Iowans could elect a Democratic governor for the first time in two decades. National issues, such as the Iran war’s impact, and local ones, like herbicides, matter deeply in this tight race.

According to the author of one study, “Israel is losing Israelis,” most of them young and highly educated. It’s a sensitive subject for a country founded as a refuge. The reasons given include the wars, stresses, and acrimonious civil strife.

Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine has displaced North Azovian Greek community, a minority-language people now trying to save their cultural identity.

The U.S. government has canceled immigrant visa interviews at consulates around the world.

Local journalists reporting on Sudan’s civil war and humanitarian crisis there are facing a campaign of intimidation by rival military forces.

The rush to use artificial intelligence in education has led to insights on the types of intelligence – even new types – that students and teachers must bring to the AI era.