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Calls grow for a reckoning on racism in Kansas City Northland after Ralph Yarl shooting

KANSAS CITY, Mo. — As hundreds of people gathered in Kansas City’s Northland over the weekend to demand justice for Ralph Yarl, a Black teenager shot by a white homeowner in Clay County, Nicole Price heard a shout come from a passing car.

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Homeowner shoots, injures Black teen who went to wrong house

Authorities in Kansas City, Missouri, say the investigation into the shooting by a homeowner of a Black teenager who went to the wrong house to pick up his younger brothers includes questions about whether race played a role

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Black teenager shot in the head after ringing wrong doorbell while picking up siblings

A black teenager is fighting for his life after being shot in the head when he rang the wrong doorbell while trying to pick up his siblings.

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Standoff continues after 3 Kansas City police officers shot

KANSAS CITY, Mo. — A standoff continues after three Kansas City police officers were shot and injured Tuesday night while executing a search warrant on the east side of the city, according to Independence police.

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3 Kansas City police officers shot and injured while executing search warrant

Three Kansas City police officers were shot and injured Tuesday night while serving a search warrant on the eastern side of the city, according to Police Chief Stacey Graves.

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When Chiefs play, lobbyists pay to get Missouri and Kansas politicians into big games

KANSAS CITY, Mo. – When the Kansas City Chiefs took on the Cincinnati Bengals in the AFC Championship at Arrowhead Stadium last year, Mayor Quinton Lucas was excited.

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Officer, pedestrian and police dog die in Kansas City crash

Authorities say a driver has collided with a Kansas City police cruiser, killing an officer who made an arrest in a notorious quintuple homicide nearly a decade ago, the officer’s police dog and a pedestrian

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Kansas City officials have an opening date for new airport terminal. Here are the details

Kansas City International Airport will officially open the new $1.5 billion single terminal the morning of Feb. 28, city officials say.

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'Now is the time for Black repair': What might reparations look like in Kansas City?

KANSAS CITY, Mo. — Mickey Dean hears the argument often, particularly from white Kansas Citians, when he mentions Black reparations: “You weren’t a slave and my family didn’t own any slaves, so that’s in the past and why are we still talking about that?”

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Brittany Mahomes Is Not Happy With Cincinnati Mayor’s Proclamation

Aftab Pureval's proclamation did not go over well in Kansas City.

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Kansas City’s Mayor Takes a Dig at Cincinnati After Its Mayor Trolled the Chiefs

Quinton Lucas took a classy approach in response to the Bengals-Chiefs banter.

Sports Illustrated

DOJ investigating Kansas City police’s employment practices for racial discrimination

KANSAS CITY, Mo. — The U.S. Department of Justice has launched an investigation of employment practices at the Kansas City Police Department to determine if the force engaged in racial discrimination.

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Cannabis Regulatory Update: Missouri Legal Marijuana Campaign, California 'Weed' Bills, Hempcrete In Zimbabwe

Missouri: Despite Being Divided On Marijuana Policy, Democrats Expect An Increase In Participation From The Campaign Earlier this month, Missouri's Secretary of State Jay Ashcroft issued a certificate of sufficiency to the Legal Missouri 2022 campaign, formally placing the adult-use legalization initiative on the November ballot

Benzinga

Kansas City mayor sues Missouri over police funding law

Kansas City Mayor Quinton Lucas is suing the state of Missouri over a new law requiring the city to increase funding for its police department

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Kansas City struggles with Missouri over police funding

A power struggle over control of the Kansas City’s police department is going before Missouri voters

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Missouri AG calls abortion legislation from Kansas City, St. Louis ‘plainly illegal’

The day after the Kansas City Council approved legislation that could reimburse city employees who need to travel to have an abortion — and after St. Louis began pursuing similar legislation — Missouri Attorney General Eric Schmitt called the efforts “plainly illegal.”

McClatchy Washington Bureau

Josh Hawley says abortion ruling will push people to move states, strengthening the GOP

WASHINGTON — U.S. Sen. Josh Hawley on Friday celebrated the U.S. Supreme court ruling eliminating the constitutional right to abortion, calling it a sweeping decision that would change the shape of American politics for the next decade.

Sports Illustrated

KC Mayor Says Arrowhead Stadium Will Get $50 Million in Improvements

The home of the Chiefs will be one of the 11 venues for the 2026 World Cup.

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Chiefs’ Creed Humphrey, Trey Smith help kick off Kansas City BBQ Festival

#Chiefs offensive linemen Trey Smith and Creed Humphrey helped kick off the second annual Kansas City BBQ Festival by pardoning a pair of pigs.

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Vahe Gregorian: Brace yourselves: 2023 NFL draft likely most-attended event in Kansas City history

KANSAS CITY, Mo. — If you watched the NFL draft on Thursday night from Las Vegas, the entertainment capital of the world, you saw the Bellagio fountains and the Vegas version of the Eiffel Tower and draftees taking an endless walk through a playing card-themed tunnel to the stage.

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Eric Greitens posts, then deletes, video featuring KCPD ride along. He lacked OK to film

KANSAS CITY, Mo. — U.S. Senate candidate Eric Greitens on Friday posted – then deleted – a video on social media featuring a ride along with Kansas City police that was quickly criticized as inappropriately politicizing the department.

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After deadly day in KC, Mayor Lucas hopes to use federal funds for violence prevention

KANSAS CITY, Mo. — Five people were killed in less than 24 hours in a particularly violent period across the Kansas City area.

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Stabbing at Missouri middle school leaves victim fighting for life

KANSAS CITY, Mo. — A student was injured in a stabbing Tuesday morning at Northeast Middle School in the Kansas City Public Schools district, police said.

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