federal student loans will remain paused through May 1.
These are just a few of the 170 bags of books and toys that were distributed as part of the Marine Toys for Tots Foundation event. Organizers said that between 1,500 and 1,600 toys and books were collected thanks to the generosity of corporate sponsors, students at various area schools, businesses and non-profi�ts that served as collection points, and Big Creek Crossing, which provided free space for the toy distribution on Dec. 20 and 21. PHOTOS BY LINN ANN HUNTINGTON / HAYS DAILY NEWS
As the pandemic rages on and a workforce crisis continues, nursing home advocates want Kansas lawmak ers to start regulating nurse staffing agencies, claiming price gouging amid supply and demand imbalances.
The St. Louis Park Public Schools in suburban Minneapolis held in-person learning all semester, with no school closures for COVID-19 infections despite the spread of the delta variant.