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Heavy rains sweep across KC area, prompting flash flood warnings

11:33 PM

Westport party ends with gunfire, desperate effort to save Lee’s Summit officer

8:44 PM

Eclipse ‘wasn’t a total bust’: People in soggy St. Joseph see bright side amid clouds

4:11 PM

Did you see it? Watch the solar eclipse again in photos and video

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Slain Lee’s Summit police officer sought to be change agent

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As Patrick Mahomes settles in, a little discomfort is serving Chiefs’ Alex Smith well

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Editorial: Missouri state senator who hoped for Donald Trump’s assassination must resign

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As Patrick Mahomes settles in, a little discomfort is serving Chiefs’ Alex Smith well

Alex Smith’s fifth season as the Kansas City Chiefs’ starting quarterback is different because his heir apparent is on the roster in Patrick Mahomes. Yet the Chiefs say the new dynamic is working well.

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Dick Gregory, a St. Louis native, visited Kansas City often during his lifetime. Some of the city’s own black civic and religious leaders remember him fondly.

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Editorial: Missouri state senator who hoped for Donald Trump’s assassination must resign

Sen. Maria Chappelle-Nadal has made controversial statements for years. But her statement on Facebook that she hoped President Donald Trump would be assassinated has rightly led to numerous calls for her resignation.

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MU students enjoyed long duration of totality on first day of school

Aug 21, 2017

MU students camped out on the Francis Quadrangle with tiger stripe eclipse glasses and enjoyed a two-and-a-half minutes' totality on the first day of school August 21, 2017.

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