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| Apr 17, 2026 | $13 train fare spikes to $150 for World Cup fans attending matches in New Jersey | Getting your Trinity Audio player ready...
By PHILIP MARCELO
NEWARK, N.J. (AP) — Sky-high ticket prices won’t be the only thing emptying the wallets of soccer fans attending World Cup matches at some U.S. venues this summer.
Fans trying to ... |
| Apr 1, 2026 | The World Cup is around the corner. Are cities and states prepared? | Getting your Trinity Audio player ready...
By Shalina Chatlani, Stateline.org
In June, 11 U.S. cities will welcome millions of fans for soccer’s World Cup. Staging the planet’s most popular sporting event is never easy, but this year the co... |
| Oct 3, 2025 | “His Audience Was Really Trump”: How New FBI Lead Used His Missouri AG Role To Wage A Culture War | This story was originally published by ProPublica. Republished under a CC BY-NC-ND 3.0 license.
After a fight with a Black student in a St. Louis suburb left a white student badly injured in March 2024, Missouri Attorney General Andrew Bail... |
| Apr 22, 2025 | For-profit immigration detention expands as Trump accelerates his deportation plans | President Donald Trump isn’t the first president to rely on private contractors to detain immigrants. Tens of thousands were held in private facilities under both the Obama and Biden administrations.
But the new contracts mark the start of ... |
| Mar 4, 2025 | Trump lawyer Habba on fired veterans: ‘Perhaps they’re not fit to have a job at this moment’ | President Donald Trump’s top lawyer Alina Habba questioned whether some military veterans fired from federal government jobs as part of an ongoing workforce reduction are capable of working.
“Perhaps they’re not fit to have a job at this mo... |
| Jun 21, 2024 | Super Bowl parade shooting survivors await promised donations while bills pile up | Abigail Arellano keeps her son Samuel's medical bills in a blue folder in a cabinet above the microwave. Even now, four months after the 11-year-old was shot at the Kansas City Chiefs Super Bowl parade, the bills keep coming.
There's one fo... |
| May 9, 2024 | Utah launched a tip line to enforce trans bathroom law. Here's where it went wrong | figcaption>span]:font-sans">
Utah's new tip line for enforcing the state's transgender bathroom law is receiving a deluge of hoax reports, mirroring challenges seen in other states with similar reporting platforms.
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| May 1, 2024 | Health | To stop fentanyl deaths in Philadelphia, knocking on doors and handing out overdose kits | “What we’re trying to do is get this in everybody’s household. Have you ever heard of this before?” Elie asked before handing the man a tote bag filled with more pamphlets, fentanyl test strips, and the box of Narcan.
Elie and other part-ti... |
| Feb 1, 2024 | 2024 CCNow Awards Are Now Open | Sign up to receive the Climate Beat weekly newsletter in your inbox.
We’re proud to announce that the 2024 Covering Climate Now Journalism Awards are now open for submissions. Now in its fourth year, the CCNow Awards program honors excellen... |
| Dec 19, 2023 | Taylor Swift is pushing Kansas City into its 'golden era' | Economy Taylor Swift is pushing Kansas City into its 'golden era'
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| Dec 15, 2023 | Health | States strive to get opioid overdose drug to more people | Anna Claire Vollers | (TNS) Stateline.org
Posing as shoppers, a team of researchers from the University of Mississippi called nearly 600 pharmacies across the state and asked a simple, yes-or-no question: “Do you have naloxone that I can pi... |
| Dec 8, 2023 | The most unique Christmas tradition in every state | Travel The most unique Christmas tradition in every state
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| Nov 9, 2023 | Politics | Ohio voted on abortion. Next year, 11 more states might, too | Bram Sable-Smith | (TNS) KFF Health News
UNIVERSITY CITY, Mo. — As activists parse the results of Tuesday’s vote to protect abortion rights in Ohio, Jamie Corley is already well on her way to putting a similar measure in front of Missouri v... |
| May 16, 2023 | Insiders say Oracle is crushing morale at $28 billion acquisition Cerner by cutting over 3,000 workers, banning raises, and sidelining its former CEO | Oracle founder, CTO, and chairman Larry Ellison. Justin Sullivan/Getty Images This story is available exclusively to Insider subscribers. Become an Insider and start reading now.
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| Apr 9, 2023 | Missouri officials refuse to work with the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms, saying all federal 'so-called' gun laws are unconstitutional | Guns for sale at a store in Houston, Texas. Brandon Bell/Getty Images
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Officials in Camden County, Missouri are refusing to cooperate with the ATF, according to local reports.
The ATF asked for zoning information for people applyi... |
| Mar 2, 2023 | Why Do Law Enforcers Keep Stealing Forfeiture Funds? | The temptation for law officers to steal from forfeiture funds seems to be especially strong.Getty |
| Feb 26, 2023 | Kansas City Mayor Quinton Lucas talks President Biden, infrastructure funding, and governing without gridlock at the local level: 'We've got to get stuff done' | Redeem now
Kansas City Mayor Quinton Lucas strives for collaboration as he works on tough policy issues.
"You stay dedicated on and with the issue. You've got to be straight up," Lucas told Insider.
Since becoming mayor, Lucas has... |
| Jan 23, 2023 | Abortion debate ramps up in states as Congress deadlocks | Anti-abortion advocates are pressing for expanded abortion bans and tighter restrictions since the Supreme Court overturned the national right to abortion. But with the debate mostly deadlocked in Washington, the focus is shifting to states... |
| Nov 8, 2022 | Republican Sen. Jerry Moran faces off against Democrat Mark Holland in Kansas' US Senate election | Mariam Zuhaib/AP Photo; Mark Holland's campaign; Insider
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Sen. Jerry Moran is running against Democrat Mark Holland to represent Kansas in the US Senate.
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| Aug 25, 2022 | Starbucks is not playing nice with its new union | Workers at a Starbucks right outside the University of Texas campus in Austin filed to unionize in March and won their election by a landslide in June. It’s now nearing the end of August, and union workers say their requests to begin bargai... |
| Jun 22, 2022 | Can Four-Day School Weeks Keep Teachers From Leaving? | With teacher morale seemingly at an all-time low, school districts are looking for ways to keep educators from burning out and quitting.
One idea: Give them an extra day off.
Districts around the country are announcing plans to adopt four-d... |
| Jun 13, 2022 | Report Shows Kansas Law Enforcement Seized $21 Million From People, Most Of Whom Were Never Charged With Crimes | A new report on asset forfeiture arrives at the same conclusions every other report on the subject has: forfeiture makes money for cops, does almost nothing to stop illegal activity, and rarely, if ever, results in criminal convictions. (vi... |
| May 4, 2022 | Surprising Absolutely No One, Kansas Law Enforcement Can’t Accurately Track Forfeitures | Cops love laws when they’re using them against people, no matter how esoteric or misunderstood (by cops) the laws are. When laws are applied to them, they’re far less concerned about being law-abiding. |
| Mar 15, 2022 | «Облачная» агломерация: как Boeing, Amazon и Microsoft создали современный Сиэтл | У Сиэтла существует, пожалуй, больше всех народных названий из крупных городов США: от «ворот на Аляску» и «города дождей» до Jet City и Emerald City, а с недавних пор и King of the Cloud. Три компании сформировали Сиэтл в его нынешнем виде... |
| Jan 5, 2022 | A guide to the most important primary elections of the 2022 midterms, which will test Trump’s influence over the GOP | The U.S Capitol is visible at sunset as a man plays fetch with a dog in Washington, Thursday, Sept. 30, 2021 AP Photo/Andrew Harnik
Critical primary elections for the 2022 midterms are kicking off in March.
Primaries will hold greater impor... |
| Nov 12, 2020 | Covid-19 patient groups fight back against viral false information | Shortly after Matthew Long-Middleton got sick on March 12, he joined a Covid-19 support group run by an organization called Body Politic on the messaging platform Slack.
“I had no idea where this road leads, and so I was looking for support... |
| Oct 30, 2019 | We just invested in the fastest-growing agtech company and farmer network in the world | Editor’s Note: AgFunder just invested in Wefarm, the peer-to-peer network for smallholder farmers, alongside lead investor True Ventures (investor in Peloton, FitBit, Ring, and Zymergen). Wefarm raised $13 million in Series A funding from T... |
| Jul 9, 2019 | Abortion Clinics Don't Want Demonstrators Around, Even If They're Pro-Choice | As an abortion rights advocate in a state trying to ban abortion, Helmi Henkin isn't usually in the position of turning away support.
Henkin chairs of the clinic escort program for West Alabama Women's Center in Tuscaloosa, one of the three... |
| Jan 28, 2019 | Google Fiber outage leaves KC customers offline two weeks after storm | Enlarge / Google Fiber equipment boxes in a Kansas City home in 2012.
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| Nov 5, 2018 | These 25 Congressional races to watch are some of the most competitive in the 2018 midterm elections | Win McNamee/Getty Images
Election Day for the hotly contested 2018 midterms is on Tuesday, November 6.
Midterm elections are traditionally a referendum on the party in power, and this year, Republicans in Congress are defending themselves a... |
| Aug 30, 2017 | Kansas City Was First to Embrace Google Fiber, Now Its Broadband Future Is 'TBD' | Broadband Land is an ongoing Motherboard series about the digital divide in America. Follow along here .
The shared interests of Kansas City, Kansas, and Kansas City, Missouri, pretty much start and end with the Royals. The cities, which st... |
| Dec 21, 2016 | Government Agency Says It Will Cost $1.5 Million To Compile Birth/Death Data, Then Refuses To Release It At All | The easiest way to thwart a public records request is to demand a ridiculous amount of money up front. The McKinney Texas Police Department tried to chase away a request for records on a controversial cop by asking for $79,000 to fulfill it... |
| Oct 26, 2016 | Car-Freshener Wields Little Trees Trademark To Bankrupt Non Profit That Helped Ex-Cons And Recovering Addicts | Back in August, Mike wrote about a trademark case between Car-Freshner Corp., the company that makes those ubiquitous tree-shaped air-fresheners, and Sun Cedar, a tiny non-profit that made real-wood fresheners while employing at-risk folk i... |
| Jan 29, 2016 | Morning Read: FDA greenlights Merck’s Hepatitis C drug aimed at lower price point | Cambia Health Solutions has shut down its mobile health payment startup Wellero two years after it launched. The company’s app allowed people to pay for healthcare services. — HIT Consultant
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Medical device company HeartWare In... |
| Nov 5, 2015 | Morning Read: Did Rick Perry influence investigation of Oklahoma surgeon? | In Washington, the Senate Special Committee on Aging will investigate the pricing practices of Valeant Pharmaceuticals International, Martin Shkreli’s Turing Pharmaceuticals and two other drug companies. — Bloomberg
PhRMA is fighting back, ... |
| Covid-19 patient groups fight back against viral false information | For decades, people struggling with illnesses of all kinds have sought help in online support groups. This year, such groups have been in high demand for Covid-19 patients, who often must recover in isolation.
But the fear and uncertainty r... |
| Judges most Americans ignore will now decide your right to abortion | People attend an abortion-rights rally at the Utah State Capitol Thursday, May 5, 2022, in Salt Lake City. Rick Bowmer/AP
State supreme court justices are the last line of defense for abortion rights in a post-Roe world.
And a quarter of th... |
| A guide to the most important primary elections of the 2022 midterms, which will test Trump's influence over the GOP | The U.S Capitol is visible at sunset as a man plays fetch with a dog in Washington, Thursday, Sept. 30, 2021 AP Photo/Andrew Harnik
Critical primary elections for the 2022 midterms are kicking off in March.
Primaries will hold greater impor... |
| Inside 'the next big political frontier' of state supreme court races | The 2022 midterm elections have the fewest competitive congressional races in recent memory, thanks in part to both parties drawing themselves safer districts to lock in their majorities in the redistricting cycle.
But races to elect state ... |
| EGEB: The UK’s new Vauxhall Corsa E ad is full of hidden messages | In today’s Electrek Green Energy Brief (EGEB):
The Vauxhall Corsa E goes on sale in the UK in early 2020, and its latest ad is full of surprises.
Kansas emissions are at their lowest in four decades. Here’s why.
A school district in British... |
| Morning Read: Did Rick Perry influence investigation of Oklahoma surgeon? | TOP STORIES
Politics takes center stage today, and it looks ugly.
The Dallas Morning News is questioning whether former Texas Gov. — and ex-presidential candidate — Rick Perry had a hand in a decision by Oklahoma to shut down an investigati... |
| Morning Read: FDA greenlights Merck’s Hepatitis C drug aimed at lower price point | Photo by Kena Betancur/Getty Images News
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Merck’s Hepatitis C drug Zepatier has received FDA approval. About 3 million Americans are infected with Hepatitis C, according to data from the Centers for Disease Control. The company s... |
| Tesla defeats car dealer association in Missouri court | Earlier this year, Tesla was forced to temporarily close its stores in Missouri after the Missouri Automobile Dealers Association (MADA), a trade group representing car dealers in the state, tried to have Tesla’s dealer license revoked.
A t... |
| Costs could rise even more in 2023—and thousands of CEOs blame climate change | Thousands of CEOs say they expect 2023′s high prices to rise even more over the course of the year. Their reason: climate change.
A majority of company leaders expect to see anywhere from a “moderate” to “very large” impact on costs due to ... |
| The rise and fall of e-cig startup Juul in the US, from Silicon Valley darling to a ban by the FDA | A woman exhaling a puff of vapor from a Juul e-cigarette. Associated Press / Craig Mitchelldyer
The e-cigarette company Juul quickly became a Silicon Valley darling with a $38 billion valuation.
But it went through several rebrands, investi... |