China says it seized US Navy drone to ensure safety of ships
By CHRISTOPHER BODEEN China said Saturday that its military seized a U.S. Navy unmanned underwater glider in the South China Sea to ensure the “safe navigation of passing ships,” in…
Health & Wellness
Aid convoys arrive as Haiti gauges full extent of disaster
By DAVID McFADDEN and BEN FOX A small airstrip at the edge of town hums with activity. Aid convoys are arriving from the capital, now that some roads washed out…
Japan’s Ohsumi wins Nobel for studies of cell ‘self-eating’
Japanese scientist Yoshinori Ohsumi was awarded this year’s Nobel Prize in medicine on Monday for discoveries related to the degrading and recycling of cellular components. The Karolinska Institute honored Ohsumi…
DIVIDED AMERICA: Minorities hopeful, whites sour on future
By NICHOLAS RICCARDI and SCOTT BAUER Consider two women in their 70s, both residents of the Kansas City area. One is white and affluent; the other is black and working…
Democrats press talks as showdown vote looms on funding bill
By ANDREW TAYLOR Democrats opened a last-minute push Tuesday for new talks on must-do legislation to prevent the government from shutting down this weekend, fight the Zika virus and help…
Pro-painkiller echo chamber shaped policy amid drug epidemic
By MATTHEW PERRONE and BEN WIEDER For more than a decade, members of a little-known group called the Pain Care Forum have blanketed Washington with messages touting prescription painkillers’ vital…
Obama, Hill leaders meet ahead of federal funding deadline
By ERICA WERNER President Barack Obama is meeting with the top four leaders of Congress ahead of a month’s-end deadline to fund the government or face a shutdown, and with…
Kelsey Belcher with “Black Nurses Rock”
Kelsey Belcher tells Kansas City about the “Black Nurses Rock” event, taking place September 10, 2016 from 1 pm to 4 pm at the Historic Lincoln Building. There will be…