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‘Little Women’ joins ‘Unbroken’ in top family films for September

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The storylines of Unbroken and Little Women share more than just good family entertainment. They’re both a look into the times when war affected not only soldiers but the families left at ...

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Looking for a way to serve in your second season of life?

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If you’ve come to the point in your life, where you are ready to do something in the “eternal” sense and have developed a sense of longing to please God, there’s a ...

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So what does Cohen guilty plea really mean?

President Donald Trump’s former attorney Michael Cohen is facing prison time after he pled guilty on eight counts of financial fraud, tax evasion, and other violations. The plea came after what some ...

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Missouri expands website to watch government spending

Missouri citizens will now have an expanded ability to check-up on state government and it’s spending habits. A new public-facing portal for state monetary data aims to be a significant update on ...

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Two charged in Church of the Resurrection shooting

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Two men have been charged in a shooting that erupted after a high school graduation at United Methodist Church of the Resurrection in Leawood. The May 17 shooting wounded two people, including ...

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Consumers fear tech will increase loneliness

It’s hard to know what the future will bring, but a majority of US consumers think that five decades from now, we’ll all be overly dependent on tech and spend less time ...

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Apple to launch cheaper laptop

Some consider it the standard in laptops. Now Apple will release a new low-cost MacBook Air laptop and a professional-focused upgrade to the Mac mini desktop later this year. The move is seen ...

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Parents tell school district to stay out of sack lunches

Parents of children at a Missouri school are fighting back after the school district announced it was banning fast food from being eaten on campus during school hours. But it appears it’s ...

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Illegal immigrant charged in murder of Iowa college student

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An illegal immigrant from Mexico has confessed to kidnapping college student Mollie Tibet’s while she was running in her small Iowa hometown killing her and dumping her body in a cornfield, authorities ...

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Museum of the Bible returns medieval manuscript

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Each year numerous and well known museums discover items they owned were once stolen and belong to someone else. Most of these cases result in the museums suing to keep their collection, ...

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Mistrial declared in majority of charges against Manafort

In what some consider a stunning rebuke to the prosecution by Robert Mueller’s team, a judge has declared a mistrial on 10 of 18 charges faced by Paul Manafort, President Donald Trump’s ...

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Jury may be hung in Manafort trial

The jury may be hung in deliberations over the trial of Paul Manafort. A note was sent to the judge in the case that asks what to do if it cannot reach ...

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Missouri News Briefs

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Missouri news briefs. Short and sweet. Former top Missouri democrat accused of lavish spending with campaign dough A former prosecutor and chairman of Missouri’s Democratic Party is set to be sentenced next ...

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Kansas News Briefs

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Here are the latest Kansas news briefs. Short and sweet.   Two men killed in golf cart The Dickinson County sheriff says two men are dead after a golf cart they were ...

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Last known WWII Nazi deported from U.S.

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He was known to authorities for almost two decades yet no previous American president, Republican or Democrat, chose to bring him to justice–until now. A man who authorities believe is the last ...

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Local church discovers secretary stole half million dollars

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A Blue Springs church is dealing with the reality that a beloved church secretary was a thief. For almost a decade, the employee and member of a St. Robert Bellarmine Parish got ...

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No U.S. concessions to turkey over imprisoned pastor

U.S. President Donald Trump has vowed to reject any conditions Turkey may ask for in securing the release of an American pastor detained by Ankara for almost two years. Turkey accuses Andrew ...

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Who has more bad drivers: Missouri or Kansas?

State Line Road and a river divide Kansas City between two states. Now, something else divides the metro–how good a driver you are. A new study says Missouri drivers are some of ...

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Young women benefitting from lowest unemployment since 1956

Young women looking for work are one of the biggest winners since new economic policies were initiated after the 2016 presidential election. The latest data, tentatively released at the beginning of the ...

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Another case against Greitens dropped: no charges

The Missouri Ethics Commission has now ended a case against Eric Greitens without charges. After being forced to resign from pressure by his own party, Missouri’s former governor may be wondering “What ...

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New law in Nepal criminalizes evangelism

A law criminalizing religious conversions and the “hurting of religious feelings” went into effect in Nepal this week, a year after the bill was passed. As World Watch Monitor reported last year, ...

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73 genders on drivers license too much for liberal state

A Massachusetts legislator forced legislators to face the strange realities of the gender debate. As debate got underway on a bill that would have added a third gender to the state’s driver’s ...

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Your next text may be from an online scammer

Internet scam artists are moving beyond your email inbox to target your text messages as well. “SMiShing,” also known as SMS Phishing, continues to loot information from busy and unaware consumers despite ...

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Iconic race tracks set to reopen to delight of fans

They were icons of the area for 40 years and brought joy to countless race fans until they closed in the past decade. Now, I-70 Speedway and Kansas City International are set ...

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Family can’t believe driver got 4 months for killing loved one

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A family is questioning the justice system after learning that the driver who struck and killed their loved one may spend only four months behind bars. The mother of Anthony Saluto, 32, ...

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