Kansas City Gleam: Local Kickoff, Birthrights & MAGA Bomber

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Selling Cowtown Soccer

'Love and unity' take center stage at FIFA World Cup Final Draw watch party

Kansas City soccer fans are one step closer to finding out which matches will take place in their city next summer after the FIFA World Cup Final Draw watch party at KC LIVE! in the Power & Li...

Repairing Rusty Pipes

Water leak undergoing repairs in KC's Waldo neighborhood

City workers start repairs after tip from neighbor to KMBC 9 Investigates

Help For Holidays

Homeless man gets keys to apartment just in time for lifesaving cancer surgery

James Murphy has battled homelessness for the past three years. After a divorce and battling failing health, he never quite recovered. But after signing an apartment lease, he begins a new life.

Chiefs Playing Hurt

2 players out, 2 doubtful heading into Texans matchup

After the Chiefs announced that Josh Simmons would be placed on injured reserve earlier this week, they may be down several other players on Sunday, including two on the offensive line.

Ironically, KC Was Safer Then

Why was Kansas City a significant place for the Italian mafia? Local expert explains

While many associate the mafia with New York City's five crime families - Genovese, Gambino, Lucchese, Colombo and Bonanno - or the Las Vegas gambling scene, others may know the t...

White House Targets Diva

Sabrina Carpenter's war with Trump rolls on, White House trolls her

After the disturbing Tiktok featuring her hit single Juno was used in a video celebrating recent arrests made by US Immigration and Customs Enforcement was taken down.

Supreme Homeland Call Awaits

US supreme court to decide on legality of Trump birthright citizenship order

Justices to take up case amid legal fight over order to heavily restrict right to birthright citizenship in US

MSM Shares MAGA Connection

Pipe bomb suspect said he believed 2020 election was stolen, was supportive of Trump

The FBI has spent years searching for the person who put bombs near the Democratic and Republican committee headquarters, hours before the assault on the Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021.

Hit Parade Probe

What to know as lawmakers disclose vivid new details of US boat strikes

Members of Congress now know that the U.S. military fired upon two people clinging to the wreckage of a boat allegedly carrying drugs - and they want answers.

Ivy League Proves Dumb

Harvard professor leaves US after arrest with pellet gun near synagogue, said he was hunting rats

A Harvard visiting law professor from Brazil who told police he was shooting at rats when he fired a pellet gun near a synagogue on Yom Kippur has left the United States after his visa was revoked.

American Outcry . . . 

US citizen chased by ICE in New Orleans says she was targeted because 'I'm brown'

Home security videos shows Jacelynn Guzman, 23, telling masked federal agents following her to 'leave me alone'

Political Leverage Redux

Oregon senator calls for Hegseth 'to resign or be removed' over Signalgate

A Pentagon report concluded Hegseth put U.S. troops at risk.

Vlad Wins With Diplomacy

Putin in India: Russia ready to provide 'uninterrupted' fuel supplies

Deals have been signed in civil nuclear energy and critical minerals during the Russian PM's stay in India.

NOBODY WANTS IT ANYMORE!!!

Police 'naturally' recover a $19,000 Fabergé egg swallowed by alleged thief

Police in New Zealand said Friday that they had recovered a Fabergé egg pendant worth $19,000, six days after a man was accused of swallowing it at a jewelry store in an effort to steal it

Best News Of The Week . . .

Gen Z women more open to casual sex than Gen Z men

Young women are more likely to view abortion, casual sex, and open relationships as morally permissible, says a new survey.

Kicking Off Holidays . . . 

First look: Made in KC's new Union Station shop boasts all the trimmings (and World Cup timing)

An influx of holiday shoppers is just the start for Made in KC's newly-opened store inside Union Station - positioned to take advantage of coming FIFA World Cup traveler traffic - years after the local-first retailer's owners first envisioned making the quintessential Kansas City destination a home for one of their shops.

Holiday Temperature Bounce

Kansas City weekend forecast: Light rain possible Saturday evening

It will be slightly warmer Saturday with highs near 40 before a frigid Chiefs Sunday.

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