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April 20, 2016

• Kansas City among nation’s worst in ‘energy burden’ on low-income families
• K-State is sued by students who say the university refuses to investigate alleged frat house rapes
• Hall Family Foundation gift brings $8 million to KU Cancer Center
• Vote on Missouri ‘religious freedom’ amendment is delayed
• Legislature must save Kansas from Gov. Sam Brownback’s failed tax cuts
• Raymore man is indicted in bank robbery
• Two Kansas City men are charged in Grandview gas station robbery
• Reward increases to solve fatal shooting of Lee’s Summit man
• Kansas City man shot to death at his front door is identified
• Federal prosecutors add 11 charges against KCK man in kidnapping case
• Gladstone woman dies after boyfriend allegedly hits her in the head with a plate
• Missouri lawmakers rebuff Kansas Gov. Sam Brownback’s ‘border war’ peace offering
• MU graduate students vote to unionize
• Wisconsin high school apologizes after student wears a KKK costume to give report
• Royals fan remakes ‘Dear Future Husband’ music video with three daughters
• Fear gripped MU during last year’s racial protests; according to news reports
• Republican senate candidate bills campaign for family trip
• Olathe detects possible high lead level in one neighborhood’s water
• Readers sound off on ‘religious freedom,’ GOP, Earth Day, EPA, customer service
• Lincoln Prep, Blue Valley North are ranked No. 1 in Missouri and Kansas by U.S. News & World Report
• 10 things to know about Harriet Tubman (her nickname was ‘Minty’)
• TheChat: Mayor Francis Slay looking to run statewide?
• Police: Fired cook tries to blow up Missouri sports bar
• Religious-objections supporters rally in Missouri Capitol
• Report: Life expectancy dipped for white women in U.S.
• Maggie, ‘oldest dog’ in the world, has died
• Independence trial opens in death of door-to-door survey worker Summer Shipp
• Trump towers, Hillary’s Empire state delivers while Cruz, Kasich, Bernie slip
• KC’s Unicorn Theatre one of three in U.S. to debut ‘The Ghosts of Lote Bravo’
• This weekend in Kansas City: Comedians Sommore at KC Improv and Bill Burr at Sprint Center, Lyric Opera’s ‘Carmen,’ Walk MS
• Woman is arraigned in alleged Black & Veatch embezzlement
• Those unlimited fries at new McDonald’s in St. Joseph? Only for a limited time
• Fishing report for April 21
• Royals fans vent about Joakim Soria, who heard boos at Kauffman Stadium
• Royals trade minor-league first baseman Cody Decker to Colorado for cash
• Mavericks take three-game lead in playoff series with 4-2 win over Quad City
• Linebacker Jaylon Smith’s NFL draft value remains in question
• Rating the top inside linebackers in the 2016 NFL draft
• After two-game skid, Sporting KC ratchets up practice intensity
• Local author Vern Barnet to discuss Shakespeare and his sonnets Saturday at Westport library
• Chinese consortium reaches deal to buy Lexmark
• HCA Midwest will expand three hospitals in the Kansas City area
• Mitsubishi admits cheating on fuel economy tests
• To enliven sales, Cheerios will get spiced up
• U.S. Bancorp’s profit declines 3.1 percent
• Males with enlarged breasts, some in their teens, are turning to reduction surgery
• Winning lottery numbers for Wednesday, April 20
• Mizzou will screen ESPN’s documentary on Norm Stewart before it debuts
• Missouri men’s basketball receives good news with latest APR score
• Ninth-inning rally comes up short, Royals fall to Tigers 3-2
• Royals will use Kelvin Herrera in eighth inning as Joakim Soria works through mechanical flaw
• Construction starts on Kansas City MLB Urban Youth Academy
• New duplexes add low-income housing on Kansas City’s East Side
• Court rejects religious challenge to Kansas schools science standards
• Cody Whitehair, Glenn Gronkowski, Morgan Burns give Kansas State presence at NFL Draft
• Kansas State coach Bill Snyder takes chance on receiver Byron Pringle
• Kansas State football’s APR score tops Big 12 for third straight year
• Two KU quarterbacks given additional year of eligibility
• KU men’s basketball has another strong showing in latest APR release
• Google Fiber will continue Digital Inclusion Fellowships in KC and other markets
• Kansas, Kansas City temporary suspensions for health code violations for April 20