WASHINGTON – America’s employers slowed the pace of their hiring in November, adding 210,000 jobs, the lowest monthly gain in nearly a year. But Friday’s report from the Labor Department also showed that the nation’s unemployment rate tumbled from 4.6% to 4.2%, evidence that many more people reported that they had a job.
MOSCOW – The Kremlin said Friday that President Vladimir Putin will seek binding guarantees precluding NATO’s expansion to Ukraine during a planned call with U.S. President Joe Biden, while the Ukrainian defense minister warned that Russia could invade his country next month.
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates – France announced multibillion-euro deals Friday to sell fighter planes and combat helicopters to the United Arab Emirates, aiming to boost military cooperation with its top ally in the Persian Gulf amid their shared concerns about Iran.
Biden says he caught a cold from grandson, doesn’t have COVID-19 WASHINGTON – President Joe Biden has at least one thing in common with thousands of parents and grandparents this winter: He picked up a cold from his young grandson. The president has had an unusually low, scratchy voice and an occasional cough all week, prompting questions from the press about his health on Friday.
A multi-million dollar project to construct a new library moved forward a bit on Tuesday, when the Newton City Commission voted 4-1 in favor of moving to “Phase IV” of the project — despite fund-raising being less than complete.
HESSTON — The Hesston High School boys’ basketball team will face some challenges while trying to defend its Class 3A state title. Greg Raleigh begins his 12th season as the Swather head coach.
WASHINGTON – The Supreme Court’s conservative majority on Wednesday signaled it would uphold Mississippi’s 15-week ban on abortion and may go much further to overturn the nationwide right to abortion that has existed for nearly 50 years.
WASHINGTON – A person in California who had been vaccinated against COVID-19 became the first in the U.S. to have an identified case of the omicron variant, the White House announced Wednesday as scientists continue to study the risks posed by the new virus strain.
BOSTON – Republican Gov. Charlie Baker announced Wednesday he won’t seek a third term as governor of Massachusetts, where his party is bitterly split between supporters and foes of former President Donald Trump.
GENEVA – The U.N. migration agency says the coronavirus pandemic appears to have accelerated “hostile rhetoric” against migrants in the world and “radically altered” mobility, projecting in a new report that travel and other CO- VID-19-fighting restrictions could dampen migration worldwide as long as they remain.