Kansas City Highlights: Better Prospect, Drone Wars & Summer Heat

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Building Urban Consensus 

Kansas City looks to improve Prospect Avenue, asking for resident input

Kansas City says the nearly 2-mile stretch of Prospect Avenue between Linwood Blvd and Emanuel Cleaver II Blvd is part of the city's "High-Injury Network."

Meet The Only Guy REALLY Cleaning Up Jackson County

Trash along Jackson County lake shorelines sparked additional clean up efforts

A man who lives in Jackson County noticed a large amount of trash in the water at a county lake. Now he's taking action to clean up the mess.

Kansas Tradition Curtailed

Shawnee City Council votes 7-1 to ban fireworks sales and discharge

The Shawnee City Council voted 7-1 to ban the sale and discharge of fireworks, citing air quality and noise concerns

Abandoned Houses Burned

Fire damages 2 vacant houses Thursday evening in northeast Kansas City, Missouri

Kansas City, Missouri, fire crews battled fires at two vacant houses Thursday evening in northeast Kansas City.

Hipster Circus Comes To Town

Haute & Freddy's Big Top Show Comes To KC

Haute & Freddy brought a circus-like atmosphere to The Madrid complete with sword eating, spinning wheels of death and clowns.

More Supermodel To Love

'I look better bigger': Heidi Klum's refreshing attitude to gaining weight as she gets older

Heidi also opened up about how she keeps the spark alive with her younger husband

MAGA Money Move Approved

Trump wins legal battle to keep cheap imports subject to tariffs

It's a victory for the Trump administration's trade agenda after a major legal setback.

Progressive Gamble

These swing voters in Nevada say they are not dismissing socialist candidates

In online focus groups, 10 of 12 Biden-to-Trump voters said they wouldn't automatically think negatively of a politician who identifies with socialism.

Primary Probs Revisited

Graham Platner to speak at labor rally, one of his first public events since ending Maine campaign - Breitbart

Former Maine Democratic Senate nominee Graham Platner is scheduled to be the featured speaker at a Labor Day rally in what may be one of his first public

American Silencer Open Season

Gun rights groups capitalize after judge reverses decades-old restrictions: 'Monumental'

Gun Owners of America began transferring silencers without National Firearms Act registration after a federal judge struck down the firearms restrictions as unconstitutional.

Conservative Claps Back Against Holy Land

U.S. ambassador condemns 'Israeli terrorists' for siege of Palestinian American home

U.S. Ambassador to Israel Mike Huckabee said the U.S. requested Israeli security forces remove "Israeli terrorists" from besieging a Palestinian village and the home of a Palestinian American, condemning the actions as criminal and an act of terror. Huckabee's statement marks an unusually strong response from the Trump administration related to Israeli settlers.

Europe Drone War Cont'd

By sky and sea, Ukraine's drone strikes challenge Russia's grip on Crimea

Russia maintained an iron grip on Crimea since seizing it from Ukraine in 2014. Many Russian civilians go there to enjoy the beaches. But now Ukraine is hitting Crimea hard, upending daily life.

South Of Border Rebuild

Colombia's earthquake is déjà vu for Venezuelans. The government response is anything but

Two powerful earthquakes less than two months apart have exposed stark differences in how neighboring Venezuela and Colombia respond to catastrophe.

R&B Debate

Lionel Richie Takes Shots At Usher & Chris Brown Tour Onstage In Phoenix

Usher and Chris Brown are currently co-headlining a massive stadium tour, which has yielded lots of bizarre controversies, surprisingly all involving Usher and not Brown. Usher went viral for inviting a woman onstage in Nashville for some faux-flirtatious grinding and then dismissing her when she clearly wasn't into the bit.

Old School Rules

How to have great sex at any age, according to the experts

From illness to stress, any number of things can affect intimacy. Here experts reveal the ways to boost bedroom satisfaction as you age

Retro Revival

Ne-Yo and Akon gave Kansas City a time hop back to the 2000s

Ne-Yo and Akon Nights Like This Tour turned Morton Amphitheater into a date night, dance floor, and 2000s time capsule.

Local Heat Wave Cont'd

Kansas City weather: More of the same on Friday, cooler temperatures on the horizon

High temperatures could reach the upper 90s on Friday, with heat index values reaching as high as 110.

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