Jackson County intends to free up money for improvements to Arrowhead Stadium as part of Kansas City’s bid to be a host city for the 2026 World Cup. That event would bring thousands of fans and, advocates say, $500 million to the region’s economy.
Multiple tornadoes and thunderstorms that struck the Great Plains an upper Midwest on Dec. 15 were the result of a rare event called a derecho, according to the National Weather Service’s Storm Prediction Center. It wa the first on record in December in th United States.
A second attempt at a traffic plan to accommodate expansion of Blue Springs High School received far better reviews from the City Council. The council Monday unanimously approved the Blue Springs School District's plan to build a road connecting the Freshman Center and high school campuses, with a bridge crossing the Kansas City Southern railroad tracks that split the two parcels.
I appreciate the attempt to put the best face on the sale of Cerner to Oracle, but mergers and acquisitions have real costs as well as theoretical benefits. Cerner is one of Kansas City’s two Fortune 500 companies and its largest private employer.
The Examiner on Thursday will include the feature section that normally comes in Saturday’s paper, along with the weekly TV listings. So we can allow our employees to enjoy the holidays, there will be no papers on Friday or Saturday.
ROME – Pope Francis has denounced domestic violence against woman as “nearly satanic” and said parents should never slap their children. Francis made the comments in a televised encounter with an abused woman who recently fled her home with her four children.
The St. Louis Park Public Schools in suburban Minneapolis held in-person learning all semester, with no school closures for COVID-19 infections despite the spread of the delta variant.
MINNEAPOLIS – A jury resumed deliberations Tuesday in the trial of the former suburban Minneapolis police officer who says she meant to use her Taser instead of her gun when she shot and killed Black motorist Daunte Wright.
KABUL, Afghanistan – Hundreds of protesters marched through the streets of Kabul toward the shuttered U.S. Embassy on Tuesday, urging the release of Afghanistan’s frozen assets.
Today’s sports broadcast highlights Wednesday’s Television • NBA G League: Winter Showcase: Texas vs. College Park, 1 p.m., ESPN News (Comcast 102) • College basketball: Diamond Head Classic: Liberty vs.