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El próximo verano, Kansas City será anfitrión de seis partidos de la Copa Mundial. La actual campeona, Argentina, jugará en el estadio de Arrowhead durante la primera ronda del torneo, al igual que Argelia, Austria, Curazao, Ecuador, Países Bajos y Túnez. Los habitantes de Kansas City originarios de estos países cuentan los días que faltan para que sus equipos lleguen a su ciudad adoptada.

Kansas City will host six World Cup matches next summer. Reigning champion Argentina will play at Arrowhead Stadium during the first round of the tournament, as will Algeria, Austria, Curaçao, Ecuador, the Netherlands and Tunisia. Kansas Citians with ties to the nations are counting down the days until their teams come to their adopted city.

In August, federal immigration agents arrested Julio Rojas without a warrant and deported him without a hearing, leaving him separated from his young son. Court records show his only interaction with the law was a traffic ticket in 2018, which he paid off.

In Kansas and nationwide, the number of women having babies in their 40s is increasing. It comes as the overall birth rate declines and younger women are having fewer babies.

The beef processing plant in Olathe, Kansas, marked a turning point for Walmart. But ranchers and agricultural experts warn the nation’s already stunted beef industry could be falling under more corporate control.

The Heritage Park installation, and another in Antioch Park, heralds a renaissance of public art in the region.

Kansas Attorney General Kris Kobach alleged that the Olathe, Shawnee Mission, and Kansas City, Kansas, school districts are violating federal law by not properly notifying parents of their students’ gender identity.

A new World Cup countdown clock is up and running at the Scheels Soccer Complex in Overland Park.

When the school year ends, the need for literacy support does not. Here’s help in finding in-person and online summer reading programs around the Kansas City area.

In the 1970s, a Kansas City woman helped create Naiad Press, the largest lesbian publishing company in the world. Her goal was to tell more positive stories about queer love. Plus: Hundreds of people attend the weekly bingo night at the American Legion in Olathe, and they come to win.

Hundreds of people show up every Thursday to the American Legion Post 153 in Olathe, Kansas, hoping to get lucky at weekly bingo night. It's a chance to reconnect with friends, family and the local veteran community — but the competition is serious.

Casi uno de cada cinco padres que viven en la zona dijo a Children's Mercy Kansas City que la salud mental de su hijo era "regular" o "mala", y el 11% informó que su hijo se sentía "triste" o "sin esperanza". Los hospitales y centros de salud locales ahora intentan preparar a los padres para ayudar con el manejo de problemas de salud mental entre los jóvenes.