Kansas City Embers: Royals Lose Again & Prez Passes Torch

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Home Team Hard Times Arrive

Snakebitten Royals fall to Arizona after ninth-inning rally

Royals fail to capitalize after Red Sox and Yankees both lose.

Tribute Cropping Up

A Kansas artist is carving Kamala Harris' portrait into a field - and left room for her VP pick

World-renowned crop artist Stan Herd is almost finished with the portrait of the presumptive Democratic presidential nominee outside Lawrence, Kansas, near the Kansas River.

South Side Extends

Meeting on widening 99th St at James A. Reed Rd

Municipal Engineer Nick Bosonetto will be at the Blue Ridge Library community room, 9253 Blue Ridge Blvd, at 6 pm on July 26 to discuss the widening of 99th Street from Blue Ridge Boulevard east to James A. Reed Road. All interested parties are invited to attend.

Deets For Diva

Olivia Rodrigo to play sold-out show in Kansas City. Here's what to know before you go

The "GUTS" World Tour comes to T-Mobile Center on Friday. It's not a bad idea to know when gates open and what to bring, right?

Hipsters Ponder Reality

A Self Reunited: Melissa Shook's 'To Prove that I Exist' at Nelson-Atkins tears apart warring vacuums of time

December, 1972: while New York City teeters towards financial ruin, one of its Lower East Side inhabitants, Melissa Shook (1939-2020), is torn asunder by warring vacuums on her time. She is both a newly minted mother and artist- endlessly needed and endlessly searching for more time.

Celeb Fashion Sneak Peek

Kim Kardashian shows off her hourglass curves in a skimpy black bikini

Kim Kardashian sent temperatures soaring with her latest bikini shots from Italy. The SKIMS founder, 43, sizzled in a skimpy black two-piece, with a sheer sparkling black cover-up.

White House Postscript

Biden backs Harris, pushes Supreme Court 'reform' in 'pass the torch' speech about ending 2024 bid

President Biden addressed the nation Wednesday evening for the first time since bowing out of the 2024 presidential race, saying it's time to pass the torch to a "new generation."

MAGA Makes Tough Campaign Promise

'I'm not going to be nice:' Donald Trump launches all-out attack on Kamala Harris

In addition to new attacks on Harris, Trump's re-tooled stump speech featured criticism of Joe Biden and more talk of his near-assassination

War Games Renewed

NORAD intercepts bombers from China, Russia off Alaskan coast

Fighter jets intercepted Chinese and Russian bombers off the coast of Alaska from China and Russia, the North American Aerospace Defense Command (NORAD) announced Wednesday. NORAD said it detected and tracked two Russian TU-95 and two Chinese H-6 military aircraft that were operating in the Alaska Air Defense Identification Zone (ADIZ) on Wednesday.

Tech War Cont'd 

Ukraine thrown into war's bleak future as drones open new front

On the front line, drones are killing hundreds every day - showing the world a new kind of high-tech war.

Leaders Skip Out On Holy Land Testimony

Around half of Congress' Democrats skip Netanyahu speech

Palestinian-American Rep. Rashida Tlaib attended and held up a sign calling Netanyahu a "war criminal".

Group Hugs Trending

After 'Challengers,' is this the 'summer of the threesome'? 'My ultimate fantasy'

Aroused by warmer weather and emboldened by the new ménage à trois movie "Challengers," many Manhattanites are setting their sights on a threesome this summer. "I wonder if it's drilling threesomes into our subconscious," Upper East Side resident Ruby Archbold, 27, told The Post of the steamy sports drama that has already grossed $80 million at the global box office.

Show-Me Labor Fight

Strike at plant that makes truck seats forces production stoppage for Missouri General Motors

Production has halted at a Missouri General Motors plant that manufactures trucks and vans, the result of a strike at the company that supplies seats for the vehicles.

Sharing Latest Forecast

Heat and humidity will continue to climb this week

Kansas City is mostly clear tonight, with lows in the mid-60s.

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