Why are the Chiefs keeping quiet about parting ways with general manager John Dorsey? What is the most surprising development of the offseason? When will Jorge Soler return to the Royals? What is Bubba Starling’s future? In his weekly Mellinger Minutes, Kansas City Star sports columnist Sam Mellinger answers these questions and more.

Sports

Sporting KC’s Benny Feilhaber out indefinitely but receives good news on ankle

His country in turmoil, Royals’ Escobar balances baseball with thoughts of Venezuela

Three early candidates emerge for Chiefs’ GM position

Local

Liberty High offers counseling for classmates of teen who was run over and killed

Liberty High School is making counselors available on Tuesday, June 27, 2017, for classmates of Jake Wehmeyer, who died Sunday when he was run over by a friend who was allegedly high on mushrooms.

Animal health corridor adds new company making horse fever treatment

Zocalo reopens in Plaza after bout with cockroaches

Shawnee Mission school board approves $34,000 raise for interim superintendent

Nation & world

Senate delays vote on health bill as Trump summons GOP members to White House

The Congressional Budget Office determined Monday, June 26, 2017, the embattled draft legislation from Senate Republicans to repeal Obamacare, called the Better Care Reconciliation Act, would cause 22 million people to lose health coverage by 2026.

Lactose intolerant guy pooh-poohs Starbucks for a milk mistake — from his toilet

Security guard is in court, accused of gunning down grandfather playing Pokémon Go

DeMario Jackson says ‘Bachelor in Paradise’ scandal made his mother ‘cry every day’

Opinion

Dave Helling: Today, Medicaid. Tomorrow, Medicare and Social Security.

The Senate health care bill makes dramatic cuts to future spending for Medicaid, the federal-state program for the working poor. Those cuts may just be a prelude to a massive battle over entitlement spending for Medicare and Social Security, the nation’s two biggest social programs.

Editorial: Allegations of bribing guards and smuggling drugs — are inmates running the Jackson County jail?

Editorial: Supreme Court makes right decision in Missouri playground case, but church-state separation issues remain unsettled

Bret Stephens: How Twitter pornified our political system

In Depth

What’s next for Democratic darling Jason Kander? Missouri politician courts national stage

Blogs & Columns

For Pete's Sake

Here’s proof there are no hard feelings between Alex Gordon and Jason Vargas

For Pete's Sake

Serena Williams takes shot at John McEnroe, poses nude for cover of Vanity Fair

For Pete's Sake

John McEnroe’s comment on Serena Williams ignites gender debate about defining greatness

Videos

Ned Yost on having to learn how to accept losses in baseball

Jun 25, 2017

Kansas City Royals manager Ned Yost answered a question before Sunday's game against the Blue Jays about how he learned how to handle the emotional toll of losing baseball games over the course of a full season.

David Eulitt and Rustin Dodd The Kansas City Star