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KCK utility investigating power line death
Board of Public Utilities officials are investigating why a downed power line remained unattended for more than 11 hours before it killed a 27-year-old Shawnee man early Sunday.
Arizona voters in 2004 approved Proposition 200, which requires voters to document their citizenship before allowing them to cast ballots in federal elections. The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday struck down the law.
Supreme Court ruling on voter I.D. could affect Kansas law
The U.S. Supreme Court ruled Monday that Arizona cannot require voters to document their citizenship before allowing them to cast ballots in federal elections.
The Royals' Elliot Johnson slides home to score from third on a wild pitch by Indians relief pitcher Matt Albers, who covered home plate on the play, in the ninth inning of Monday's game in Cleveland.
Royals are back at .500 after rallying for 2-1 victory over Indians
And so it continues. The Royals’ attack, in support of James Shields, remains colder than a witch’s dreams. Yet somehow, recently, it all turns out well.
Scott Pioli
Joining media won’t fix Scott Pioli’s NFL reputation
Scott Pioli’s new life will require a microphone and makeup and there are a million jokes we can make here, some of them funny, all of them missing the point.
FILE - In this Jan. 10, 2009 photo, a Dish Network booth at the Consumer Electronics Shows in Las Vegas, is shown. Dish Network gained more subscribers for the third straight quarter, and the nation's second-largest satellite TV operator reported Monday, March 1, 2010, a better-than-expected fourth-quarter profit even though its earnings declined.(AP Photo/Paul Sakuma, file) ORG XMIT: NYBZ173
Sprint Nextel sues to stop Dish Network’s bid for Clearwire shares
Sprint Nextel Corp. took its merger plans from the boardroom to the courtroom Monday, suing its partner Clearwire Corp. and rival Dish Network Corp.
Kansas City Royals hitting coach George Brett
Some pop from (some of the) pops
It was the day after Father’s Day on Monday at Progressive Field when the Royals staged a certain highlight to their first fathers’ road trip.
After their Kiss Cam appearance, Marianne Dunn and Bill Dunn, Jr., of Kansas City, Mo, hug as videographer Bob Brunk captures the moments during the seventh inning of Tuesday's game between the Kansas City Royals and Detroit Tigers.
Getting to first base: Meet the mastermind behind the Royals’ Kiss Cam
Contrary to popular opinion, the most powerful man in the Kansas City Royals organization isn’t owner David Glass or manager Ned Yost or even the big-boned, big-swinging slugger Billy Butler.
FILE - This June 9, 2013 photo provided by The Guardian newspaper in London shows Edward Snowden, who worked as a contract employee at the U.S. National Security Agency, in Hong Kong. The Guardian newspaper says that the British eavesdropping agency GCHQ repeatedly hacked into foreign diplomats' phones and emails when the U.K. hosted international conferences, even going so far as to set up a bugged Internet café in an effort to get an edge in high-stakes negotiations. The Guardian cites more than half a dozen internal government documents provided by former NSA contractor Edward Snowden as the basis for its reporting on GCHQ's intelligence operations.
Snowden says he's honored to be called traitor, won't return voluntarily to U.S.
NSA leaker Edward Snowden is defending his disclosure of top-secret U.S. spying programs in an online chat Monday with The Guardian and is attacking U.S. officials for calling him a traitor.
Investigators look over the scene in Oakland Township, Mich., Monday, June 17, 2013, where officials search for the remains of Teamsters union president Jimmy Hoffa who disappeared from a Detroit-area restaurant in 1975.
Still no Hoffa after 1st day of latest search
Federal agents revived the hunt for the remains of Jimmy Hoffa on Monday, digging around in a suburban Detroit field where a reputed Mafia captain says the Teamsters boss' body was buried.
Kansas City pedestrian pinned by truck, breaking both legs
A truck struck a woman and pinned her ankle under a tire Monday morning on Broadway at Southwest Boulevard.
In this undated photo provided by Kraft Foods Inc., a package of Oscar Mayer Carving Board Turkey Breast is shown. More companies are now trying to make processed foods appear more homespun.
New big thing in the processed food industry: the rustic look
Here's the latest goal for food makers: Perfect the art of imperfection.
Pioneer statue in Independence missing
A life-size bronze statue of a pioneer woman has taken a journey away from home in an apparent theft from the National Frontier Trails Museum in Independence.
U.S. History students from Austin, Minn. High School visit the Supreme Court in Washington, Monday, June 17, 2013, in anticipation of key decisions being announced. With a week remaining in the current Supreme Court term, several major cases are still outstanding that could have widespread political impact on same-sex marriage, voting rights, and affirmative action.
Supreme Court: Arizona voter citizenship proof law is illegal
The Supreme Court ruled Monday that states cannot on their own require would-be voters to prove they are U.S. citizens before using a federal registration system designed to make signing up easier.
Man stunned by KC police dies during arrest in Northland
A man who climbed into a stranger’s car and refused to get out died Monday morning after struggling with Kansas City police officers who subdued him with a stun gun.
The ecstatic outpouring of Iranians dancing and celebrating in the streets Saturday night and Sunday reflected the hopes that Iran’s president-elect, Hasan Rowhani, can bring an end to the domination of hard-liners for the past eight years under Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, with arrests against the opposition and restrictions on rights.
Some hope Iran’s incoming leader can end hard-liners’ dominance
For a lesson in what Hasan Rowhani's reformist-backed presidency could mean for Iran, a promise Sunday by the ultra-powerful Revolutionary Guard to cooperate with him is a good guide.
Bill Atkinson’s wife, Angie, has helped in his search for his family. “There’s a piece of him that needs to know. … For that reason, I will never stop,” she said.
Abandoned in a phone booth 41 years ago, man continues search for parents
Everyone calls him Bill Atkinson. Before that, he was Stephen Michael Doe. And before that, well, that’s the mystery.
FILE - In this Tuesday, Oct. 9, 2012 file photo, English food writer, journalist and broadcaster, Nigella Lawson poses during the 28th MIPCOM (International Film and Programme Market for Tv, Video,Cable and Satellite) in Cannes, southeastern France. British police say they are investigating after a newspaper published photos of Nigella Lawson's husband Charles Saatchi with his hands around the celebrity chef's throat. The Sunday People newspaper ran pictures of what it said was the couple's violent argument at a London restaurant on June 9, 2013.
Police look into photos of husband with hands around Nigella Lawson's throat
British police said Monday they are investigating newspaper photos that show Nigella Lawson's husband Charles Saatchi with his hands around the celebrity chef's throat.
On the way: Drake
The “Would You Like A Tour?” tour, featuring hip-hop artist Drake plus R&B singer Miguel and rapper Future, comes to the Sprint Center on Oct. 6, a Sunday. Tickets go on sale at 10 a.m. June 28, a Friday.
Senate Minority Leader Jolie Justus, a Kansas City Democrat and the state’s only openly gay senator, called the Senate vote the nondiscrimination bill 19-11 “a turning point for the legislature.”
Push for gay rights makes strides in Missouri Senate
Steve Urie believes he lost his job because he’s gay.
Charter review changes could include more powers for KC mayor
A Kansas City citizens group meeting for the first time this week could set the stage for a more powerful mayor and for a major redrawing of City Council districts.
