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Missouri's "Second Amendment Protection Act" is set to take effect Aug. 28. It declares certain federal gun laws invalid and threatens financial penalties on law enforcement agencies that enforce them.

The U.S. Justice Department has resumed "pattern-or-practice" investigations under the Biden administration. Kansas City activists hope such a probe could bring reforms to Kansas City Police.

Citing a high rate of violence against people of color, four major Kansas City groups call on Attorney General Merrick Garland to scrutinize the city's police department.

What is behind a coalition of Kansas City civil rights leaders asking the Department of Justice to investigate the city's police department, two municipalities that have considered banning conversion therapy, and the work of preserving the Kansas River.

American Century, with headquarters near the Country Club Plaza, has 1,400 employees and offices all over the world.