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Chicago Sun-Times · Dec 30, 2022

Benjamin Hochman: Mizzou matters again, thanks to unflappable Kobe Brown and his offense

COLUMBIA, Mo. — That sure looked like the Southeastern Conference Player of the Year roaming Norm Stewart Court on Wednesday.

St. Louis Post-Dispatch · Dec 29, 2022

From the top of the political world to a basement office: How John Fetterman will fit in the US Senate

For close to two years, John Fetterman was a political celebrity starring in one of the nation's most closely watched — and well funded — Senate races.

The Philadelphia Inquirer · Dec 29, 2022

Report: UFC flyweight Jeff Molina the latest suspension amid betting scandal

The fallout from the investigation into suspicious betting patterns from a recent UFC fight continues.

USA Today Sports Media Group · Dec 26, 2022

Young child dies on Christmas Eve after being shot in a Kansas City home

KANSAS CITY, Mo. — A child under the age of 5 died on Christmas Eve after suffering from a gunshot wound in a Kansas City home, police said in a Sunday statement.

Tribune News Service · Dec 25, 2022

Vahe Gregorian: On the difference between chopped liver and cheeseburgers in paradise for Chiefs

KANSAS CITY, Mo. — In a meeting with reporters in his Missouri Western dorm room near the end of training camp in St. Joseph, Chiefs coach Andy Reid repeatedly was asked about the popular perception that the AFC West, and the AFC itself by extension, had radically ramped up.

Tribune News Service · Dec 25, 2022

Chiefs reach 12-win mark for 5th straight year with Christmas Eve victory vs. Seahawks

KANSAS CITY, Mo. — The Chiefs’ performance in the first half proved more than sufficient to thwart the Seattle Seahawks.

Tribune News Service · Dec 24, 2022

Vahe Gregorian: Does Harrison Butker need fixing? Chiefs’ Dave Toub says, ‘I want everybody to relax.’

KANSAS CITY, Mo. — You might shrug off Chiefs kicker Harrison Butker’s exasperating lapses as a hiccup or a phase. Much like what universally happens with hitters in baseball, coach Andy Reid suggests.

Tribune News Service · Dec 22, 2022

After mother complains, school board in Kansas removes social justice lessons

KANSAS CITY, Mo. — Going against a district recommendation, the Lansing school board removed portions of the high school English curriculum after a parent complained that her daughter’s course had been “hijacked by a social-political agenda” and was “representative of critical race theory.”

Tribune News Service · Dec 21, 2022

Pointing to ‘flaw’ in Missouri death penalty, judges ask to stop woman’s execution

KANSAS CITY, Mo. — Seven retired Missouri judges have urged Gov. Mike Parson to stop the execution of Amber McLaughlin, arguing that the death penalty was handed down “via a flaw in Missouri’s capital sentencing scheme.”

Tribune News Service · Dec 21, 2022