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Bids for a 2012 McLaren MP4-12C were taken by Eddie Powers on Thursday, April 28, 2016, during the sale of vehicles seized by the U.S. Marshals Service from convicted Overland Park embezzler Thomas Hauk. The auction was held at the KCI Auto Auction, 11101 N. Congress Avenue.
Keith Myers
kmyers@kcstarc.com
Streetcar Authority Executive Director Tom Gerend, (left to right) 6th District at-large City Councilman Scott Taylor, 3rd District Councilman Jermaine Reed, Streetcar Authority board member Matt Staub and Streetcar Authority Board Chairman Mike Hagedorn all check out the sights while riding the KC Streetcar for the first time Thursday on a round trip starting from Union Station to the River Market back to Union Station. This was a special ride for officials and guests prior to May 6th grand opening for the KC Streetcar.
Joe Ledford
jledford@kcstar.com
Kansas City 3rd District Councilman Jermaine Reed was jubilant after taking his first ride on the KC Streetcar. Some members of the Kansas City Council including other officials and guests were able to ride the KC Streetcar for a preview a round trip ride, Thursday starting at Union Station. The grand opening is scheduled for May 6, 2016.
Joe Ledford
jledford@kcstar.com
Kameron Washington, (left, front) 7 year-old has his picture taken by Kansas City, Mo., 3rd District Councilman Jermaine Reed while riding the KC Streetcar for the first time on Thursday during a special ride for the city council members, officials and guests. The grand opening for the streetcar is May 6, 2016. Other people riding the streetcar (second from left) Patrick Wagner, 10 year-old, son of 1st District at-large Councilman Scott Wagner (second from right) and Kansas City 5th District Councilwoman Alissia Canady (third from left) and Public Works Director Sherri McIntyre (third from right).
Joe Ledford
jledford@kcstar.com
Kansas City, Kan., firefighters battled a fire at ACH Foam Technologies, 1400 N. 3rd St., on Thursday, April 28, 2016, in Kansas City, Kan. The blaze was quickly brought under control, but spewed a large column of black smoke before the fire was extinguished.
Tammy Ljungblad
Tammy Ljungblad
After Kansas City, Kan., firefighters extinguished a blaze at ACH Foam Technologies, 1400 N. 3rd St., on Thursday, April 28, 2016, in Kansas City, Kan., they brought in an airboat to help clear the building of smoke.
Tammy Ljungblad
Tammy Ljungblad
A man wearing a full animal costume and surgical mask walks out of a TV station in Baltimore, Thursday, April 28, 2016. Baltimore police say a department sniper shot the man, who police say walked into a TV station displaying what appeared to be an explosive device on his chest.
Kenneth K. Lam
AP
Acquaintances of three men found shot to death in a house in South Sacramento, Calif., react to the news Thursday, April 28, 2016. Sheriff deputies responded to a call to the home about 6:30 a.m., and found the victims, who were declared dead at the scene. No motive or suspect descriptions have been released.
Rich Pedroncelli
Crews begin to remove a massive gray whale carcass from Southern California's San Onofre State Beach in San Clemente, Calif., Thursday, April 28, 2016. The whale washed ashore Sunday at a famous surf break called Lower Trestles north of downtown San Diego.
Mark Rightmire
AP
Christie's employees display a portrait from 1778 by Sir Joshua Reynolds, centre, as a family portrait from 1992 by Lucien Freud hangs left, and a portrait from 1864 by Frederic, Lord Leighton hangs right, at Christie's auction rooms in London, Thursday, April 28, 2016. The three paintings will be part of a curated evening sale called Defining British Art, and marks the start of Christie's 250th anniversary celebrations.
Kirsty Wigglesworth
AP
A protestor kicks a tear gas canister during a protest against the proposed changes to France's working week and layoff practices, in Lyon, central France, Thursday, April 28, 2016. French protesters are back on the streets over proposed reforms to the country's labor rules and strikers have forced cancellations and delays at two airports serving Paris.
Laurent Cipriani
AP
Volkswagen cars are presented to media inside a delivery tower prior to the company's annual press conference in Wolfburg, Germany, Thursday, April 28, 2016.
Markus Schreiber
AP
A supporter of the PHTK presidential candidate Jovenel Moise, is arrested by national police officers in front of the parliament building during a protest to demand the government restart the electoral process for a presidential runoff that has been postponed three times, in Port-au-Prince, Haiti, Thursday, April 28, 2016. The U.S. State Department's special coordinator for Haiti arrived Thursday seeking to help resolve a political standoff that has left elections in the Caribbean nation in limbo.
Dieu Nalio Chery
AP
A Maasai man in ceremonial dress poses for visitors to take photographs of him in front of one of around a dozen pyres of ivory, in Nairobi National Park, Kenya Thursday, April 28, 2016. The Kenya Wildlife Service (KWS) has stacked 105 tons of ivory consisting of 16,000 tusks, and 1 ton of rhino horn, from stockpiles around the country, in preparation for it to be torched on Saturday to encourage global efforts to help stop the poaching of elephants and rhinos.
Ben Curtis
AP
In this image made from video and posted online from Validated UGC, a Civil Defense worker carries a child after airstrikes hit Aleppo, Syria, Thursday, April 28, 2016. A Syrian monitoring group and a first-responders team say new airstrikes on the rebel-held part of the contested city of Aleppo have killed over a dozen people and brought down at least one residential building. The new violence on Thursday brings the death toll in the past 24-hours in the deeply divided city to at least 61 killed.
An elderly woman spreads incense near a grave at sunrise in the village of Copaciu, southern Romania, early Thursday, April 28, 2016. On Maundy Thursday, during the Holy Week, many Romanians visit the graves of their loved ones, light fires and share food with community members in memory of the departed, ahead of Orthodox Easter, celebrated this year on May 1.
Andreea Alexandru
AP
People row boats on a flooded street of Villa Paranacito, Entre Rios, Argentina, Thursday, April 28, 2016. The Argentine Red Cross estimates that around 30,000 people have been affected after rains swelled rivers, swamping fields and towns nationwide.
Natacha Pisarenko
AP
The Christ the Redeemer statue is illuminated in green and yellow, the colors of the Brazil's flag, to mark 100 days before the nation hosts the Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, Wednesday, April 27, 2016. The Olympic flame was lit in Greece on Wednesday and will reach Brazil next Tuesday, starting in the capital of Brasilia. It will reach Rio's Maracana Stadium for the opening ceremony on Aug. 5.
Felipe Dana
NFL commissioner Roger Goodell arrives to announce the first pick by the Los Angeles Rams in the first round of the 2016 NFL football draft, Thursday, April 28, 2016, in Chicago.
Charles Rex Arbogast
AP
California’s Jared Goff poses for photos with NFL commissioner Roger Goodell after being selected by the Los Angeles Rams as the first pick in the first round of the 2016 NFL football draft, Thursday, April 28, 2016, in Chicago.
Charles Rex Arbogast
AP
California’s Jared Goff poses for photos after being selected by the Los Angeles Rams as the first pick in the first round of the 2016 NFL football draft, Thursday, April 28, 2016, in Chicago.
Charles Rex Arbogast
AP
Sporting Kansas City defender Matt Besler, top right, and midfielder Roger Espinoza (27) fight for control of the ball with Vancouver Whitecaps forward Kekuta Manneh during the second half of an MLS soccer game Wednesday, April 27, 2016, in Vancouver, British Columbia.
JONATHAN HAYWARD
AP
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