Kansas City News Runway: Local Sauce, Gunfire, MAGA Outrage & Cuba Hosts China

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Tourism Across The Bridge

KC BBQ sauces, T-shirts, games. The Best of Kansas City shop opens Northland location

The Best of Kansas City has opened a summer pop-up shop in downtown Parkville. It sells merchandise that has a Kansas City-area theme or is made in the area - or both. That includes gourmet foods, collectibles, gifts, T-shirts, local barbecue sauces and candy, postcards of Kansas City landmarks, magnets, board games, puzzles, soaps and candles.

Suburban Leakage Aftermath

Summit Waves in Lee's Summit closes due to chemical spill

Summit Waves in Lee's Summit says they will not open on Saturday due to a chemical spill.The water park says staff is working to resolve the issue. Firefighters say staff called about a leak and chemical smell coming from a wave pool building around 9 a.m. Saturday.

Gunfire Cont'd This Weekend

1 person in critical condition in early Saturday shooting

KANSAS CITY, Mo. - The Kansas City, Missouri, Police Department responded to a shooting Saturday that left one person in critical condition. According to the department, officers responded to reports of shots fired in the 6000 block of East 40th Terrace at 5:56 a.m.

Give Them A Brake

Motorcyclist dies in Friday evening crash in Kansas City, Missouri

KANSAS CITY, Mo. - A motorcyclist died Friday night in a single-vehicle crash in Kansas City, Missouri. The wreck happened about 6:20 p.m. at Little Blue Road and Marion Avenue, according to KCPD, and no other vehicles were involved. Police had yet to release any additional information about the circumstances of the crash.

Hipsters Report Old School Bands

The Pitch doubles down with Barenaked Ladies and Semisonic about their careers and 30+ years

Barenaked Ladies. // photo credit Matt Barnes On Sunday, June 11, two iconic '90s acts, Barenaked Ladies and Semisonic, take to the stage at Starlight for a night of songs to which you know all the words, even if you're too cool to say so.

Internets Modeling Work Celebrated

Hoops Break With Kara Del Toro

It's been a long night of watching hoops. Take a 5-minute break with Kara Del Toro. You earned it.Giphy Images.

White House Talks Pride

Biden speaks at White House Pride event: 'Bravest and most inspiring people I've ever known'

President Biden hosted a "Pride Month 2023" event on the White House lawn Saturday, decorating the area with rainbow motifs and the "Progress Pride flag." The event, hosting performers and speakers representing LGBT causes, acclaimed the Pride community as "the bravest and most inspiring people" and an "example" for the US and the entire world.

Professor Challenges Prez

Why some Dems fear Cornel West presents a unique challenge for Joe Biden

But the instinctive openness Khanna showed toward West underscored a relatively unique headache the latter's candidacy poses. Unlike the other fringe candidates mounting presidential bids - such as Robert F. Kennedy, Jr. and Marianne Williamson - West is not running as a Democrat.

MAGA Defense Strategy

Opinion | Trump's defense team is playing offense. That's a very bad sign.

Former President Donald Trump loves a good slogan. And he might well use the adage a "strong offense is the best defense" to describe his legal team's last-ditch effort to head off his pending federal indictment related to his retention of classified documents at Mar-a-Lago.

Campaigning Earns Boost

Trump rails against Biden, 'deep state' at first speech after classified docs indictment: 'Political hit job'

Former President Donald Trump on Saturday tore into the federal indictment accusing him of mishandling classified documents, accusing Democrats of a "political hit job" against him as he alleged a double standard in the administration of justice. "They took one charge, and they made it 36 different times.

NYT Corrects Verbiage

Trump Supporters' Violent Rhetoric in His Defense Disturbs Experts

The former president's allies have portrayed the indictment as an act of war and called for retribution, which political violence experts say increases the risk of action. The federal indictment of former President Donald J.

Fight Against Vlad Restarts

Zelenskyy says 'counteroffensive, defensive actions' are taking place in Ukraine

KYIV, Ukraine - Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said Saturday that counteroffensive and defensive actions were underway against Russian forces, asserting that his top commanders were in a "positive" mindset as their troops engaged in intense fighting along the front line.

Far East Flexes 90 Miles From Miami

China using secret base in Cuba to spy on U.S., Biden admin official confirms

The administration official, who was granted anonymity to discuss a sensitive subject, said the Chinese spying effort has been an ongoing concern and that the U.S. has been taking steps to deal with it.

American Middle-Class On The Move

Europe's 'crazy' tourism summer has already started. And it's going to get much worse | CNN

'The craziness has already begun," says one travel agent as the latest wave of post-Covid travel surges across Europe. That means rising hotel and transport prices and top destinations rammed with people - even before peak season.

Villainous Tech Fighter Confronts Natural Conclusion

Ted Kaczynski, known as the 'Unabomber,' dies | CNN

Theodore "Ted" Kaczynski, the man known as the "Unabomber," has died, according to a law enforcement official.

Going Dutch Now Seems Nice

No sex on the beach, please: Dutch town tells nude sunbathers to put a lid on lust

A town in the south of the Netherlands has started a campaign to dissuade nudist beach visitors from sex on the beach and in the dunes. On Thursday, Veere municipality put up amended beachside boards warning frisky guests that the dunes are legally off limits, public sex is banned and there is "increased monitoring" to combat "sexual meeting place activities in the dunes, nature reserve and beach".

Home Team Slump Persists

Royals lose to Orioles again, 6-1

I am officially out of ways to describe Royals' losses. They just don't do anything right. The season is not yet half over and this team is entering into a tight competition with the mid-aughts Royals for most uninspiring play. Brady Singer, lauded repeatedly by the radio crew as a former first-round pick, couldn't escape the fifth inning.

Another Local Celebration

Slavic Festival 2023 gets underway in Sugar Creek, Mo.

The Slavic Festival in Sugar Creek just opened their doors on Friday afternoon.The popular festival brings in thousands of visitors and it's a proud weekend celebration of European tradition. The festival is expecting upwards of 6,000 people for the two-day event.

Sporting Alternative

Fastest game on two feet grows rapidly in Kansas City

KANSAS CITY, Mo. - In the 2023 Lacrosse Association of Kansas City high school championship, perennial powerhouse Rockhurst High was up 10-4 against Blue Valley Southwest at halftime. Head coach Tim Reidy and this program had been there before; the Hawklets were going for their third-straight ring, fifth in the LAKC, and 10th overall title.

EXCELLENT Kansas City South Side Community Outreach

'It shows we're here to help, not destroy,' KCPD hosts Ol' Skool Block Party

KANSAS CITY, Mo. - A south Kansas City neighborhood asked police officers to engage with them and Saturday officers answered that request. The department's Community Engagement Division came to the Ruskin Heights neighborhood. "We are your neighbors. We live in KC, so we want to show you that," said Major Kari Thompson, Division Commander of KCPD's Community Engagement Division.

Overcast Right Now . . . 

Rain moving in for the weekend, impact day today

Hide Transcript Show Transcript THERE IS GOING TO BE THE CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDER STORMS. I'M TRACKING THREE ROUNDS. THE FIRST ONE IS STARTING TO WIND DOWN. ANOTHER ONE WILL MOVE IN LATER THIS AFTERNOON. MORE DETAILS TO COME ON THAT IN JUST A SECOND.

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