Kansas City News Double Take: More Locals Strike As Prez Biden Names Vlad's Atrocities

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Local Labor Disputes Intensify

Kansas City-area painters, allied trades union members strike Tuesday

KANSAS CITY, Mo. - Members of the International Union of Painters and Allied Trades Local 2012 will strike on Tuesday. The union encompasses trades from painting and glazing to drywall and flooring. Members voted to strike because they "answered the call to work during the height of the pandemic" and continued to work, but have not had successful negotiations to increase payment.

Golden Ghetto Goes Au Naturel

In Johnson County, biologists are poisoning trees to save birds and butterflies

Let's talk about very hungry caterpillars. In Kansas and Missouri, they face an increasingly difficult time finding things to eat. That's making it ever harder for butterflies and moths to survive. Their populations are shrinking, especially in the Midwest , and the birds that eat them are disappearing, too .

Local Good Times Planned

Innovation Festival bringing 'beats, beer, biologics' to KC: Check out the bands before tickets go on sale Friday

It might look like an indie rock music festival on the outside, but a just-announced, three-day event coming to Kansas City this summer is as much about the heartbeat of innovation in the region as the beats dropped by Grammy-nominated headliner Black Pumas, said Sonia Hall.

Tech Comeback For Retailer

BLK + BRWN bookstore turns pages after being hacked

KANSAS CITY, Mo. - Cori Smith, owner of BLK + BRWN bookstore in Kansas City, Missouri, focused on amplifying the voices of "Black and Brown storytelling," is now rewriting her story after her business was hacked nearly a month ago. "Books, book nooks, contact information, all of my email subscriptions and lists to customers ...

Artsy Agenda Right Now

'Immersive Van Gogh' exhibit opening this month in Kansas City

KANSAS CITY, Mo. - After two delays, the "Immersive Van Gogh" exhibit is less than two weeks away from opening in Kansas City. The digital art exhibition allows guests to "step inside" famed artist Vincent van Gogh's works. The experience uses 60,600 frames of video, 90,000,000 pixels, and 500,000 cubic feet of projections.

Backstory Double Take On Pr0n Starlet

Porn star who is paid up to £1,400 per shoot was 'labelled a slut' at 14

WHILE Australia was watching in awe as Margot Robbie got her Oscar nomination last month, another Aussie movie star was also taking the US by storm. But there's a good reason you might not have heard about it, because Angela White is a porn star.

BOLD STATEMENT FROM PREZ BIDEN!!!

Biden suggests Putin is a 'dictator' who has committed 'genocide half a world away'

WASHINGTON - President Joe Biden bemoaned the spike in gas prices as being driven by a "dictator" who committed "genocide half a world away" in a speech Tuesday that was an apparent reference to Russian President Vladimir Putin and the invasion of Ukraine.

Republicans Now Mocking MAGA?!?

GOP pollster says Republicans are mocking 'child' Trump

Prominent GOP pollster Frank Luntz said in a recent interview that Republicans in private are mocking former President Trump and they are "tired of going back and rehashing the 2020 election." Luntz said he was not surprised by comments made by New Hampshire Gov. Chris Sununu (R) that gained attention from the Gridiron Club's annual...

COVID Cont'd In China

Shanghai COVID lockdown lifted for some, but millions remain trapped as China sticks to strict "zero-COVID" policy

CBS News Tokyo - The U.S. State Department has ordered all non-emergency consular staff to leave China's largest city, Shanghai, as the global business hub enters its third week of lockdown in response to a surge in COVID-19 cases. The U.S.

Pandemic Parties Earn Wrist Slap

Boris Johnson fined by police over lockdown-breaking parties at UK government premises | CNN

Prime Minister Boris Johnson and his finance minister Rishi Sunak were fined by police over lockdown-breaking parties held on UK government premises, a Downing Street spokesperson told CNN on Tuesday.

Two Scoops Of Change

This 77-year old ice cream chain is getting a makeover | CNN Business

Baskin-Robbins is making some changes.

Excellence Reviewed Across The Bridge

A new barbecue window in downtown Parkville serves "old-style" live-fire brisket and pork

Barbecue is a tough business, especially if you're using live-fire pits that need to be tended round the clock. This new place in downtown Parkville serves "old-style" live-fire meats.

Cowtown Coffee Talk

'I'm really angry': 2 Kansas City area coffee shops close, giving workers scant notice

The Northland's two Headrush Roasters Coffee & Tea shops are currently closed. "We never used the words permanently closed," said Eric Schneider, who, with his wife, Nancy Schneider, owns the two locations - at 7108 N. Oak Trafficway, Gladstone, and in The Village at Briarcliff, 4115 N. Mulberry Drive.

Storm On The Way . . . 

Front could trigger isolated storms tonight; widespread storms early Wednesday

Hide Transcript Show Transcript MINNESOTA AMONG OTHERS FOR US THOUGH. WE'RE STILL IN THE ACTIVE SIDE OF THIS BOUNDARY. EVENTUALLY, IT'LL MOVE THROUGH AND EVENTUALLY IT'LL SPAWN A FEW SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS THAT COULD BE STRONG DAMAGING WINDS DAMAGING HAIL AND ALONG THE LINE CANNOT RULE OUT THE POSSIBILITY OF TORNADOES, TBU JUST TO SHOW YOU EXACTLY HOW STRONG THE SYEMST IS.

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