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Mother says son’s death after taking Kansas City police agility test was preventable

KANSAS CITY, Mo. — Brelande Edmond was looking for a way to serve his community and decided that joining the Kansas City Police Department would be the way to fulfill his desire, his mother said.

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Tigers use four-run seventh, rare Miguel Cabrera stolen base to top Royals

KANSAS CITY, Mo. — What do Miguel Cabrera, Ted Williams and a stolen base have in common?

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'Just be me': Akil Baddoo back and ready to provide some fire in Tigers' lineup

KANSAS CITY, Mo. — Turns out, all Akil Baddoo needed to do was trust that being Akil Baddoo was plenty good enough.

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In way-early ESPN bracketology, Kansas projected as No. 2 seed in 2023 NCAAs

KANSAS CITY, Mo. — Kansas’ men’s basketball team is listed as a No. 2 seed in the South Regional of the 2023 NCAA Tournament, according to ESPN.com’s current projections revealed on Tuesday.

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Oath Keepers lawyer uses virtual background from ‘Queer Eye’ for Jan 6 deposition

Erin Ryan, who hosts Crooked Media’s ‘Hysteria’ podcast, tweets photo of Kellye SoRelle giving her deposition

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Tigers swept by Royals in doubleheader, lose nightcap 7-3

KANSAS CITY, Mo. — Rough day at the office.

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Brad Keller, Vinnie Pasquantino lead way as Royals beat Tigers in doubleheader opener

KANSAS CITY, Mo. — Kansas City Royals right-hander Brad Keller squelched the Detroit Tigers offense for the vast majority of seven innings to earn his third consecutive win and start his club off on a high note in the first game of a doubleheader.

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Police: 1 dead, 5 hurt in shooting outside Kansas City bar

Authorities say a shooting outside a bar in Kansas City, Missouri, where off-duty police officers were working security has left one person dead and five others hurt

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Ultimate travel guide for visiting Chiefs at Arrowhead Stadium

Our @WesleyRoesch reveals his travel guide for those visiting the #Chiefs at Arrowhead Stadium (and Kansas City) for the first time:

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Greinke reaches another milestone in KC Royals’ series-clinching home win vs. Guardians

KANSAS CITY, Mo. — Veteran Kansas City Royals starting pitcher Zack Greinke tossed five scoreless innings to earn his third win in his last four starts. The club closed out a seesaw series and took two of three from their division rivals, the Cleveland Guardians.

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Royals pitchers dig early hole in a 13-1 drubbing by Guardians

KANSAS CITY, Mo. — After the flood of excitement and elation of Friday night’s come-from-behind walk-off win, the Kansas City Royals let the air out of the balloon fairly early on Saturday afternoon.

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Vahe Gregorian: Disillusioning latest wave of college realignment no surprise but has no end in sight

KANSAS CITY, Mo. — College athletics are careening towards chaos, if not already embroiled in it, with ever-churning conference realignment implications. And that’s entwined with the insatiable demand for profits and commercialism that obscure, if not outright mock, the educational mission.

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‘If I’d not got help, I’d probably be dead’: Jason Kander on PTSD, politics and advice from Obama

He was a rising star in the Democratic party and ‘sorta ran for president’ but, as he recounts in his new book, haunted by his experiences in Afghanistan

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Royals walk off for 4-3 win vs. Guardians

KANSAS CITY, Mo. — The Kansas City Royals haven’t always been the best at rallying this season.

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Kansas Gov. Kelly ‘oughta change the lock on her office door,’ man tells GOP candidate for lieutenant governor at campaign event

KANSAS CITY, Mo. — A video from a campaign event this week showed Katie Sawyer, a Republican candidate for Kansas lieutenant governor, laughing after a man suggested that Gov. Laura Kelly should “change the lock on her office door” during a discussion about transgender athletes.

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Lack of exceptions for rape or incest under Missouri abortion ban fuels anger from advocates

KANSAS CITY, Mo. — When the Missouri House in 2019 debated the bill that became the state’s abortion ban, then-state Rep. Bryan Spencer quickly raised — and praised — the proposal’s lack of exceptions for victims of rape and incest.

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Big 12 reportedly looking to add Pac-12 schools, could become largest FBS conference

KANSAS CITY, Mo. — Just 12 months ago, the Big 12 Conference was rocked by news that Texas and Oklahoma planned to depart the league for the Southeastern Conference in 2025.

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6 people shot, including 2 killed, in overnight gun violence in Kansas City

KANSAS CITY, Mo. — Six people were shot in three separate incidents overnight in Kansas City, police said Monday, including two people who were killed and four injured.

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UGA football in top schools for 4-star Kansas City edge rusher

The Georgia Bulldogs and Oklahoma Sooners are among the top schools for four-star class of 2023 edge rusher Adepoju Adebawore.

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Vahe Gregorian: On the Hall of Fame case for Otis Taylor, vital not just to Chiefs but pro football

KANSAS CITY, Mo. — In a more just version of his journey, Otis Taylor would have been in prominent view over this fourth quarter of his life instead of sight unseen.

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Average daily COVID cases around Kansas City are highest since end of omicron wave

The average number of COVID-19 cases per day reported over a 7-day period in Kansas City has surpassed 400 For the first time since February. This reported number is likely far lower than the actual case count, as home testing has made new infections harder for states to track.

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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.”

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Kansas wrongful conviction lawsuit reaches $12.5M settlement

A local government in Kansas has agreed to pay $12.5 million to a man and his mother after he spent 23 years in prison for a double murder he did not commit

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Amtrak, BNSF Railway blame Missouri dump truck company for deadly Mo. train crash

KANSAS CITY, Mo. — Passenger rail provider Amtrak and BNSF Railway Company have filed a federal lawsuit blaming the contracting company that owns the dump truck the train collided with on Monday of causing the crash that killed four people, including the truck driver, near Mendon, Missouri.

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Should you get a vasectomy after Roe decision? Doctors explain how it works

KANSAS CITY, Mo. -- Since Roe v. Wade was overturned on Friday and Missouri’s trigger ban outlawed nearly all abortion in the state, interest in vasectomies has been on the rise around Kansas City.

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