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Man accused of buying gun later found at Kansas City Chiefs Super Bowl rally shooting sentenced

Dec. 06, 2024 20:11 PM EST

KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — A 22-year-old Kansas City man accused of illegally purchasing a gun found after February’s mass shooting at the Kansas City Chiefs Super Bowl rally has been sentenced to probation. U.S. District Court Judge Howard Sachs sentenced Ronnel Williams Jr. to 5...

Bills' push for AFC top seed continues with visit to Rams, who need to keep pace in NFC West

Dec. 06, 2024 16:48 PM EST

Buffalo (10-2) at Los Angeles Rams (6-6) Sunday, 4:25 p.m. EST, FOX BetMGM NFL odds: Bills by 3 1/2. Against the spread: Bills 8-4; Rams 5-7. Series record: Bills lead 9-5. Last meeting: Bills beat Rams 31-10 in Inglewood,...

UMKC Kangaroos host the Idaho State Bengals in cross-conference matchup

Dec. 06, 2024 03:43 AM EST

Idaho State Bengals (4-5) at UMKC Kangaroos (3-6) Kansas City, Missouri; Saturday, 3 p.m. EST BOTTOM LINE: UMKC and Idaho State play in non-conference action. The Kangaroos are 2-1 on their home court. UMKC averages 20.7 turnovers per game and is 2-1...

Chargers aim to end 6-game skid against Chiefs in Sunday night trip to Arrowhead Stadium

Dec. 05, 2024 16:37 PM EST

Los Angeles Chargers (8-4) at Kansas City (11-1) Sunday, 8:20 p.m. EST, NBC/Peacock BetMGM NFL odds: Chiefs by 4. Against the spread: Chargers 8-4; Chiefs 5-7. Series record: Chiefs lead 70-58-1. Last meeting: Chiefs beat...

Chargers head to Kansas City trying to snap a 6-game skid vs Chiefs and help their playoff chances

Dec. 05, 2024 15:31 PM EST

KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — The Los Angeles Chargers would love to be in the Kansas City Chiefs' situation these days. The two-time defending Super Bowl champions have already clinched their 10th consecutive postseason berth, the second-longest streak in NFL history. They are closing...

Idaho defeats Kansas City 82-77

Dec. 04, 2024 23:29 PM EST

KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — Jack Payne had 17 points in Idaho's 82-77 win over Kansas City on Wednesday night. Payne had eight rebounds and four steals for the Vandals (4-5). Kristian Gonzalez scored 16 points while going 6 of 12 from the floor, including 1 for 4 from 3-point range,...

Judge considers first lawsuit to overturn Missouri's near-total abortion ban

Dec. 04, 2024 19:44 PM EST

KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — Abortion-rights advocates on Wednesday asked a judge to overturn Missouri’s near-total ban on the procedure, less than a month after voters backed an abortion-rights constitutional amendment. Jackson County Circuit Judge Jerri Zhang did not immediately...

An ex-officer who died in an apparent suicide before his federal trial was barred from having a gun

Dec. 04, 2024 14:27 PM EST

TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) — A former police detective in Kansas who died in an apparent suicide as he was about to stand trial on civil rights violations for allegedly sexually assaulting and terrorizing vulnerable women for decades wasn't supposed to have a gun while he was under house arrest. ...

Gonzalez and Idaho host UMKC

Dec. 04, 2024 03:28 AM EST

Idaho Vandals (3-5) at UMKC Kangaroos (4-5) Kansas City, Missouri; Wednesday, 8 p.m. EST BETMGM SPORTSBOOK LINE: Kangaroos -3; over/under is 135.5 BOTTOM LINE: Idaho plays UMKC after Kristian Gonzalez scored 25 points in Idaho's 80-68 win against the UC...

Freedom is permanent for Missourian described as the longest-held wrongly incarcerated woman in US

Dec. 03, 2024 18:56 PM EST

KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — Years of legal wrangling have come to an end for a woman who spent 43 years behind bars for a killing that her attorneys argue was committed by a discredited police officer. A judge ruled Tuesday that Sandra Hemme can't be retried, the final step in a...