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Kansas City Public TV Advocates For Shrooms

It May Be Time to Change Your Mind About Psychedelics

Brenda (her last name is not being revealed to protect her privacy) was in her 60s and grappling with severe anxiety following a second cancer diagnosis when she discovered she qualified for an NYU study investigating therapy for cancer-related distress using psilocybin, the psychoactive compound in "magic mushrooms." For Brenda, who had no prior experience with psychedelics, her "trip" was transformative: "I was just part of this big beautiful world ...

More Deets On Bad Idea

Washington Commanders made 'serious' trade offers for Russell Wilson, Patrick Mahomes

The Washington Commanders are keen on making their debut NFL season under the new moniker a memorable one. With their current state of quarterbacking, such a feat is less than likely to happen, which is why the team reportedly sent a trade offer to the Seattle Seahawks for Russell Wilson.

Last Local Picture Show

B&B Theatres becomes the nation's fifth-largest theater chain - Kansas City Business Journal

After the pandemic's two-year whirlwind, B&B Theatres now is the nation's 5th-largest theater chain based on screen count. The family-owned Liberty-based company added 120 screens and 10 theaters during the past 18 months, bringing the total to 513 screens at 56 theaters. Most of the new theaters were acquisitions.

Money Talk With KCPD

226: Police Budget from the Department's Perspective

On this week's episode of the Northeast Newscast, Publisher Michael Bushnell sits down with Kansas City Police Department Deputy Chief Doug Niemeier to discuss the department's proposed budget.

Hotness Reconsidered

Model Iskra Lawrence on 'mission to change the industry,' forging her own path

Iskra Lawrence is a model, entrepreneur, and influencer with nearly 5 million followers on Instagram - but her journey to success was not always an easy one. "As someone who has always been an advocate for self love and self acceptance, it was very challenging [as a model] because I was met with a lot of barriers," Lawrence told Yahoo Finance during a recent interview.

USA For Ukraine

American Veterans Volunteer to Fight in Ukraine

When Matthew Parker, an American veteran with 22 years of service in the U.S. Army, heard that Russian forces had invaded Ukraine, he thought about a Ukrainian American soldier who had served alongside him with U.S. forces in Iraq and decided he wanted to help the Ukrainians defend their homeland.

EUROPEAN PREZ?!?

Biden and his team believe Russia's war in Ukraine could define his presidency | CNN Politics

More than a week into Russia's war in Ukraine, President Joe Biden and his team at the White House are settling in for what many of them believe will become one of the defining backdrops to his presidency: A grinding war in Europe led by an increasingly unsound combatant.

MAGA WARNED VLAD!!!

Trump boasts he threatened Putin the US would bomb MOSCOW if he attacked Ukraine

DONALD Trump has claimed Russia didn't invade Ukraine while he was president because he threatened to bomb Moscow. The former Republican president, 75, made the comments to pro-golfer John Daly Friday, saying he "got along great" with his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin.

Warzone Life Exposed

'They shoot at anyone who tries to leave.' Ukrainians describe terror of living under Russian occupation

People living in Kherson under Russian occupation describe days of terror confined to their apartments and houses, fearful to go outside for even basic necessities -- their city now a dystopian shell of the home they knew and loved.

Far East Fears

Blinken tells China 'world is watching' response to Russia-Ukraine war

U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken told China Foreign Minister Wang Yi Saturday that the "world is watching" how his and other nations respond to the Russian invasion of Ukraine. The call was convened to discuss what the State Department called "Moscow's premeditated, unprovoked, and unjustified war against Ukraine."

Pr0n Game Perspective

Adult star with ostomy talks disability as 'confidence is sexiest thing'

A porn star who says she's the first to have an colostomy bag on set claims "confidence is the sexiest thing a person can wear". GoAskAlex, 24, faced life-changing surgery back in 2019 which left her struggling to get back to work right away.

Old School Exhibit That Local Parents Must Suffer

American Royal hosts traveling dino exhibit March 4-6

A cavalcade of nearly 20 big-rig 18-wheelers rolled up to Hale Arena Wednesday, carrying a payload of to-scale photo-realistic dinosaurs, games, rides, souvenirs, fossils, and exhibits. Jurassic Quest-North America's largest interactive dinosaur exhibit-is ideal for children of all ages and millennial parents who extoll the virtues of the original Jurassic Park movies to those children.

Off-Season Game Plan Revealed

Six improvements the Kansas City Chiefs must make for 2022

The Kansas City Chiefs are coming off of an interesting 2021 campaign where they tied for the best record in the AFC and made it to the AFC Championship Game for a fourth consecutive year. The Chiefs have reached the conference championship every year since Patrick Mahomes took the reins as the starting quarterback of the franchise.

Winter Returns Tomorrow . . . 

Rain, wintry mix expected to move in later Sunday

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