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Peace, for Waverly Altis, is in pedaling to the park. It’s in the music of the wind, and the wafting smells of freshly cut grass and hot asphalt — in the late-spring, early-summer cotton strands floating past her face as she glides through the air on a park swing. Here is home for Altis. “It’s very relaxing,” said Altis, of De Soto. “Like you can almost just tune everything out.” So when a scholarship competition sponsored by Google asked her to draw her ideal way of taking care of… Source link

Kansas pulled off the biggest comeback in men’s national championship game history to beat North Carolina, 72-69, and win the 2022 NCAA tournament. The Jayhawks were down by 15 at halftime and trailed at 16 at one point in the first half. The 16-point deficit breaks a record held by Loyola Chicago after the Ramblers came back from a 15-point deficit to win the national title. And until Monday night, the biggest halftime deficit ever turned around in a national title game was 10 when… Source link

Kansas City made another first for Google Fiber on Friday, when a group of subcontract workers became the first to successfully unionize. The National Labor Relations Board said the vote was 9-1 in favor of unionizing by full-time workers operating Google Fiber’s area retail stores. They are employed by BDS Connected Solutions. The local workers are the first Google Fiber workers to join the new Alphabet Workers Union, a unit of Communications Workers of America, the union… Source link

Creighton gave Kansas a run on Saturday. But in the end, Kansas prevailed to avoid becoming the second No. 1 seed from the Big 12 to fall in as many games with a 79-72 victory in the men’s NCAA tournament. With the win, Kansas joined North Carolina in the Sweet 16 after UNC’s defeat of Baylor earlier Saturday. The Jayhawks and No. 9 seed Blue Jays played a back-and-forth first half that saw nine lead changes and four ties before Kansas entered the break with a 39-38 edge. The game remained… Source link

A technician gets cabling out of his truck to install Google Fiber. George Frey | Reuters As Google Fiber contractors in Kansas City attempt to become the first members of the Alphabet Workers Union to win bargaining power, workers there are facing a union-busting effort by their contracting firm. The contractors are employed directly by BDS Connected Solutions and work in a retail store for Google Fiber, the project that provides high-speed internet access to 19 U.S. markets, according to its Source link

FILE – In this Sept. 24, 2019, file photo a sign is shown on a Google building at their campus in Mountain View, Calif. Google is once again postponing a return to the office for most workers until mid-January 2022. The internet search giant is also to requiring all employees to be vaccinated once its sprawling campuses are fully reopened. (AP Photo/Jeff Chiu, File) After more than two years of quiet, Google might be feeling lucky… Source link

Esther George, president of the Federal Reserve Bank of Kansas City, joined Yahoo Finance on the virtual sidelines of the annual Jackson Hole symposium to discuss the impact of the Delta variant on the U.S. economy and how the Federal Reserve is responding. Below is a transcript of her appearance, taped on August 25 and aired on August 26. – BRIAN CHEUNG: Joining us now is the Federal Reserve Bank of Kansas City President Esther George. President George, how are you? ESTHER GEORGE: I’m well…. Source link

USC entered the NCAA tournament boasting the Pac-12’s most efficient defense. When it brought an offense to match, Kansas didn’t stand a chance. No. 6 seed USC smothered No. 3 seed Kansas on both sides of the floor Monday, handing the Jayhawks their worst-ever NCAA tournament loss, 85-51. Their previous worst effort was a 60-42 loss to Indiana in the 1940 national title game.  Pac-12 keeps rolling The win caps a dominant weekend for the Pac-12, which sends four of its five entrants in the… Source link

TOPEKA, Kan. (WIBW) – Google products have helped Kansas businesses generate $2.1 billion in 2020. Google says it released its Economic Impact Report on Thursday, March 18, and shared that 13,100 businesses, publishers and nonprofits in Kansas used its products to increase their online presence and connect with individuals and communities across the state, which helped generate $2.1 billion in economic activity in 2020. Google also said it plans to invest over $7 billion and create at least… Source link

The Guardian Undocumented Texans are reeling from last month’s storm – and they’re cut off from federal aid After four years of family separations and deportations, many are reluctant to seek help after the natural disaster Austin Texas Musicians distrubute Fema emergency diaster relief boxes to residents affected by the winter storm crisis. Photograph: Sandy Carson/Zuma Wire/Rex/Shutterstock Weeks after a deadly Arctic blast walloped Texas, Maria still didn’t have reliable water at… Source link