KU professor wants Charles Lindbergh Jr. kidnapping evidence released for DNA...
A KU historian is looking for answers to a mystery that's nearly a century old. Could DNA tests shed new light on the Lindbergh baby kidnapping case?
View ArticleKansas City’s first heat wave of the summer won’t let up until next week....
Starting Friday, the National Weather Service predicts a streak of several days above 90 degrees in Kansas City, and heavy humidity that will bring the heat index up to 105 degrees. It will also stay...
View ArticleGay rights activism at Kansas colleges
The Lawrence Gay Liberation Front has, under various names, challenged misconceptions about LGBTQ+ students at the University of Kansas for 45 years. Now, a book tells those students' stories. Plus: A...
View ArticleMore than 50 years after gay rights activism began at KU, a book explores...
Gay rights activism at the University of Kansas was led in the 1970s by the Lawrence Gay Liberation Front, but it took 10 years and a lawsuit for the student group to gain official recognition. Now,...
View ArticleThe U.S. could use 'bunker buster' bombs in Iran. Kansas City's Air Force...
Iran's most fortified nuclear facility is buried deep inside a mountain. Only the U.S. has the 30,000-pound bombs — "bunker busters" — capable of reaching it. And that option revolves around Missouri's...
View ArticlePanasonic’s $4 billion De Soto plant is close to opening. But Trump’s...
Experts say the Panasonic plant could tap the breaks on hiring while it waits out economic uncertainty. The company can still collect hundreds of millions of dollars from Kansas even if it does.
View ArticleThe U.S. may have used 'bunker buster' bombs — kept at Kansas City's Air...
Iran's most fortified nuclear facility is buried deep inside a mountain. Only the U.S. has the 30,000-pound bombs — "bunker busters" — capable of reaching it. And that option revolves around Missouri's...
View ArticleChiefs and Royals part of 'another stadium boom' as more teams seek public...
The Kansas City Chiefs and Royals are weighing competing incentive packages offered by Missouri and Kansas to help fund new stadiums. There's a wave of professional sports teams that are seeking...
View ArticleKansas City's AMERI'KANA festival will move forward after Trump revoked arts...
The National Endowment for the Arts has pulled $85,000 in funding for the Art as Mentorship nonprofit and its Celebrate AMERI'KANA Music and Arts Festival, which is scheduled for July.
View ArticleThe U.S. may have used 'bunker buster' bombs — kept at Kansas City's Air...
Iran's most fortified nuclear facility is buried deep inside a mountain. Only the U.S. has the 30,000-pound bombs — "bunker busters" — capable of reaching it. And that option revolves around Missouri's...
View ArticleKansas City’s fire department paid out $6.5 million in settlements for...
The deadly Westport crash in 2021 made the most headlines, but a KCUR investigation found more than a dozen crashes involving KCFD vehicles from 2019 to 2023.
View ArticleKCPD car wrecks cost hundreds of thousands in settlements each year — paid by...
A 10-month KCUR investigation revealed that the Kansas City Police Department accepts liability for approximately two wrecks per month. Over three years, the department paid out more than $1 million in...
View ArticleSen. Josh Hawley has concerns about the 'Big Beautiful Bill'
The U.S. Senate version of President Trump's so-called “Big Beautiful Bill” could ultimately have major budgetary consequences for Missouri, because of a provision capping a critical tax that helps pay...
View ArticleSome farmers are using this new, experimental practice to help prevent flooding
Across much of the Midwest, the atmosphere is becoming warmer and retaining more water, leading to heavier downpours. A two-crop system called relay intercropping could help farmers buffer weather...
View ArticleICE raids push farm workers to stay home ‘out of fear.’ That could hurt U.S....
The Trump administration wants Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents to raid worksites in the agriculture and hospitality industries, despite an initial reprieve this month. Experts say the policy...
View ArticleKansas City residents along the Prospect corridor say they're tired of...
After yet another violent weekend, city leaders and community activists gathered at 35th Street and Prospect Avenue at the behest of neighbors who say they are sick of the constant crime. Mayor Quinton...
View ArticleA Kansas City nurse's Middle East experience
As missile attacks intensified between Israel and Iran last week, a Kansas City-area nurse was providing aid in Jordan. She describes her experience in the country situated between two warring nations.
View ArticleMissouri bill awaiting governor's signature would ban race-based hair...
The state could soon join 27 others banning hair discrimination if Gov. Mike Kehoe signs the proposal into law.
View ArticleKansas federal lawmakers want Haskell Indian Nations University to control...
Federal lawmakers from Kansas have introduced legislation that would transfer control of Haskell Indian Nations University from the U.S. Department of Interior to Haskell’s Board of Regents but...
View ArticleInvestigating the cost of KCPD car crashes
The Kansas City Police Department pays out settlements for crashes for which it takes responsibility. A 10-month KCUR investigation uncovered how often Kansas City police wreck their vehicles — and the...
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