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Raul Rangel, a 28-year-old Spanish teacher who lives in Wichita, has visited 90 countries — and counting.
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Kirkwood Kreations PhotographyThis summer’s drought has been rough on crops, including sunflowers, but there are still places where you can find those brilliant yellow fields … if you don’t wait too long. Lu Anne Stephens recently visited a sunflower field north of Lawrence that is just ready to pop for this month's Hidden Kansas. -
File photoMonarch butterflies are flying south toward central Mexico as a part of their fall migration.
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Bad news for attendees at the Kansas City Renaissance Festival, Irish Fest, SantaCaliGon and other local events this weekend: High temperatures are prolonging their stay across the metro. Here's how you can stay safe. -
After trade talks between the countries fell apart last month, the Trump administration and Canada's leaders have rolled out new tariffs on everything from dairy products to machinery. Experts say farmers will likely feel the squeeze on both ends. -
Destination: everywhere … a Wichita man wants to see the world. Also, this year’s sunflower season might be brief, but it’s also glorious. -
According to the report, individual income tax receipts were above the estimate by $64.1 million, or 8.7%. -
Women twice as likely to die in pregnancy, childbirth or postpartum than 20 years ago.
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Fiona André/Religion News ServiceEven as anti-Muslim rhetoric rises in Texas, Muslim pitmasters are winning over diners and reshaping one of the state's most iconic culinary traditions. -
Francisco Seco/APU.S. envoys Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner are set to arrive in Kyiv on Sunday in their first visit to the Ukrainian capital as part of a renewed push for peace in Russia's full-scale invasion of Ukraine.
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Learn a few surprising facts about procrastination — and helpful tools to overcome it — with this quiz. It's based on social scientist Itamar Shatz's new book, Solving Procrastination. -
We asked readers to share stories about a moment of kindness involving a stranger. Here are some of their heartwarming anecdotes. -
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It was a light bulb moment: If monsoon rains keep kids from safely getting to school, let's create a floating school to pick them up! Bangladesh pioneered the idea. How's it doing? -
U.S. envoys Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner have arrived in Moscow to revive efforts to end Russia's invasion of Ukraine. Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has called for a halt to air attacks during their visit, but Moscow has not publicly responded.
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This week on Marginalia, Beth Golay speaks with author Téa Obreht about her new novel Sunrise. And book critic Suzanne Perez reviews Etna, a new novel by Paul Yoon that explores war and its aftermath through a dog's eyes.
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