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Last fall, Lyft driver Antoine Roston was shot multiple times and says it's a miracle that he's alive. Roston is grateful for all the support and is throwing a public party to thank everyone. Roston works on strength and endurance of his shoulder, chest and back muscles as North Kansas City Hospital occupational therapist Stacy Cronhardt watches, Tuesday, June 12, 2018.

'Is this how it ends?' wondered Lyft driver shot in Liberty. It wasn't

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Why do hospitals still use pagers?

Does your hospital still use pagers? Your personal information may be at risk

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Raw video: Old Park Place hotel imploded Sunday morning

Implosion brings down the former Park Place Hotel in Kansas City

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US. Sen. Claire McCaskill talks with Missouri Attorney General Josh Hawley in 2017.

Melinda Henneberger

On migrant families, McCaskill and Hawley finally find an issue worth arguing over

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An Amber Alert has been canceled for Brajaean Sledge, a 15-year-old girl who police believe was with the suspect in a shooting that injured the teen's grandfather.

After her grandfather was shot and Amber Alert issued for her, KC teen has been found

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Kansas Department for Children and Families data shows that some children who receive human trafficking assessments are in juvenile detention.

Government & Politics

Dozens of possible child trafficking victims have been jailed in Kansas

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Woman visits Fresno dad she didn't know she had for Father's Day

KC area woman thought dad was her mom's old high school boyfriend. Then came DNA test

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Short argument sparks fatal shooting at Independence gas station, owner says

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Sneaky Panama tried to score while England was celebrating a goal

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Man fatally shot in Kansas City is identified; search goes on for person of interest

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Dozens of possible child trafficking victims have been jailed in Kansas

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Does your hospital still use pagers? Your personal information may be at risk

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'Is this how it ends?' wondered Lyft driver shot in Liberty. It wasn't

5:30 AM

Why do hospitals still use pagers?

Does your hospital still use pagers? Your personal information may be at risk

5:30 AM

Raw video: Old Park Place hotel imploded Sunday morning

Implosion brings down the former Park Place Hotel in Kansas City

11:24 AM

US. Sen. Claire McCaskill talks with Missouri Attorney General Josh Hawley in 2017.

Melinda Henneberger

On migrant families, McCaskill and Hawley finally find an issue worth arguing over

5:30 AM

An Amber Alert has been canceled for Brajaean Sledge, a 15-year-old girl who police believe was with the suspect in a shooting that injured the teen's grandfather.

After her grandfather was shot and Amber Alert issued for her, KC teen has been found

7:59 AM

Kansas Department for Children and Families data shows that some children who receive human trafficking assessments are in juvenile detention.

Government & Politics

Dozens of possible child trafficking victims have been jailed in Kansas

7:26 PM

Woman visits Fresno dad she didn't know she had for Father's Day

KC area woman thought dad was her mom's old high school boyfriend. Then came DNA test

2:36 PM

Sports

Carlos Correa had the game-winning hit for the Astros in the bottom of the 12th inning against the Royals in Houston on Saturday night.

After Brandon Maurer blows ninth-inning lead, Royals lose to Astros in 12 innings

Royals reliever Brandon Maurer blew a lead in the ninth inning, KC starting pitcher Ian Kennedy extended his winless streak to 14 games, Hunter Dozier hit a three-run homer off Astros starter Lance McCullers Jr. and the Royals lost to the Astros on Saturday at Minute Maid Park.

Sports

Sporting KC scores twice in last five minutes for dramatic comeback win over Houston

Former MLB All-Star Rafael Palmeiro returns to baseball with Cleburne Railroaders

The Royals are considering trying to sign Luke Heimlich. Here's why they shouldn't

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A man was killed in a shooting at an Independence gas station, police said Saturday afternoon.

Short argument sparks fatal shooting at Independence gas station, owner says

A fatal shooting at an Independence gas station started with a short argument, the owner said Sunday. Two men got into an argument that led to the shooting at the FavTrip store at 10507 E. 23rd St. Police identified the victim as Cahoon N. Littlejohn.

Man fatally shot in Kansas City is identified; search goes on for person of interest

Implosion brings down the former Park Place Hotel in Kansas City

After her grandfather was shot and Amber Alert issued for her, KC teen has been found

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Vendor Douglas Bevans sold $38 Canadian ($28 US) bottles of hot dog water at Vancouver's Car Free Day festival to prove how vulnerable people are to

Vendor sold $28 bottles of hot dog water to prove a point. And people drank it up

Vendor Douglas Bevans sold $28 bottles of hot dog water at Vancouver's Car Free Day festival to prove how vulnerable people are to "health-quackery product marketing." He sold 60 bottles of water, likening the taste to yoga-class perspiration.

'For a few minutes, I'll be closer to him': Woman skydives for Alzheimer's

Charles Krauthammer, Pulitzer Prize-winning columnist and provocateur, dies at 68

Journalists, sports figures and an endearing gorilla leave us

Opinion

Missourians deserve to know if Greitens administration violated open records laws

Gov. Eric Greitens and his staff may have violated open records laws with their use of Confide, a text-message-erasing app. But a Cole County judge's order has put the search for the truth on hold.

This November, cast your vote against the GOP

The central axiom of partisan politics: what conservatives and liberals believe

KC Repertory Theatre should return to its roots in the classics

In Depth

Let Amazon in your house? Get mail at your desk? Here’s how to beat ‘porch pirates’

Blogs & Columns

For Pete's Sake

Sneaky Panama tried to score while England was celebrating a goal

For Pete's Sake

Alcides Escobar to start Friday in center field for Royals, and fan reaction is mixed

Sam Mellinger

Not just bad but historically so — how the Royals can (eventually) laugh at 2018

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Implosion brings down the former Park Place Hotel in Kansas City

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Wendell Castle furniture sculpture showcase coming to Nelson-Atkins

Spencer Reinhard (Barry Keoghan, left) and Warren Lipka (Evan Peters) plot to steal rare books from a university library in “American Animals.”

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‘American Animals’: True crime that’s entertaining and profound

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Implosion brings down the former Park Place Hotel in Kansas City

Wendell Castle, American (1932-2018). Motown, 2016.

Arts & Culture

Wendell Castle furniture sculpture showcase coming to Nelson-Atkins

Spencer Reinhard (Barry Keoghan, left) and Warren Lipka (Evan Peters) plot to steal rare books from a university library in “American Animals.”

Movie News & Reviews

‘American Animals’: True crime that’s entertaining and profound