Kansas City Sunday: Royals Lose, Angel Returns & Election Moves Closer

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Waves Of Amazing Local Images

This Kansas City photographer has captured the beauty of every fountain in the 'City of Fountains'

Last summer, photographer Roy Inman was standing in front of a fountain at a roundabout near West 129th Street and Glenfield Road in Leawood, Kansas. The sky was a deep, sapphire blue and a full moon was rising. Pools of water glowed emerald green.

Royal Service To Kansas City

Royals partner with dentist to offer free services for students

KANSAS CITY, Mo. - The Kansas City Royals have partnered with with TeamSmile and SunLife/DentaQuest to help bring awareness to the importance of dental hygiene. They are offering free services to more than 200 students from the Independence School District. Students will receive free exams through the program sponsored by SunLife/DentaQuest.

Artsy End Of An Era

Creative-Coldsnow will shutter Westport, Overland Park stores - Kansas City Business Journal

Creative-Coldsnow Artist Materials and Framing has been a cornerstone for metro-area artists since the 1940s. But after twin blows of the pandemic and an unexpected terminal illness, the store will close its doors. Creative-Coldsnow originates from Keith Coldsnow, who opened Coldsnow-Morris Art Supply on Broadway in 1946 with colleague Max Morris.

Newspaper Turns Tenant Advocate

I wanted out of my roach-infested KC apartment. What I learned about renters' options

I decided to move out of my apartment the day I woke up and found a nickel-sized cockroach crawling next to my toothbrush. For almost eight months, I had been living in the newly renovated, 1,000-square-foot two-bedroom unit near Linwood Avenue and Main Street in midtown.

Home Team Already Fading

Sean Murphy wrecks Royals in 9-3 Braves win

Braves catcher Sean Murphy had a day, smacking two doubles and a home run, driving in four runs in a 9-3 Braves win on a cold, wet Saturday evening. Lefty Kris Bubic lasted five innings, but was not as effective as his last time out, giving up 10 hits and five runs, with some reduced velocity.

Angel Returns In All Her Glory

Victoria's Secret Angels then & now - as expert reveals why Adriana Lima is back

VICTORIA'S Secret's partnership with Adriana Lima could prop up its shaky position in the underwear market, a fashion photographer has claimed. And he thinks the Brazilian model's latest perfume collab with the lingerie giant means other ex-Angels may follow suit.

White House Approval Fades

Biden's poll numbers look grim as he preps for reelection bid

According to FiveThirtyEight , Biden's average approval rating stands at 43 percent, about 9 points lower than his 52 percent disapproval rating. That's only 1 point higher than Trump's FiveThirtyEight approval rating on April 15, 2019, at the same point in his one-term presidency.

MAGA Momentum Rises

Trump turns from past to future at RNC donor retreat

Declaring that the "old Republican Party is gone, and it is never coming back," Trump in Nashville urged Republican donors to help put him back in the White House through electoral strategies he once decried, like robust mail-in voting and ballot harvesting.

Fight Over Life Persists

Across the country, abortion rights advocates rally in support of abortion pill access

Abortion rights supporters around the country and in the nation's capital are holding rallies Saturday and Sunday against the decision by a Texas judge to reverse the FDA's approval of a key abortion drug. Portions of U.S. District Judge Matthew Kacsmaryk's nationwide injunction blocking mifepristone's approval would have gone into effect on Saturday had the Supreme Court not stayed the decision Friday afternoon.

South Of Border Chaos Worsens

Gunmen kill 7, including a child, at resort swimming pool in Mexico

At least seven people were killed, including a 7-year-old child, when a group of gunmen stormed a resort teeming with vacationers in central Mexico on Saturday. An eighth person was seriously injured in the mid-afternoon shooting - which took the lives of three women, three men and a child - near the pool at the La Palma resort in Cortazar, a small town south of the city of Guanajuato.

African Military Battle Emerges

Sudan fighting: The military rivalry behind the clashes in Khartoum

The fighting is a direct result of a vicious power struggle within the military leadership.

Defending Saint Against Slander

Pope Francis Calls 'Insinuations' Against John Paul II Unfounded

VATICAN CITY (Reuters) - Pope Francis on Sunday rejected as offensive and unfounded what he called insinuations by the brother of a Vatican schoolgirl who went missing 40 years ago about his predecessor as pontiff, Saint John Paul II. Emanuela Orlandi, the daughter of a Vatican usher, failed to return home on June 22, 1983 following a music lesson in Rome.

Bubba Resolves Baller Past

Former Royal Bubba Starling finds peace after finding his way through anguishing career

All of a sudden, Bubba Starling is 30 years old. "I'm old, man," he said, smiling. "Starting to get some gray hair." But aging is the last thing you'd think of if you ran into Starling.

Katie Calls Sunday

Windy and cold Sunday morning

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