The “Hot Water Challenge,” which kids say was inspired by YouTube videos, involves pouring boiling water on an unsuspecting friend — or, in one fatal instance, daring a friend to […]
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Uproar Over Trump’s Pardon of Arpaio
For most of Joe Arpaio’s two-plus decades as Maricopa County, Arizona sheriff, he directed operations from the top floor of a downtown Phoenix tower, worlds away from the jails overseen […]
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Community Center Renaming Ceremony Set for Sept. 30
During 31 years of employment with the Kansas City Kansas Parks and Recreation Department, it’s hard to wrap your mind around how many lives Beatrice Lee must have positively impacted. […]
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Kansas Uninsured Rate Inches Down While Those In Medicaid Expansion States Plummet
The uninsured rates in Kansas and Missouri continue to drop, but not as fast as those in states that have expanded their Medicaid programs. New numbers from the U.S. Census […]
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Black Firefighters Hold the 20th Annual Day With P.R.I.D.E. Parade
It was the parade of the year, on Aug. 12 for the 20th annual “A Day With P.R.I.D.E. Black Firefighters.” Sponsored by the Kansas City Kansas Chapter of the International […]
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NBA Players Show Up Big in 2017 World’s Highest-Paid Athletes
The biggest sports stars on the planet had another banner year with the 100 top-earning athletes banking $3.11 billion combined over the past 12 months. Global soccer icon Cristiano Ronaldo […]
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Why Are They So Angry?
Michael has presumably had a rough day. Nine hours working as an exterminator takes a physical toll on the 45-year-old, who didn’t go to college, makes $33,000 a year, and […]
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Mayor: St. Louis ‘On Edge’ Awaiting Police Shooting Verdict
The mayor of St. Louis says the city is “on edge” as it awaits a verdict in the first-degree murder trial of former police officer Jason Stockley, in part because […]
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Chicago Schools Adding Police Torture Topic to Curriculum
CHICAGO (AP) — A police brutality scandal that remains one of the most shameful episodes in the history of Chicago and continues to haunt the city decades after it ended […]