Frank Morris

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Kansas City will have the first stadium specifically for women's professional sports

Monday, October 23, 2023

Women's soccer will pass a milestone next year when what's billed as the first stadium designed and built specifically for women's professional sports opens in Kansas City.

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Kansas City faces outsized impact of looming government shutdown

Friday, September 29, 2023

Federal workers across the country are bracing to lose pay indefinitely. Many have weathered shutdowns before and some face losing income at particularly inconvenient times in their lives.

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The debate over crop insurance, as climate change drives the price up

Thursday, September 14, 2023

Climate change is making insuring crops more risky, but the federally subsidized crop insurance program's payouts are up 500%. With a new Farm Bill coming, critics want to rethink the program.

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Some say subsidized crop insurance, which is up for renewal, shields farmers too much

Thursday, September 14, 2023

Climate change is making insuring crops more risky, but the federally subsidized crop insurance program's payouts are up 500%. With a new Farm Bill coming, critics want to rethink the program.

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Distrust undermined the U.S. pandemic response. Now it continues to erode health care

Monday, August 28, 2023

High levels of distrust undermined the country's pandemic response and possibly caused half a million deaths. Distrust continues to erode health care, diminish access and give old diseases a chance.

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'Miracle' exhumed nun draws pilgrims to rural Missouri

Monday, June 19, 2023

A "miracle" has pilgrims flocking to a tiny monastery in rural Missouri. The body of a nun who was buried without embalming in a wooden casket four years ago is remarkably well preserved.

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Drought conditions in Kansas, the nation's largest wheat producer, take a toll

Wednesday, June 07, 2023

A deep and persistent drought has parched much of Kansas, and wheat farmers there now expect the smallest harvest in at least 60 years.

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A duck gives a homeless man a new lease on life

Tuesday, May 02, 2023

A wayward duck helped a man in crisis and opened up a whole world of wildlife, death and reproduction he never imagined he would find in a Kansas City creek.

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How a wayward duck changed a Kansas City homeless man's life

Tuesday, May 02, 2023

When Dave Hughes lost his job and his place to live, he found refuge living under a bridge on Brush Creek in the middle of Kansas City, Mo. Then an ostracized duck gave him a new lease on life.

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A new freight rail line is the first to run through Mexico, the U.S. and Canada

Saturday, April 15, 2023

Canadian Pacific is buying Kansas City Southern. The first big railroad merger in decades will create North America's first transcontinental railroad. There are concerns about competition and safety.

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Manufacturing, price gauging are among the concerns about new U.S. military arms race

Friday, April 07, 2023

The U.S. is low on rockets and artillery shells. Congress is funding a huge arms buying spree, but U.S. factories can't produce munitions fast enough. Price gauging is also a concern.

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The push to rebuild the U.S.'s nuclear stockpile

Thursday, March 09, 2023

Much of America's nuclear arsenal is decades out of date. A huge and urgent push to rebuild it has started, but there aren't enough workers with the skills and mechanical aptitude to do this work.

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Hundreds of thousands of people turn out for Chiefs Super Bowl victory parade

Thursday, February 16, 2023

Kansas City celebrated the Chiefs' Super Bowl win with a raucous parade and rally that turned the city's downtown red.

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Kansas City held a parade to celebrate the Super Bowl win

Wednesday, February 15, 2023

It's time for a parade and rally for Super Bowl champs the Kansas City Chiefs. Much of the city attended.

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A court in Kansas is reconsidering the death penalty

Monday, February 06, 2023

The ACLU plans to make a case against capital punishment in a Kansas hearing on Monday. Prosecutors there are seeking the death penalty for a man accused of a double murder.

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Encore: Why a shortage of parking places for tractor-trailers is a stubborn problem

Friday, January 20, 2023

Semitruck drivers spend hours searching for parking spots, which cuts into their earnings and slows down the supply chain. Many truckers are counting on a bipartisan push in Congress to help.

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There is 1 parking space for every 11 semi trucks on the road. Why that's a problem

Thursday, January 19, 2023

Semitruck drivers spend hours searching for parking spots, which cuts their earnings and slows down the supply chain. Truckers are counting on a bipartisan push in Congress to help.

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How a bowling alley in a 100-year old church building became home base for Croatian soccer fans

Saturday, December 17, 2022

Croation soccer fans will crowd into a basement bowling alley in Kansas City, Kan., Saturday morning to watch their national team play Morocco for third place in the World Cup.

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North Carolina attacks highlight the vulnerability of power grids

Monday, December 12, 2022

The substation attack in a North Carolina county proved, once again, that the country's power grid is susceptible to sabotage. It's America's Achilles heel says security expert Mike Mabee

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Why turkey prices are at record highs for this Thanksgiving Day

Monday, November 14, 2022

Thanksgiving is next week and turkey prices are at record highs. There are multiple reasons for that.

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