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Republican lawmakers in the U.S. House of Representatives are fleeing for the exits. News broke Thursday that two-term Rep. Jake LaTurner of Kansas, a shiny-cheeked lad of 36, would retire at the end of the year. He joins Reps. Mike Gallagher of Wisconsin,
BOSTON (AP) — Jeff Smith was whizzing along on a snowmobile one evening a few years back when something dark appeared in front of him. He hit his brakes but he couldn’t avoid clipping the rear tail of a Black Hawk helicopter parked on the trail. The March 2019 crash almost cost Smith his life […]
Former President Donald Trump must be placed on Colorado’s 2024 ballot, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled unanimously on Monday, striking down a first-of-its-kind holding by the Colorado Supreme Court that the Republican front-runner is disqualified from office under a Civil War-era insurrection clause. “Because the Constitution makes Congress, rather than the States, responsible for enforcing […]
A Super Bowl victory parade in Kansas City, Missouri, has become another joyful celebration marred by gun violence in the United States, a lurking danger that hovers over Americans as they gather together to celebrate, honor and commemorate. The chance that a single event might become the scene of violence is relatively small, but tragedy […]
By Nadine Yousif & Mike Wendling BBC News 14 February 2024 Updated 1 hour ago To play this content, please enable JavaScript, or try a different browser Video caption, Watch: Bangs thought to be gunshots heard behind reporter One person has died and 21 people were wounded in a shooting in Missouri at the end […]
Washington, DC—Below is a statement by Tom Cochran, CEO and Executive Director of The United States Conference of Mayors, on the passing of former Kansas City Mayor Richard Berkley. “Dick Berkley was one of the best mayors I have had the privilege to serve in my 50 year-plus-tenure with The United States Conference of Mayors. […]
KANSAS CITY, Mo. (KCTV) – KCPD and NKCPD officers were on the scene of a fatal crash off U.S. 169 Highway early Saturday morning. KCPD reports that the crash happened around 2:45 a.m. on U.S. 169 Highway and Richards Road, just outside the Charles B. Wheeler Downtown Airport. An investigation revealed that the driver of […]
David Muhammad has been involved in the martial arts world for more than three decades. He credits his father, Rudolph Muhammad, for his growth from student to skilled fighter to karate instructor. “I started martial arts, officially, when I was 3 years old,” Muhammad said. “So that’s all I really knew, is coming up to […]
When the Taliban overtook Kabul in 2021, Qasim Rahimi went into hiding at a neighbor’s house. Meanwhile, U.S. troops withdrew and took nearly 90,000 Afghan evacuees who were in danger . . .
CNN — Andrew Lester, the 85-year-old White homeowner accused of shooting a Black teenager who rang the wrong doorbell, is scheduled to be arraigned Wednesday. The teen, 16-year-old Ralph Yarl, went to the wrong address in Kansas City to pick up his younger siblings – 1100 NE 115th Street instead of . . .