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This matcha pop-up stand is creating distinct flavors and long lines across KC kansascity.com/living/food-d…

This matcha pop-up stand is creating distinct flavors and long lines across KC

HerCafe has been a fan-favorite spot for matcha across Kansas City, especially at the Overland Park Farmers Market.

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Kansas City’s newest Asian store opens in longtime grocery spot kansascity.com/news/business…

Kansas City’s newest Asian store opens in longtime grocery spot

A former SunFresh (and several other grocery stores) now offers Asian food.

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Fact Check: Attack ad says Hamilton’s church swept abuse under the rug. Is that true? kansascity.com/news/politics…

Fact Check: Attack ad says Hamilton’s church swept abuse under the rug. Is that true?

Senate Leadership Fund released a new ad that takes the founding pastor of the nation’s largest United Methodist Church to task for his handling of child sexual abuse scandal at a church camp in the...

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Medical examiner shares cause of death for Norman boy, father found in Texas kansascity.com/news/nation-w…

Medical examiner shares cause of death for Norman boy, father found in Texas

An Oklahoma father shot and killed his 4-year-old son before turning the gun on himself in Texas, authorities said, providing new details about the deaths that followed an Amber Alert and frantic...

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Vehicle found, suspects in custody after fatal shooting of UMKC volleyball player kansascity.com/news/local/ar…

Vehicle found, suspects in custody after fatal shooting of UMKC volleyball player

Police found a vehicle possibly tied to the fatal shooting of a Kansas City college student, and two suspects were in custody Thursday.

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Men gave Nazi salutes at a Turning Point event in California. Here’s how the group responded kansascity.com/news/nation-w…

Men gave Nazi salutes at a Turning Point event in California. Here’s how the group responded

Videos show the men raising their arms at protesters.

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17 data center projects proposed on Western public land. New pitch is in Idaho kansascity.com/news/nation-w…

17 data center projects proposed on Western public land. New pitch is in Idaho

Why public land, and what happens next?

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ICE released detainees from at least 29 states in California, far from their homes, group says kansascity.com/news/nation-w…

ICE released detainees from at least 29 states in California, far from their homes, group says

Officials and advocates say some were let go late at night, with uncharged phones and no money or belongings.

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Johnson County business of 66 years is closing. A dying, yet ‘human’ industry kansascity.com/news/business…

Johnson County business of 66 years is closing. A dying, yet ‘human’ industry

As a business as old as Overland Park itself closes, a cobbler tells his story.

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3 brothers get 30 years each for sex trafficking; two still face rape charges in Florida kansascity.com/news/nation-w…

3 brothers get 30 years each for sex trafficking; two still face rape charges in Florida

Eleven women testified at trial that the men used wealth and status to lure them to parties, and some said they were drugged.

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Deputies find second AK-47-style rifle in child’s bedroom after threat to a California woman kansascity.com/news/nation-w…

Deputies find second AK-47-style rifle in child’s bedroom after threat to a California woman

The 19-year-old man was arrested on suspicion of domestic violence, criminal threats and several weapons offenses, according to the sheriff’s office.

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3 kids with E. coli are in ICU, as officials investigate California pumpkin patch kansascity.com/news/nation-w…

3 kids with E. coli are in ICU, as officials investigate California pumpkin patch

Five people in all have confirmed infections, and the farm at the center of the investigation has closed its gates.

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Agentic AI Travel Tools From Google, Meta and Expedia Signal a Shift Worth Watching kansascity.com/living/articl…

Agentic AI Travel Tools From Google, Meta and Expedia Signal a Shift Worth Watching

Agentic AI travel tools are changing the way vacation planning and booking happens for travelers.

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Fed sends warning to American homeowners, cardholders kansascity.com/news/business…

Fed sends warning to American homeowners, cardholders

A rate hike, a record-low pending home sales figure, and a Fed not done yet.

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Johnson County priest pleads guilty in $159,000 Leawood Catholic church theft kansascity.com/news/local/ar…

Johnson County priest pleads guilty in $159,000 Leawood Catholic church theft

According to the plea agreement, the Rev. Richard Storey will reimburse Curé of Ars Catholic Church for unauthorized transactions in the amount of $159,326.92.

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U.S. Sen. Roger Marshall and his challenger, the Rev. Adam Hamilton, have both expressed skepticism about data centers and emphasized the importance of local decision-making. kansascity.com/news/politics…

Fact check: What are U.S. Senate candidates’ stances on data centers in KS race?

As some communities seek to leverage projects to offset local taxes, others are preparing to vote on proposals to ban data center developments outright.

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Kansas City man charged with murder in 2023 killing of teenager kansascity.com/news/local/cr…

Kansas City man charged with murder in 2023 killing of teenager

A 17-year-old was struck in a shooting near the intersection of 12th Street and Denver Avenue on May 7, 2023, and died a few days later.

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Family wants gap in Kansas bridge closed after mother of 2 found dead below kansascity.com/news/nation-w…

Family wants gap in Kansas bridge closed after mother of 2 found dead below

The bridge looks like one continuous deck but has a gap between the north and south lanes, a police spokesperson said.

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Lynda Carter, 75, uses just soap and water for her skin, plus one rule she’s followed for decades kansascity.com/living/articl…

Lynda Carter, 75, uses just soap and water for her skin, plus one rule she’s followed for decades

At 75, Lynda Carter sticks to soap and water, classic beauty staples and a lifetime of sun precautions.

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Kansas City teen faces 14 felonies in several robberies, carjackings kansascity.com/news/local/cr…

Kansas City teen faces 14 felonies in several robberies, carjackings

A Kansas City teen faces 14 felony charges tied to seven incidents from April to July, court documents say. He’s to stand trial as an adult.

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