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Latest Segments
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Paula Doran/The Golden ScoopThe Golden Scoop in Overland Park, which hires people with developmental and intellectual disabilities, is closing the doors on its flagship store and going mobile with an ice cream truck. CEO Amber Schreiber said employees will learn new skills and meet more community members. -
Annelise Hanshaw/Missouri IndependentMissouri Attorney General Catherine Hanaway is expecting additional challenges to the state's congressional districts and the outcome of the Nov. 3 election. However, she said her office will defend the use of the 2022 map, which is "the law now in Missouri" following rulings by the U.S. Supreme Court. -
Carlos Moreno/KCURThe president and CEO of Kansas City University fears the Education Department's new borrowing cap on federal loans for professional degrees will prevent qualified students from attending medical school. -
Carlos Moreno/KCURFormer Deputy National Security Advisor Ben Rhodes, who served under President Barack Obama, and Republican strategist Annie Kelly Kuhle joined KCUR’s Up To Date to discuss next week’s midterm elections.
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Two teams from the Kansas City suburbs faced off for the inaugural Kansas title in girls flag football. Newly anointed champions St. James Academy hope it’s a critical moment in advancing participation and support for women’s sports. -
Kansas is just over one week away from the 2026 midterm election. Pastor Adam Hamilton, the Democratic candidate for U.S. Senate in Kansas, spoke to KCUR's Up To Date about his focus on “leading from the middle” and his frustration with the Trump administration’s foreign policy. -
A body-horror novel about parasitic vampires, a beautifully designed scientific book about eerie plants and an exploration of family history narrated by the ghosts of ancestors are among Kansas City librarians’ and booksellers’ picks this Halloween season. -
Keri Ingle, who has represented in the Missouri House since 2019, is running against outgoing Missouri House Speaker Jon Patterson to represent Lee’s Summit, Blue Springs and other cities in eastern Jackson County in the state Senate. Democrats are targeting the seat in hopes of breaking the chamber’s Republican supermajority. -
Kansas City Rabbi Doug Alpert was detained for several hours by Israeli forces this week while helping Palestinian farmers harvest olives in the West Bank. He joined KCUR’s Up To Date to discuss what happened.
