Peggy Lowe
ReporterPeggy Lowe is a veteran investigative reporter based at KCUR, NPR’s member station in Kansas City. She also serves as a correspondent for Marketplace, public media’s national business show.
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Abortion is already an issue, as Missouri’s Josh Hawley, who Trump has said he’d like on the high court, vowed to fight for a replacement who will undo Roe v. Wade. -
Although "I can't breathe" has become a rallying cry of outrage about police brutality since the killing of George Floyd in May, the Kansas City 15-year-old used the same words in a November 2019 incident.
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The killing of 4-year-old LeGend Taliferro, who was shot while asleep in his bed, is among the many violent crimes during a summer of record-breaking homicides and heartbreak.
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Coleman, a fierce advocate for young sexual assault survivors, took her own life on Tuesday. “She was so brave but she was tired and scared,” her mother wrote on Facebook.
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The two officers were indicted in May on misdemeanor charges in the beating of Breona “Briya” Hill, but a grand jury upped the charges to felonies after two law enforcement trainers said the officers’ actions weren’t justified.
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Although expected since April, the move marks a new era in one of downtown’s largest attractions.
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The Kansas Bureau of Investigation has been looking into allegations of sexual violence involving Roger Golubski, who is now retired.
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Randy Lopez, a Kansas City, Kansas, school board member, says the task force is solely for listening to the community. He wants to push for immediate reform.
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Wyandotte County District Attorney Mark Dupree tells KCUR’s “Up To Date” that the prosecutor’s office used to pass around a noose when a case ended in a hung jury.
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While not surprising, given the merger was approved two months ago, the end of the Sprint era in Kansas City is near.
