Kansas City Dance: MAGA Indictment Redux, Neopronouns Debut & Is Britney Alright?!?

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Local Answers After Inferno

Hawaii native, Kansas City resident: Deadly Lahaina wildfires feel like loss of history

With pain in her voice, 87-year-old Dorinda Makanaonalani Nicholson said watching the city of Lahaina, Hawaii, burn felt like a loss of history.

Building Midtown Hype

Work Begins on 163-Unit Apartment Project at 31st and Gillham

By Kevin Collison The old Velvet Freeze building at 31st and Gillham Road should be demolished within the next few weeks to make way for a long-planned 163-unit apartment project, part of several big investments in the area. Developer Gary Hassenflu said asbestos removal has begun in the long vacant structure, which originally opened as...

Kansas Pays Gambling Debt

Kansas taxpayers - not casinos - are underwriting 'free' sports bets that entice gamblers - The Beacon

Kansas sports gambling is subsidized by taxpayers who underwrite bets and get little revenue in return.

Show-Me Ballot Grudge Matches

Missouri general elections used to matter. Now primaries reign - and extremists have the edge * Missouri Independent

For decades, Missouri general elections were what mattered. Now primaries reign supreme, and extremists have the edge.

Old School Remembered

Kansas City DJs reminisce over 50 years of hip-hop

"Hip-hop is a culture. It's music, it's dance, it's art, it's attitude, it's politics."

Time For Diva Wellness Check

Britney Spears pole dances in tiny leopard print bikini

Britney Spears has added a pole to her home workout/dance situation. The Toxic singer, 41, posted a video on her Instagram of her newly acquired pole dancing skills.

Ask Not Of White House

Full Phillips: Majority of the country 'would like to see Joe Biden ... pass the torch'

During an exclusive interview with Meet the Press, Rep. Dean Phillips (D-Minn.), who has advocated for a 2024 primary challenge to President Biden, argues that the majority of Americans wants the president to step aside and let the party nominate somebody new.

Even More MAGA Charges

A stunning possible fourth indictment looms over Trump and the 2024 election | CNN Politics

Yet another likely criminal indictment is looming over Donald Trump this week, which would deepen his already extreme legal quagmire and further divert an unparalleled election season from the campaign trail into multiple courtrooms.

GOP Fades Amid MAGA Revival

McConnell in Winter: Inside the GOP Leader's Attempt to Thwart Trump

The Kentucky Republican is doing all he can to bolster Ukraine, preserve NATO and help his party maintain its Reaganite roots.

Vlad Strikes Again

Russia-Ukraine war live: strikes on Odesa leave three injured; Zelenskiy promises justice for deadly attack on Kherson

Overnight attack on southern port city wounded three, according to local governor; Russian strike that killed seven in Kherson will not go 'unanswered'

Far East FAIL Impacts Globe

China's economic misery threatens global recovery from COVID-19, raising spectre of financial market chaos

The country's financial outlook is deteriorating so quickly that some economists now fear its stimulus-fuelled property bubble could finally burst

American Name Games Cont'd

A guide to neopronouns, from ae to ze | CNN

Neopronouns are nonbinary pronouns distinct from the common she, he and they. Terms such as "xe" and "em" are often used by trans and nonbinary people.

South Side Remembered

"Where's Waldo?" - A Look into the Namesake of a South Kansas City Community (Part 2)

Despite his education and his father's hopes that he would inherit his keen business sense, David had other plans in mind.

Take It Cool Today . . .

Cool and comfortable Monday

Temperatures will be much cooler to start the week before another big warm-up

V 'Love Me Again' Official MV is the song of the day and this is the OPEN THREAD for right now.