Kansas City News Constellation: Roundups, Clues & Doctrine

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Tragic Weekend Aftermath

Man hits tree, dies in Kansas City crash on Valentine's Day

One man is dead after being launched into a tree line while driving in Kansas City on Saturday afternoon

Manhattan Bounce With 18 MILLION Bucks

Kansas State basketball parts ways with head coach Jerome Tang

Kansas State has officially parted with ways with head basketball coach Jerome Tang on Sunday after four seasons with the team, according to reports.

Good Deeds In The Dotte

Making a Difference | Kansas City, Kansas, firefighters recognized for 2 rescues

As part of KSHB 41's Making a Difference series, a group of KCK firefighters invited anchor Caitlin Knute to join them for breakfast.

Ballers Depart Ozarks

City of Branson, Kansas City Chiefs to end vacation destination agreement

The City of Branson and Branson/Lakes Area Tourism Community Enhancement District (TCED) are reaching the sunset of the agreement as the Official Vacation Destination of the Kansas City Chiefs.

More Reporting On Skivvies

Runners strip down in Westport for Cupid's Undie Run supporting neurofibromatosis research

Runners stripped down to their skivvies and hit the streets of Westport on Saturday for the 12th annual Cupid's Undie Run, raising money and awareness for neurofibromatosis, a genetic disorder that causes tumors to grow on nerve endings.

Angel Double Take

Candice Swanepoel unveils its second collection with Victoria's Secret

'This new collection is an exciting evolution of our first collaboration. A beautiful culmination of both brands' aesthetics,' noted the former VS model.

MAGA Talks Midterms

Trump Is Using Military Bases to Give Campaign-Style Speeches

Trump has frequently broken with tradition to give partisan speeches to enlisted service members during his second term.

ICE Age Cont'd

ICE 'Detention Reengineering' Plan Will Expand Capacity, Speed Deportation of Criminal Aliens

An internal Immigration and Customs Enforcement memo proposes a sweeping "detention reengineering" initiative aimed at fixing the system's most chronic failures. | Border / Cartel Chronicles

Politics Of Scarcity

No fuel, no tourists, no cash - this was the week the Cuban crisis got real

Diplomats in Havana are preparing for an alternative Trump tactic: the country being starved until people take to the streets and the US can step in

Latest Clues Reported

FBI: DNA recovered from glove found near Guthrie home that appears to match glove worn by suspect

The FBI says a glove containing DNA was found about two miles from Nancy Guthrie's Arizona home and appears to match those worn by a masked person outside her front door the night she vanished.

Holy Land Plan Persists

Israel will begin contentious West Bank land registration in new step to deepen control

Israel is beginning a land registration process in the occupied West Bank that critics say can shift large areas into state control.

Liberation Theology Redux

Review: Christianity against empire

Do you know that hauntingly beautiful moment in a story where the narrator zooms the perspective out just enough for you to see that everything is

Kicking It This Weekend

Photos: Comets drop shootout heartbreaker to Sockers on Valentine's Day

The Kansas City Comets and San Diego Sockers engaged in a fiery battle on Saturday evening, but the Sockers came away with the extra point after taking a 7-6 win in a shootout at Cable Dahmer Arena.

Grigs Gives Forecast . . . 

Kansas City weather: Warmer, windy stretch ahead

Kansas City is in for a mild and increasingly breezy start to the week, with temperatures climbing into the 60s and 70s before cooler air returns late in the week.

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