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A year ago, KCUR aired the "coronavirus diaries" of a Kansas City native teaching English in China. Back then, his account of life in quarantine — including an eerily quiet Super Bowl watch party — seemed unimaginable. Now, the normalcy of his post-COVID life is what's surreal.

A year ago, KCUR aired the "coronavirus diaries" of a Kansas City native teaching English in China. Back then, his account of life in quarantine — including an eerily quiet Super Bowl watch party — seemed unimaginable. Now, the normalcy of his post-COVID life is what's surreal.

The suit argues China's efforts to suppress information, arrest whistleblowers and deny the coronavirus’ contagious nature led to the loss of life and severe economic consequences in Missouri.

Segment 1: A former Kansas City journalist living in China reflects on life under partial lockdown.As the Coronavirus becomes a bigger threat in the U.S.,…

The first phase of a new trade agreement between the United States and China is scheduled for a White House signing ceremony Wednesday and many in the...

Segment 1: What the junior senator from Missouri can gain from the issues he chooses to tackle.Freshman Sen. Josh Hawley has been vociferous in his…

Wrens chirp and butterflies fly between clover blossoms in a pasture in northeast Nebraska. It’s a serene scene until Dave Wright calls his cows and...

U.S. farmers have long depended on foreign buyers for some of their corn, soybeans, pork and other products. And federal officials have used some...

It’s morning. You pull out your favorite box of cereal and pour it into a bowl. Then you go to your fridge to grab the milk, only to find that the jug...

Kansas City recyclers take heart, for now.Despite reports that some waste companies in the U.S. are burning recycled paper and plastic or sending it to…

Segment 1: A Kansas bill aims to make the state the nation's first to check new-case DNA evidence with connection to closed cases. Currently, biological…

The U.S. trade war with China, now approaching a year, is often framed as hurting manufacturing and agriculture the most. But that’s mainly collateral...