The two candidates for Missouri governor squared off in Branson, Mo. Repubican Eric Greitens used the opportunity to criticize Democrat Chris Koster on a number of issues.
Alabama Chief Justice Roy Moore was removed from the bench Friday for defying the U.S. Supreme Court on gay marriage, more than a decade after he was ousted for disobeying a federal order to take down a 2 ½-ton monument to the Ten Commandments.
He may not be familiar with the Syrian city of Aleppo and blank out when asked who’s his favorite world leader, but Libertarian Party presidential candidate Gary Johnson is "extremely physically fit and healthy," according to a note from his doctor released Friday.
A federal control board on Friday took over Puerto Rico's finances and several government agencies for the first time in the U.S. territory's history in a bid to haul the island out of an acute economic crisis.
Kansas officials on Friday approved the state's share of a settlement in a federal lawsuit over the death of a 4-year-old northeast Kansas boy that contributed to scrutiny of the state's foster care agency.
Overall crime continues to sink, says the FBI’s recent report on 2015 crime. Yet violent crime has sprung back up the last two years, especially in urban areas. Kansas City was among seven U.S. communities cited by the FBI. One still unproven theory for the rise: The Ferguson effect.
America’s voting machines are aging. Many are approaching the end of their intended lifespan. The danger of cyber-attacks — or any tinkering with the American voting system — is a lot like terrorism. The mere threat of it, the fear of it, does the most damage. All that is really necessary is to undermine the public’s belief that their vote will be accurately counted.
The Kansas U.S. House race focused on education this week, while the two candidates for Missouri governor scrapped over women’s issues and tax returns.
Donald Trump suggests in a videotaped deposition released Friday that his presidential campaign could boost business at his hotels and increase the value of his personal brand.
Plunging deeper into campaign controversy, Donald Trump publicly shamed a former beauty queen on Friday for her "disgusting" sexual past and then — in one of presidential history's more bizarre moments — encouraged Americans to watch a "sex tape" he said would support his case.
Kansas Secretary of State Kris Kobach was scheduled to appear in federal court Friday morning to answer an allegation that he’s failed to add thousands of motor voters who didn’t prove they were citizens to the state’s voter roll. Attorneys came to an agreement Thursday that led to the hearing being canceled.
The Obama administration failed to follow the president's health care law in a $5 billion dispute over compensating insurers for high costs from seriously ill patients, Congress' investigative arm said Thursday.
Just as Chicago, New Orleans and other cities have major arts festivals that draw thousands, so Kansas City Mayor Sly James would like to see the city host a festival next September to showcase and promote local talent in all sorts of artistic mediums.
CNN said Thursday that its analyst Corey Lewandowski, the former Donald Trump campaign manager, has cut all financial ties to the campaign and is no longer receiving monthly severance payments.
The Meyer Circle Sea Horse Fountain is one of the Kansas City's fountains that is broken and needs extensive repairs as Jocelyn Ball-Edson, senior landscape architect with the Kansas City Parks and Recreation department and David Ford of Walter P Moore Associates; discuss the next step of analyzing the data for repairs. The fountain was not in operation this summer.
Donald Trump's five-day feud with a former beauty queen is only the latest example of his insistence on airing and re-airing his grievances no matter the political cost.
Donald Trump is encouraging voters to check out a "sex tape" featuring the former beauty queen with whom he's feuding. Hillary Clinton's campaign is suggesting that a better rental is the adult film in which Trump himself appears.
The Meyer Circle Sea Horse Fountain is one of the Kansas City's fountains that is broken and needs extensive repairs as Jocelyn Ball-Edson, senior landscape architect with the Kansas City Parks and Recreation department and David Ford of Walter P Moore Associates; discuss the next step of analyzing the data for repairs. The fountain was not in operation this summer.
Joe LedfordThe Kansas City Star
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Meyer Circle Sea Horse Fountain in need of repairs
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Jason Kander, Roy Blunt react to Friday debate
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Sam Brownback talks Trump, race issues
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KC police, Jackson County prosecutor awarded federal grants
