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Rahaf Mohammed Alqunun, arrives at Toronto Pearson International Airport, alongside Canadian minister of Foreign Affairs Chrystia Freeland on Sunday. Alqunun fled her family, saying she feared for her life, and was granted asylum by Canada.

Young Woman Who Fled Saudi Arabia Arrives In Canada As Refugee

Rahaf Mohammed Alqunun gained international attention when she locked herself in a Bangkok hotel room and tweeted that her family would kill her if she were deported to Saudi Arabia.

Jim McLean: Gov.-elect Kelly Has Her Work Cut Out Fixing State Government In Kansas

Think of Laura Kelly as the fix-it governor. As in she needs to fix what, by most accounts, is a state government in desperate need of repair. For the...

Developers are aiming for high-end clientele with a new hotel proposal downtown.

Developers Propose 13-Story Luxury Hotel In Downtown Kansas City

A $63 million boutique hotel that backers say would be the most luxurious in the metro is being proposed across Wyandotte Street from the Kauffman...

Obama Rallies For Cordray To Reclaim Ohio

Former President Obama is campaigning in east Cleveland on Thursday for Democratic gubernatorial candidate Richard Cordray. Obama is rallying parts of the Democratic base that didn't show up in 2016.

Katrin Ebner-Steiner (center), regional leader of the Alternative for Germany, celebrates with party co-leader Alice Weidel (right) as election results roll in Sunday in Mamming, Germany.

Merkel's Allies Falter In Regional Elections, As Rivals Gain On Left And Right

The German chancellor's center-right sister party has long been a juggernaut in Bavaria, but it didn't look like it Sunday.

An image from a video on social media shows Super Typhoon Yutu battering buildings in Saipan, Northern Mariana Islands, on Wednesday.

Super Typhoon Yutu Takes Horrible Toll On Northern Mariana Islands, Heads Toward Asia

Tinian Mayor Joey San Nicolas said the island in the Marianas "has been devastated." He added, "Many homes have been destroyed."

A Ford F-150 pickup is assembled at a plant in Dearborn, Mich., on Sept. 27. The economy expanded at a 3.5 percent rate in the third quarter.

U.S. Economy Grew At A 3.5 Percent Rate In 3rd Quarter

That's slower than the second quarter's blockbuster 4.2 percent but puts the economy on pace for the fastest annual growth in 13 years.

Sisters Rotana (left) and Tala Farea, whose bodies, bound together with tape and facing each other, were discovered on the banks of New York City's Hudson River waterfront on Oct. 24. They were Saudi citizens.

N.Y. Police Seeking Answers In Deaths Of Saudi Sisters Found In River

Police identified them as Rotana and Tala Farea, who had moved to the U.S. from Saudi Arabia. Investigators want to know how and why they wound up bound together in the water.

Rice University says many undergraduate students from families with incomes up to $200,000 "will no longer be required to take out loans." Here, a statue of the school's founder, William Marsh Rice, is seen on its campus in Houston.

Rice University Says Middle-Class And Low-Income Students Won't Have To Pay Tuition

Full scholarships are earmarked for all students whose families have income between $65,000 and $130,000. Below that income level, grants will bolster the aid package even further.

A man raises his arm in a Nazi salute in response to heckling from leftists at a protest gathering the day after a fatal stabbing by migrant suspects triggered large protests in the city of Chemnitz in eastern Germany.

Anti-Immigrant Protest Turns Violent In Eastern German City Of Chemnitz

The rally had right-wing protesters, some thrusting Nazi salutes, as well as leftist counterprotesters. It was triggered by the arrest of a Syrian and Iraqi man in connection with a fatal stabbing.

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