Kansas City News Walk: Carb Loading, Politics & Faith Life

Once again for Sunday night angel Elsa and her runway fashion legacy inspires this quick peek at Kansas City pop culture, community news and top headlines.

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Locals Cash In On Carbs

KC bakery, boutique prepare for big week of business ahead of AFC Championship

OVERLAND PARK, Kan. - It's that time of the year ... again. With the Kansas City Chiefs' win over the Jacksonville Jaguars to head to the AFC Championship, the team's merchandise is flying off the shelves of area businesses. Thankfully, there's no shortage of ways to take a bite out of KC pride.

SHOW-ME THE MONEY!!!

ROUNDTABLE: Missouri's governor has big plans for state's budget surplus

ROUNDTABLE: Missouri's governor has big plans for state's budget surplus Our roundtable of journalists walks viewers through the big-ticket items mentioned in the State of the State address-and how they'll affect Missourians. Hide Transcript Show Transcript BOATLOADS OF MONEY, LIKE BILLIONS OF DOLLARS, WHAT WOULD YOU DO WITH IT?

No Rock Chalk Quitters Here

New study finds Kansas among states with lowest job resignations

TOPEKA, Kan. (WIBW) - A recent report found that Kansas was among the states with the lowest job resignation rates in December and 2022 as a whole. With job resignations in America at record rates during the "Great Resignation," even in the face of high inflation, personal-finance website WalletHub.com says it released its report on 2023′s States With the Highest Job Resignation Rates - and Kansas was in the bottom half.

Cookies Power The Future

A Lunar New Year pop-up launched this Kansas City baker's business. Now, she has a full schedule

Yuei Costello turned her baking hobby into a business after a pop-up event at Cafe Cà Phê last year. She returned to the event this year and handed out a special treat to celebrate a year of baking Thai- and American- inspired goodies professionally.

American Birth Rate Fades

Millennials are waiting to have kids. That's bad news for them and the nation, too | Opinion

OPINION AND COMMENTARY Editorials and other Opinion content offer perspectives on issues important to our community and are independent from the work of our newsroom reporters. New research confirms suspicions that, citing a struggling economy, millennials are delaying having kids and "fueling America's historically low birth rate."

Angel Shares Good Life

Model Elsa Hosk expands her post-Victoria's Secret empire with Béis collab

In less than two years, Swedish model Elsa Hook has expanded her empire in both the beauty and lifestyle categories. Now, she's exploring travel with her latest collaboration with actress Shay Mitchell's brand Béis.

White House Trumps Consent

Biden Docs: White House requested FBI search that uncovered latest batch of classified documents

White House lawyers reportedly requested the FBI search that uncovered a fourth batch of misplaced classified documents inside President Biden's private residence on Friday. Justice Department officials had previously stated that the 13-hour search of Biden's Wilmington, Delaware home was "consensual," but it was unclear which party had initiated it.

Veep Campaigns Against GOP Pro-Life Movement

Harris takes aim at Republicans who approved abortion restrictions

Republican Gov. Ron DeSantis, a likely 2024 presidential candidate, supported the ban and has said he backs abortion restrictions beyond the current law. Before Harris took the state at The Moon nightclub in Tallahassee, attendees in the audience chanted, "Hey ho, DeSantis has to go."

MAGA Preps Twitter Comeback

Trump Looks to Ditch His Own Social Media Site

In the months ahead of what's likely to be a brutal Republican presidential primary, Donald Trump and his 2024 campaign are laying the groundwork for his big, bombastic return to major social media platforms. Such a return, though, would inevitably involve Trump screwing over one of his own companies - and he's been telling confidants that he is prepared to do just that.

Wall Street Journal Reporting Questions NextGen Vaxx Advertising

Opinion | The Deceptive Campaign for Bivalent Covid Boosters

You might have heard a radio advertisement warning that if you've had Covid, you could get it again and experience even worse symptoms. The message, sponsored by the Health and Human Services Department, claims that updated bivalent vaccines will improve your protection. This is deceptive advertising.

Did American Politics Leave Euro-Trashed?!?

Ukraine's battlefields look like World War I but with a new and terrifying addition that leaves troops with almost nowhere to hide

The conflict in Ukraine has emerged as the first major war involving drone use on both sides. Experts say that drones have made artillery even more lethal, and are changing the face of warfare. The debate over whether drones would matter in a conventional war is now over, one expert said.

Women Fight For Autonomy

After Roe v. Wade, nationwide Women's Marches focus on state-level fight for abortion rights

On the 50th anniversary of the landmark Roe v. Wade decision, demonstrators rallied for abortion rights protections across the country Sunday, led by a national demonstration in Madison, Wisconsin - a location reflecting the shift in focus on reproductive rights at the state level. Abortion rights activists have marched on Jan.

Catholics Turning Commie?!?

If US Democratic Socialists Want a Religious Left Revival, We Should Look to Brazil

On New Year's Day, the Workers' Party's (PT) Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva took his third presidential oath of office, capping a two-year campaign and " phoenix-like" rise from a jail cell to Brazil's Palácio da Alvorada. He did so in the face of a largely unregulated $19 billion spending spree and massive disinformation campaign by the far-right incumbent Jair Bolsonaro.

OLD SCHOOL LOVE LIFE MOONSHOT STAYS WINNING!!!

'As excited as eloping teenagers': Buzz Aldrin, 93, marries fourth wife in Los Angeles

Retired US astronaut Buzz Aldrin, one of the first two people to walk on the Moon in 1969, has married for a fourth time, announcing the news on his 93rd birthday.

Church Talks Ultimate Recycling

'Human Composting' Debate: A Deeper Dive into the Catholic Teaching on the Dignity of Human Remains

What do you want done with your body after you die? What should you want done? In a handful of states, it's now legal to put a body in a cylindrical vessel with microbes that eat the flesh in about a month, followed by grinding up the skeleton into powder, resulting in, within a few more weeks, about a cubic yard of "soil amendment," which can be added to soil to make it richer and more fertile.

Southeast KC Metro Treats Considered

Yummy Donut Palace opens new location in Grandview

By Kady Cramer Yummy Donut Palace opened their third Kansas City area location at 6203 Main Street in Grandview on December 9. Co-owners Senghieng Hang and Paul Sin, along with Senghieng's wife Cham Sophon, started Yummy Donut Palace in 2019 with a location in Warrensburg.

Katie Weather Forecast Looks Forward

Sunday is just cloudy, but more snow is expected Wednesday

Hide Transcript Show Transcript 7:50 ON YOUR SUNDAY MORNING. KATIE HORNER, AS WE ARE WAKING UP TO SEEN SNOW. KATIE: WE PICKED UP ABOUT ONE INCH IN THE METRO. MORE THAN THAT THE FARTHER NORTH YOU GO, BUT HERE IN THE METRO, GRASS COVERED IN SNOW, BUT THE STREETS, MANY TREATED, SO THEY ARE NOT COVERED WITH SNOW.

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