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The Cowtown Vintage Base Ball Club started in 2004. Volunteer players represent two 1879 Wichita teams — the Red Stockings and the Bull Dozers.
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Corn and soybean growers have seen several years of low commodity prices and increased costs for supplies like fertilizer and fuel. That has many farmers worried about whether they'll turn a profit this year and drawn some comparisons to a dark time in American agriculture.
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England will face France on Saturday for the third-place trophy, while Argentina takes on Spain in the World Cup final on Sunday. Although Kansas City's FIFA Fan Festival has closed, the metro has plenty of other watch parties for fans to join.
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Barbecue people are a devout bunch, rising before dawn to light their altars of smoke and trusting that time, temperature and the perfect rub will turn a simple piece of meat into a masterpiece.
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Attorneys say cases that claim the popular weedkiller causes cancer will have to change course to move forward in court after the U.S. Supreme Court sided with the agriculture company last month.
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A break-in at a Kansas farmhouse unearthed a trove of artifacts from Maud Wagner, one of the country’s first known female commercial tattoo artists. Wagner was born in Emporia and joined a sideshow act with her sister until a fateful meeting pushed her to pursue carnival stardom, inked from head to toe.
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A clinical psychologist shares effective strategies to quickly de-escalate stress and anxiety. That includes dunking your head into a bowl of ice water to trigger your mammalian dive reflex.
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Complex computer systems that decide whether people get Medicaid benefits have a history of errors. Now changes to comply with Trump's tax and domestic policy law are inundating those systems.
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We finally find Aemond. Meanwhile, Alicent and Helaena are doing a little too well trying not to be found.
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With President Trump in attendance, an all-superstar lineup that included Madonna, BTS, Justin Bieber and Burna Boy felt a little more political than it might have otherwise.
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On Monday, former Manchester Mayor Andy Burnham succeeds Keir Starmer as the United Kingdom's prime minister. Burnham's politics have been shaped by England's north-south class divide.
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Nursing homes and assisted living facilities can be fertile ground for violence between residents with dementia, including fatal assaults. Court records and inspecitions how safeguards fall short.
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Swifts have nested in Jerusalem's Western Wall since biblical times. Now one Israeli paraglider is trying to save them.
Commentary & Podcasts
On today's episode, Beth Golay visits with author Julie Buntin about her new novel, "Famous Men."
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