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Kansas City expert warns that AI cannot replace human connection: 'There is no depth there'
While artificial intelligence can automate some tasks, users should be cautious when looking to chatbots for social connection or mental health advice, a Kansas City University psychology professor says.
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Father of Parkland mass shooting victim will speak in Kansas City about gun reform
Since his daughter Jaime was killed, along with 16 others, in the 2018 mass shooting at a high school in Parkland, Florida, Fred Guttenberg has been an outspoken advocate for gun control. He's coming to Kansas City on Monday for a community forum hosted by Grandparents for Gun Safety.
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As threats increase, Kansas Safe Schools director says safety officials need to keep improving
The beginning of this school years was "a rough couple of weeks," said John Calvert, the director of the Kansas Department of Education's Safe and Secure Schools Unit. School shooting responders must learn from mistakes of the past, he said.
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A Kansas City actress becomes Billie Holiday in KC Rep's 'Lady Day'
Angela Wildflower grew up in Kansas City, Kansas, and has since gone on to perform in Broadway productions and popular television series. She plays the iconic jazz singer in "Lady Day at Emerson's Bar and Grill," which runs through Oct. 27 at the Kansas City Repertory Theatre.
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Kansas City is attracting more projects like 'Ted Lasso.' But the city's film industry isn't new
Film crews seem to be getting more common in Kansas City thanks to state and local tax incentives. Two veterans of the Kansas City film industry also remember the 1990s as a heyday of filming in town.
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What public media funding cuts mean for stations in small Missouri and Kansas towns
Public media organizations in small towns and rural areas relied more heavily on funding from the Corporation for Public Broadcasting than their urban counterparts. Now that funding is rescinded, here's how two in Kansas and Missouri are planning for the future.
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This Lee's Summit mom says that parenting is 'more complicated' than it used to be
Raising kids is harder now than 10-15 years ago, so much so that the U.S. Surgeon General issued a health advisory about parenting. A Kansas City mental health expert and parent discuss the modern day challenges to raising children.
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KC Soundcheck: Tim Whitmer Good Time Quartet
After 20 years, veteran jazz performer Tim Whitmer is out with a new album. Recorded live at the Black Dolphin, the two-disc record captures the sound and energy of Kansas City jazz.
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Kansas City Zoo's giraffes are getting a $21 million habitat makeover
The Kansas City Zoo & Aquarium announced this week that it plans to construct a giraffe complex with indoor and outdoor viewing areas — and the chance to feed the giraffes — set to open in 2026.
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Kansas City has a wheelchair football team — and they're undefeated just like the Chiefs
To cap a lossless season, much like their NFL counterparts, the Kansas City Chiefs Wheelchair Football Team will play in wheelchair football's national championship game on November 23 here in Kansas City. It would be their second title in four years.
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