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The Insurance Institute for Highway Safety says the number of vehicles winning its two safety awards jumped from 39 to 71 for the 2015 model year.

Also: Islamic State militants are surrounded in Raqqa, Syria; the latest on California's wildfires; and the plague outbreak is getting worse in Madagascar.

KCI Public Vote Group Falls Short, Tries AgainA neighborhoods-based group that wants a public vote on the future of KCI Airport came up almost 600 short…

A judge let the new Missouri Congressional district map stand. A coal-fired Kansas power plant was put on hold again. And legislators talked about…

With 1.5 million deaths a year, tuberculosis has passed HIV/AIDS.

An ape escape kept zoo patrons caged for two hours, curators announced an MU-system tuition increase & more: Top stories of the week on Steve Bell's KCUR…

The Kansas City-St. Joseph Catholic Diocese released a report on sexual abuse. Kansas Citians voted to raise their taxes – a little. Those and other top…

Kansans City finally got a truancy ordinance. Kansas got a major tax-cut proposal. And a Missouri legislator came out, literally, against a bill known as…

The United States Attorney General challenged a new Kansas gun rights law. And Ford finally announced how many new jobs are coming to its Kansas City…

Two Kansas basketball teams kept a post-season presence. The city council stalled a vote on a daytime curfew. And Kansas lawmakers deadlocked on…