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2025 brought a lot of grief for governments in Kansas City, Missouri, and Jackson County: the expensive departure of the city's highest-paid official, a property tax scandal that left the county's top lawmaker rebuked, and the Chiefs' planned move to Kansas. But there's something to look forward to, too: the 2026 FIFA World Cup.

Missouri residents voted to legalize abortion, overturning one of the most restrictive abortion bans in the nation. They also voted to raise the minimum wage and send Josh Hawley back to the U.S. Senate. In Kansas, voters reelected Sharice Davids to the U.S. House. Plus, Kansas City and Johnson County voters made big decisions about their top law enforcement officials.

Hillary Clinton and Bernie Sanders sparred over Wall Street's influence on politics, which candidate is more loyal to President Obama and the record of Henry Kissinger as secretary of state.

An 80s hairband and American cooking doyenne Julia Child are an unlikely combo, and yet, in this tribute video mash-up by our colleagues at WGBH, it works. Child would have turned 100 on August 15.

A woman who lived in one of the buildings said she stayed with her parents the night before the collapse because many of the doors in her building wouldn't close. "It could have been me," she said.

Two area hospitals earned spots on U.S. News & World Report’s “Best Hospitals” list.The University of Kansas Hospital was deemed to be the best hospital…

Noel King talks to Sen. Robert Menendez of New Jersey, the ranking Democrat on the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, about the Trump administration's approach to North Korea's denuclearization.

Democratic enthusiasm was up in Texas, but it's still a very Republican state. Statewide, Democrats face an uphill climb, but in key suburban House races, they could make gains.

In the wake of an active shooter incident, certain talking point are circulate online and in the media. Here are six common misconceptions about active shooters, the facts and the research.

Director of National Intelligence Dan Coats is a former member of Congress and remained popular on Capitol Hill. John Ratcliffe, the president's new pick, is a comparative newcomer.