Eight months after the Feb. 14 shooting, people wounded at the Kansas City Chiefs' victory parade are wary of more gun violence. In this installment of “The Injured,” survivors of the shooting say they feel gun violence is inescapable and are desperately seeking a sense of safety.
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In her new book "Party of One: Be Your Own Best Life Partner," NPR producer Meghan Keane demystifies several myths our culture perpetuates about romantic relationships. She also provides tools to learn how to nurture the most important relationship we’ll ever have — with ourselves.
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With Halloween just around the corner, three Kansas City film experts share their favorite movies to watch in October — and their thoughts on the new horror hit "The Substance."
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The reservoirs we depend on for drinking water are filling up with mud instead. The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers has an idea to tackle the problem, and they’ll try it for the first time ever — in Kansas.
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The research center is part of the University of Kansas’ School of Social Welfare, where scholars will study health equity and access issues from a social worker's perspective.
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Kunce raised more than double the amount of Hawley over the last three months. But nearly every public poll of Missouri's U.S. Senate race still shows the Republican incumbent with a double-digit lead.
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As the 2024 calendar turned to autumn, 46 homeless people had died in Sedgwick County. That's compared to just 42 deaths for all of the previous year.
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Backers of Missouri Amendment 2, which would legalized sports gambling, claim in TV and online ads that the resulting revenue will boost public education. But its detractors point out there is no evidence Missouri schools will see any benefit.
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New research suggests silage has been overlooked as a substantial producer of nitrous oxide. A team at K-State figured out why – and a potential way to tackle the problem.
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Kansas is one of the worst in the nation when it comes to drug-induced deaths for teens and young adults. Heidi Tomassi’s son is an overdose survivor and she’s sharing their story with Olathe kids in hopes it might change the approach to drug awareness.
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Missouri lawmakers formed a new committee to document the effects of radioactive waste in the St. Louis region and other Missouri sites and to search for policy solutions.
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The son of Hallmark founder J.C. Hall and his wife Elizabeth, Donald J. Hall went on to serve as president and CEO of the company. He and his late wife Adele Hall donated their time and financial resources to many causes in Kansas City.
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Though Missouri's Latino population is still relatively small, it’s growing rapidly. Political watchers say the vote could be increasingly influential in future elections, but reaching and convincing Latino voters is not simple.