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In addition to threatening criminal penalties for blocking streets, the GOP-led bill would lower the gun conceal and carry age to 18, ban police chokeholds, and criminalize officers having sex with detainees.

The guilty verdict prompted tears, relief and joy for local civil rights and racial equity advocates, who are still determined to drive forward local police reform.

Derek Chauvin now faces murder charges for the death of George Floyd last May. For some activists in Kansas City, the trial's verdict could be an opportunity for justice, or a catalyst for further protest.

The new policy will prohibit officers from using so-called less-lethal weapons to disperse crowds engaging in "First Amendment-protected activities" like public protests.

The Kansas City Police officer seen pepper spraying a teenager in a viral Twitter video at last summer's Black Lives Matter Protests has been charged with misdemeanor assault.

Days after the Jackson County Prosecutor announced she will not bring charges against a Kansas City police officer who shot and killed an unarmed Black man in March 2020, protestors took to the streets.

Expert warns that groups like the Proud Boys aren't operating on emotion but on ideology.

The extent of white supremacist groups in Missouri, and a venue in the historic 18th and Vine district is giving artists a live audience for their music and poetry.

The Kansas City Chiefs are headed back to the biggest stage in football and, once again, protesters are calling out the team’s troublesome traditions that borrow from Native American culture.

Local faith leaders said Hawley's support of those involved in the Jan. 6 attack on the Capitol proves that he is unfit for office.

Donald Trump has vowed to return to the national political scene following his November loss to Joe Biden.

A look at the former president's chances of making a political comeback, and Kansas City's only college football team is poised for a championship season.