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Peggy Lowe/KCUR 89.3Replacing the French blue shirt and wool pants worn since 1984, the new uniform is all navy blue and has a freshly designed shoulder patch. “The look and the feel of our police force is changing,” said Tom Whittaker, chair of the Board of Police Commissioners. -
Carson McNamara for The Marshall Project"We're talking about constitutional rights in someone's dying moments," one advocate said.
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A 37-year-old mother of three, Renee Nicole Macklin Good had recently moved to Minnesota from Kansas City, Missouri. Protests erupted in Minneapolis on Wednesday after ICE agents fatally shot Good inside her car. -
The Prairie Band Potawatomi Nation’s agriculture business grows hemp without irrigation, insecticides or plowing. Now its product is helping to build a home in Ogden. -
Renee Nicole Good was fatally shot by an immigration officer Wednesday. She was reportedly driving a car registered in Kansas City and had ties here. -
President Trump said the U.S. would "run" Venezuela, following the capture of President Nicolás Maduro on Saturday. But many questions remain about what's next. -
President Trump said the United States would "run" Venezuela. But interim President Delcy Rodríguez denounced the U.S. operation and rejected the idea of U.S. control. -
Missouri and Kansas officials in Congress spoke out about the overnight raid in Venezuela and capture of President Nicolas Madura by the Trump administration. -
President Trump says the United States conducted a strike in Venezuela and captured that country's president, Nicolás Maduro along with his wife, Cilia Flores. -
Minimum wage workers in Missouri got a pay boost on January 1. But just across the border, the Kansas minimum wage has been stuck at $7.25, the same as the federal rate, with no planned increases in sight. -
The Missouri Supreme Court's unanimous decision cited a lack of decorum by the St. Charles county judge in his choice to dress like Elvis Presley and play Presley's music through his phone in court. -
After several years of record homicides and other violent crime, Kansas City leaders now point to a decrease in homicides, nonfatal shootings, burglaries and property damage. Police Chief Stacey Graves attributed it to more officers and a citywide focused deterrence program. -
"Seized" tells the story of the Marion County Record. It will "make people think about what journalism really is and what people really want journalism to be," its director and producer said. -
Bonner Springs is giving more than $200 million of tax incentives for Mattel Adventure Park. City officials say it will boost the local tax revenues. But a public finance expert says the deal will mostly cost the state.
