By Andrew CABALLERO-REYNOLDS KANSAS CITY, Feb 15, 2024 (AFP) – One person was killed and multiple children were among 21 injured after a mass shooting at the Kansas City Chiefs’ Super Bowl victory rally on Wednesday triggered panic among huge crowds of fans. Children’s Mercy Hospital in Kansas City, which takes patients up to the age of 17, said it was treating 12 people — 11 of them children, nine for gunshot wounds — […]
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NCAA: Dorsey dominates Kansas as Oregon advances to first Final Four since 1939
By Josh Tolentino | EBC SPORTS KANSAS CITY — It wasn’t meant to be for top-seeded Kansas, as it was upset by No. 3 Oregon 74-60, in the Midwest Regional Final Saturday in front of a KU-friendly Sprint Center crowd of 18,643. Tyler Dorsey torched KU for a game-high 27 points off 9-of-13 shooting, leading Oregon to its first Final Four since 1939 — the year the first-ever NCAA Tournament was played when the Ducks won their only National Championship. […]
NCAA: No. 1 Kansas stomps No. 4 Purdue in Sweet Sixteen
By Josh Tolentino | EBC SPORTS KANSAS CITY — No. 1 Kansas came out slow in front of a hometown crowd, but the Jayhawks outscored No. 4 Purdue, 51-26 in the second half Thursday to defeat the Boilermakers 98-66 and book their ticket to the Elite Eight Saturday vs. Oregon. “I thought it was one of the best games we played all year,” KU coach Bill Self said. “I thought Purdue was great early obviously and had […]
Gunman kills up to four in Kansas shooting spree
HESSTON, KANSAS, United States (Reuters) — An employee killed up to four people and wounded as many as 20 others in a shooting spree that ended at his work site in Hesston, Kansas, on Thursday (February 25) where he was shot and killed by authorities, the local sheriff told reporters. The gunman appears to have opened fire at three locations before entering the building of a lawnmower manufacturer where he worked, Harvey County Sheriff T. Walton […]
3 people killed in 2 Jewish communities in Kansas; longtime anti-Semite arrested
(Reuters) – Three people, including a 14-year-old boy, were killed on Sunday at two different Jewish community facilities in the Kansas City area, and a man was in custody as police investigated whether the shootings were anti-Semitic, authorities said. Police said it was too early to determine a motive, but a leading anti-hate group said the suspect arrested in the shooting was a longtime anti-Semite. “We know it’s a vicious act of violence. Obviously two […]





