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MONDAY, MAY 16 Animal bite • 8:08 a.m., 1700 block of N.W. A St.
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Another crucial constitutional right that Supreme Court is shredding
Lost in the furor over the Supreme Court’s decision to overturn the nearly five decades of American bodily autonomy guaranteed by Roe v. Wade was another appalling ruling in Vega v. Tekoh. It undermined the landmark 56-year-old precedent that established what have come to be known as Miranda rights.
On gun control, young people might be our last hope
Anna Pham is not your typical activist. At just 11 years old, she became passionate about gun control after the mass shooting at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in 2018. Joining other teens in March for Our Lives, a national student-led movement against gun violence, Anna turned to activism because she was “tired of seeing my representatives not doing anything and just tweeting.”
Mission trip helps Wildcat seniors become leaders
As the final Blue Springs High School football camp concluded last Thursday, first-year head coach Jed Paulsen invited three seniors to speak to the team. Tight end Eli Youman, offensive lineman Julian Martinez and cornerback Kevonte Jackson had just returned home from a mission trip that took them, and other seniors on the team, to a variety of camps, shelters and depressed areas of Mississippi.
Move aligns Pac-12, Big 12 in Panic Conference
FORT WORTH, Texas — What the SEC started in 1991 — when Arkansas left the Southwest Conference to join that league — has us here today in a world where conference realignment is more interesting than a conference game.
As Watson saga nears end, everybody loses
MIAMI — Nobody wins when this is over. No ties.
Rockford Peaches — 30 years after ‘A League of Their Own’ — live on in a new series
CHICAGO — For many of the women and girls playing baseball this summer, the Rockford Peaches — a team that hasn’t played in more than 60 years — remain a source of inspiration. One of the original four teams in the All-American Girls Professional Baseball League (AAGPBL), the Peaches won the most championships in league history.
Top takeaways from the USWNT’s last tune-up
SANDY, Utah — The U.S. women’s soccer team finished its preparations for next month’s Concacaf World Cup and Olympic qualifying tournament last Tuesday with a 2-0 win over Colombia.
WHAT’S UP NEXT
(Schedules subject to change) WEDNESDAY, JULY 6 AMERICAN LEGION BASEBALL American Legion Wood Bat Invitational At Hidden Valley Park, Jim Moran Field 11 a.m. — Blue Springs Post 499 Fike vs.
WHAT’S ON TODAY
Today’s sports broadcast highlights Tuesday’s Television • Tennis: ATP/WTA Wimbledon quarterfinals, 7 a.m., ESPN (13), ESPN2 (29) • Cycling: Tour de France (Stage 4), 7 a.m., USA (52) • NBA Summer League: Memphis vs. Philadelphia, 6 p.m., ESPN2 (29) • MLB: Teams TBA, 6 p.m., TBS (50) • MLB: Royals at Houston, 7 p.m., Bally Sports KC (48) • NBA Summer League: Oklahoma City at Utah, 8 p.m., ESPN2 (29) Tuesday’s Radio/Audio • MLB: Royals at Houston, 7 p.m., KCSP (610 AM) .