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Weaving Splendor: Treasures of Asian Textiles will open Sept. 25. The exhibition features Chinese, Indian, Japanese, Persian, and Turkish costumes and textiles that haven’t been on view in decades.
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The vote is an attempt by Democrats to protect abortion rights as states set increasingly restrictive laws. But the bill, co-sponsored by Kansas Rep. Sharice Davids, faces dim prospects in the Senate. -
The Kansas City Health Department says case numbers have decreased since the city reissued its mask mandate, but it's "not out of the woods yet."
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Rae's Cafe and its owner, Amanda Wohletz, had defied the county's health order and allowed unmasked customers and employees into the restaurant.
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U.S. Rep. Sharice Davids said she thinks access to abortion is actively endangered in Kansas. She's trying to pass a federal law protecting the right to an abortion.
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Kevin Strickland has served 43 years in prison for a triple slaying in 1979 that Jackson County prosecutors now say he did not commit.
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Several leaders of Taking KC Back, which is leading an effort to recall Mayor Quinton Lucas and multiple City Council members, have close ties to the Kansas City Police Department.
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Local resettlement agencies expect hundreds of refugees to arrive in the next few months. Engoma Fataki, once a refugee himself, is an interpreter who will help students from a dozen different countries when they attend the Global Academy at the International Welcome Center.
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To honor missing and murdered Indigenous people, a group of Native American advocates is making a months-long trip across the country on foot and by bike.
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Only 45,000 of Missouri adults who received the vaccine since the state announced its vaccine lottery have entered the statewide drawing. That's fewer than 15% of the 600,000 people who entered the drawing for $10,000 prizes, which ends next month.
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