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☆ Boots, Backpack and a Ubiquitous App
▼ + stars: | 2024-03-31 | by ( Nikita Richardson | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: 1 min

Whatever you imagined, that hiker is probably using the app AllTrails. Even people who don’t know what a CamelBak is or who have no idea what the term “out-and-back” means. In the world of AllTrails, a hiker of any skill level is still a hiker. Many of them find the app in the same way. “It’s a free app, so we were like, ‘We’ll download it and see what happens.’ We never deleted it.”

Persons: ”, Jessica Wood Locations: Kansas City, Mo

☆ In Kansas City, a Festive Yet Cautious St. Patrick’s Day Parade
▼ + stars: | 2024-03-17 | by ( Colbi Edmonds | Lauren Fox Kanan | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

Irish dancers, Gaelic football players, green everything: Thousands of spectators gathered for the St. Patrick’s Day parade in Kansas City, Mo., on Sunday, the first citywide parade since a deadly shooting last month roiled the city’s Super Bowl celebration. The St. Patrick’s Day parade, the city’s 50th this year, is regarded as one of the country’s largest, with crowds known to reach hundreds of thousands. On Sunday, a sizable — but notably smaller — crowd sporting green beanies, vests, cowboy hats and sweatshirts came together, even under high winds and chilly temperatures. The parade showcased Gaelic Athletic Club members demonstrating their hurling skills, bagpipe players, antique fire trucks and lots of green items, including cotton candy, plaid hats and stuffed animals. There was a stand with T-shirts that read “Kansas City has our own St. Patrick,” with a photo of the Chiefs quarterback Patrick Mahomes — which at one point were almost blown away by the fierce winds.

Persons: Patrick’s, sweatshirts, Patrick, Patrick Mahomes — Organizations: Gaelic, St, Gaelic Athletic Club, Chiefs Locations: Kansas City, Mo

(AP) — Vanessa DiBernardo scored the first goal for Kansas City in its new stadium and the Current held off the Portland Thorns 5-4 on Saturday in the regular-season opener for the National Women's Soccer League. Rookie Ellie Wheeler scored moments later and the Current built a 3-1 lead by halftime. It was the first game at CPKC Stadium, which the team says is the first U.S. stadium built expressly for women’s pro soccer. Andonovski also coached two seasons with the Reign before taking over the U.S. national team. Brittany and Patrick Mahomes, part of the Current's ownership group, kicked off the game with a “K.C., baby!” chant.

Persons: — Vanessa DiBernardo, Shelby Hogan, DiBernardo, Ellie Wheeler, Bia Zaneratto, Kristen Hamilton, Alex Pfeiffer, Sophia Smith, Janine Beckie, Smith, Hamilton, Pfeiffer, Beckie's, Vlatko Andonovski, Andonovski, Patrick Mahomes, ___ Organizations: KANSAS CITY, Kansas City, Portland Thorns, National Women's Soccer League, ABC, ESPN, CBS Sports, Amazon Prime, Scripps Sports, Portland, U.S, FC Kansas City, U.S . Locations: KANSAS, Mo, U.S, Missouri, Brazil, Brittany

Gilbert finished with 16 points as the Cyclones rolled to the 69-41 victory, giving them their sixth Big 12 trophy in their sixth title game appearance. Iowa State used an 18-3 run to turn a 30-23 halftime lead into the kind of blowout Sampson has rarely experienced. But don't lose sight of how good you have to be to get here.”It doesn’t seem to matter who is coaching Iowa State at the Big 12 Tournament, either. And when they got those buckets to go, it freed up Momcilovic and the rest of the Iowa State sharpshooters to begin draining 3-pointers. Cougars big man J'Wan Roberts was largely ineffective, too, after hurting his right leg and playing sparingly in their semifinal rout of Texas Tech.

Persons: —, Otzelberger, Keshon Gilbert, Gilbert, ” Otzelberger, Milan Momcilovic, Hason Ward, Kelvin Sampson, Sampson, ” Sampson, “, That's, I've, ” Jamal Shead, L.J, Cryer, Emanuel Sharp, We've, Shead, J'Wan Roberts, Tamin Lipsey, ___ Organizations: KANSAS CITY, Iowa, Cyclones, Big, UCLA, Cougars, Iowa State, Houston, ”, ” Iowa State, Texas Tech, ” Cyclones, State, NCAA, AP Locations: KANSAS, Mo, Houston, Oklahoma, Kansas, Iowa, Ames , Iowa, ” Iowa, Omaha , Nebraska, Ames . Houston

☆ Three Men Face Federal Gun Charges in Kansas City Super Bowl Parade Shooting
▼ + stars: | 2024-03-13 | by ( Ernesto Londoño | More About Ernesto Londoño | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: 1 min

Three men have been charged with firearms trafficking and other crimes as part of the investigation into the shooting that marred a Super Bowl victory celebration in Kansas City, Mo., federal prosecutors said on Wednesday. One person was killed and more than 20 were injured in the shooting on Feb. 14, after an argument turned violent and at least six people opened fire just as the rally was dispersing near Union Station, the authorities said. Days later, two teenagers were charged with resisting arrest and “gun-related” offenses. In late February, two Missouri men, Lyndell Mays, 23, and Dominic Miller, 18, were charged with murder. Three Kansas City, Mo., men now face multiple federal charges after investigators determined that at least two of the weapons recovered at the shooting scene had been unlawfully purchased or trafficked.

Persons: Lyndell Mays, Dominic Miller Organizations: Kansas City Locations: Kansas City, Mo, Missouri, Kansas

☆ Biden secures Democratic nomination with majority of delegates, NBC News projects
▼ + stars: | 2024-03-12 | by ( Peter Nicholas | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +5 min

President Joe Biden clinched the Democratic presidential nomination Tuesday, NBC News projects, winning a majority of the necessary delegates and setting up what is expected to be a bitter, closely contested rematch with Donald Trump. By clearing the field for the 81-year-old Biden, Democrats have gambled that he remains the party's best shot at defeating Trump one more time. The general election campaign opens with Biden an underdog against an opponent who historians have ranked as the worst president in the nation's history. He ran for the party's nomination in 1988 and again in 2008 and never made headway with rank-and-file Democratic voters. Through sheer persistence, he is now finishing a presidential term while wrapping up his second party nomination in a row.

Persons: Joe Biden, Donald J, Trump, Donald Trump, Biden, Govs, Gavin Newsom, Gretchen Whitmer, —, Liano Sharon, parry, Marc Morial, Sen, Claire McCaskill, Beau's, Barack Obama's, Obama, Hillary Clinton, John Kerry, Al Gore, Edward M, Kennedy Organizations: United, Former U.S, YMCA Allard Center, Democratic, NBC News, Biden, Trump, Democratic National Committee, parry Republicans, State, Union, National Urban League, Israel, Office Locations: Goffstown , New Hampshire, United States, Michigan, New Orleans, Israel, Gaza, South Carolina

☆ He was once hailed as the pride of China. Now nationalists are coming for this Nobel laureate
▼ + stars: | 2024-03-11 | by ( Nectar Gan | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +9 min

Now, some of China’s most zealous online nationalists have a new target in their crosshairs: the country’s first officially recognized Nobel laureate. Mo Yan receives the 2012 Nobel Literature Prize from King Carl Gustaf of Sweden during an award ceremony on December 10, 2012 in Stockholm. He accused Wu of creating a publicity stunt by “maliciously framing” the Nobel laureate and taking his words out of context. In 2011, he was named the vice chairman of the state-run Chinese Writers Association – an appointment that could not have been made without the blessing of the party. In 2022, Sima Nan, a nationalist pundit known for his inflammatory criticism of the United States, famously accused Mo’s Nobel win of being a Western effort to smear China.

Persons: Hong Kong CNN — They’ve, Mo Yan, Xi Jinping, Xi, Wu Wanzheng, Mao Xinghuo, Wu, Guan Moye, –, Mo, King Carl Gustaf of Sweden, Jonathan Nackstrand, ” Zhang Yongsheng, Hu Xijin, Hu, ”, Murong Xuecun, “ Xi, Mao, Writers Association –, Liu Xiaobo, Liu, caricaturize, “, doesn’t, Sima Nan, Mo’s Nobel, ” Murong Organizations: Hong Kong CNN, Communist Party, Communist, Getty, Red Guards, Tongji University, Global Times, Writers Association, Chinese Writers Association Locations: China, Hong Kong, Mo, Weibo, Stockholm, AFP, Shanghai, Beijing, Shandong, United States

Rome, Georgia CNN —President Joe Biden and former President Donald Trump will hold dueling events Saturday in Georgia as their rematch for the White House moves from an inevitable likelihood to an inescapable reality. “Georgia has been ground zero on the national political landscape since 2018,” said Fred Hicks, a Democratic strategist based in Georgia. Trump’s Georgia headwindsBut there are headwinds for Trump in Georgia as well – many of his own making. Many in the party blamed Trump’s election denialism and criticism of mail-in ballots for lower party turnout in those runoff contests. Another Georgia Republican, Rep. Mike Collins, is scheduled to be there as well.

Persons: Joe Biden, Donald Trump, Biden, Trump, Georgia –, ”, Fred Hicks, “, Nikki Haley, It’s, Julie Chavez Rodriguez, Harris, ” Rodriguez, Andrew Heaton, Georgia Democratic Sen, Raphael Warnock, Hicks, ” Hicks, baselessly, Brad Raffensperger, – David Perdue, Kelly Loeffler –, Jon Ossoff, Warnock, Biden’s, Brian Kemp, Raffensperger, Kemp, Fani Willis, Willis, Jule Windham, Laken Riley, Marjorie Taylor Greene, Greene, “ Lincoln Riley, ” Biden, Mike Collins, Riley, Collins, “ You’re Organizations: Georgia CNN, White, Union, Biden, Trump, Georgia, Democratic, South Carolina Gov, Democrats, Senate, Georgia Democratic, MAGA, Inc, Black, Democratic Party, GOP, Georgia Gov, Republican, CNN, University of Georgia, Georgia Rep, Georgia Republican Locations: Rome, Georgia, Atlanta, Peach State, “ Georgia, Mexico, State, Philadelphia, New Hampshire , Wisconsin, Michigan, Trump’s Georgia, Fulton County, Macon County, Middle Georgia, Greene’s Georgia, Collins ’

☆ Congress averts a government shutdown, sending a short-term funding bill to Biden
▼ + stars: | 2024-02-29 | by ( Scott Wong | Sahil Kapur | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +4 min

Congress sent a short-term funding bill to President Joe Biden's desk Thursday, averting a partial government shutdown this weekend and buying lawmakers more time to fund federal agencies through September. The CR is part of a broader bipartisan spending deal congressional leaders announced Wednesday that includes six of the 12 spending bills that fund federal agencies. The new CR would extend the funding deadline for half of the dozen must-pass spending bills by one week, to March 8. Leaders say that should give Congress enough time to pass all of the spending bills for the fiscal year that ends on Sept. 30. He has indicated that foreign aid will be tackled separately, without committing to allowing a vote on the Ukraine funding.

Persons: Joe Biden's, Jack Teixeira, Chuck Schumer, I've, I'm, Biden, Mike Johnson, Johnson, Veterans Affairs —, Karine Jean, Pierre said, Sen, Rand Paul, Josh Hawley, Bob Good, We've Organizations: U.S . Capitol, Pentagon, Energy, Interior, Justice, Transportation, Veterans Affairs, CR, Caucus, NBC, Republican Locations: Washington , U.S, Agriculture, Commerce, Ky, Israel, Taiwan, Ukraine

☆ Kara Swisher warns news organizations need to ‘reinvent’ themselves amid existential crisis
▼ + stars: | 2024-02-27 | by ( Oliver Darcy | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +9 min

We spoke to Swisher on Monday to get her insight on some of the challenges facing the media and tech landscape today. And they didn’t anticipate that these tech companies were going to get into media. If so, why haven’t legacy media companies been able to lure in top tech talent to improve their products? Media companies do not get to live by the same anti-gravity rules that tech companies have been able to. But media companies didn’t offer the same kind of upside.

Persons: New York CNN — Kara Swisher, ” Swisher, Swisher, it’s, BuzzFeed, they’ve, Steve Jobs, Rupert Murdoch, “, Donald Trump’s, Joe Biden’s, It’s, You’ve, Elon Musk, Bill Ackman, I’m, Elon, Tyler Perry, Sora, everyone’s, Adrian Chen, …, AllThingsD, Uber, We’ve, haven’t Organizations: New York CNN, Craigslist, . Media, Big Tech, New York Times, Harvard, The New York Times, Google Locations: New York

☆ Trader Joe’s Is Coming to Springfield. Just Not That Springfield.
▼ + stars: | 2024-02-23 | by ( John Yoon | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: 1 min

When Trader Joe’s told a Springfield, Mo., newspaper on Thursday that it was opening a store there, shoppers rejoiced. “Springfield is getting so nice I may not want to go to heaven!” a pastor, Tyler Padgitt, wrote on Facebook. But his elation didn’t last even an hour: The company apologized minutes later, saying it was actually talking about Springfield, Va.“It was a moment of euphoria followed by a dark night of the soul,” Mr. Padgitt said in an interview.

Persons: Joe’s, “ Springfield, Tyler Padgitt, Mr, Padgitt Organizations: Facebook Locations: Springfield, Mo, Springfield , Va

☆ Tip to Police Leads to Arrest of 3 Men in 1989 Rape and Murder in Missouri
▼ + stars: | 2024-02-23 | by ( Jesus Jiménez | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: 1 min

Despite her suspicions, the police had not been able to arrest someone in the case — until this week. Someone recently came forward with information about the crime, leading to the arrest of three men in connection with the kidnapping, rape and murder of Ms. Workman, 24, the authorities said at a news conference on Wednesday in Douglas County, Mo. The men — Bobby Lee Banks, 65, of Seymour, Mo. ; Leonard Banks, 64, of Gainesville, Mo. — were each charged with first-degree murder, kidnapping and forcible rape, the authorities said.

Persons: Pam Workman, Kelle Ann Workman, Ms . Workman, Bobby Lee Banks, Leonard Banks, — Organizations: Wiley Locations: Missouri, Douglas County, Mo, Seymour, Gainesville, Ava

☆ Taylor Swift and Travis Kelce each donate $100,000 to the families of victims of the Kansas City Chiefs victory parade shooting
▼ + stars: | 2024-02-17 | by ( Eve Crosbie | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

Taylor Swift and Travis Kelce have made generous charitable donations to the victims of the shooting at the Kansas City Chiefs Super Bowl victory parade, which occurred on February 14. Taylor Swift's message to the family of Elizabeth Lopez-Galvan, a woman who was killed in the mass shooting at the Kansas City Chiefs victory parade. Police officers at the scene of a shooting where at least one person was killed and 22 others were injured on Wednesday, Feb. 14, 2024, in Kansas City. — Travis Kelce (@tkelce) February 15, 2024As Business Insider previously reported, during a press conference earlier this week, Kansas City Police Chief Stacey Graves confirmed that three people, including two minors, had been detained following the shooting. A spokeswoman for the Office of the Juvenile Officer in Jackson County, Mo., told the publication that additional charges are "expected in the future as the investigation by the Kansas City Police Department continues."

Persons: Taylor Swift, Travis Kelce, Elizabeth Lopez, Galvan, Taylor, Swift's, Reyes, — Travis Kelce, Stacey Graves, Lopez Organizations: Kansas City Chiefs Super Bowl, Business, Variety, Kansas City Chiefs, Police, Kansas City . Kansas City Star, Super Bowl, Chiefs, KC, Kansas City Police, New York Times, Kansas City Police Department, NBC News Locations: Kansas City ., Jackson County, Mo

KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — “Are you feeling good today, Chiefs Kingdom?” Kansas City Mayor Quinton Lucas shouted to a sea of football fans fresh from their town’s third Super Bowl victory in five years. At its highest moment of community pride, Kansas City experienced one of 21st-century American culture’s most traumatic events — a public mass shooting. “How," she asked, “can something go from this happy to this?”Everyone seemed to know someone who was there; that's the kind of town Kansas City is. “This is not Kansas City,” said Graves, who had stationed around 600 of her officers along the route in addition to 200 more from other agencies.

Persons: Quinton Lucas, Taylor Swift, Travis Kelce, breathlessly, Chiefs ’, Clark Hunt, “, Mike Parson, you’re, hadn't, Patrick Mahomes, Kelce, Garth Brooks, ” Kelce, ”, Gene Hamilton, couldn't, Hana Lee, ” Sarah Fox, texted, Stacey Graves, Graves, “ I’m, Lisa Lopez, Galvan, Michelle Hubbard, Andy Reid, Hubbard, Ashley Coderre, Coderre, Allie Tipton, Louis, Tipton Organizations: KANSAS CITY, Chiefs, Kansas City, Police, San Francisco 49ers, Schools, Low, Shawnee Mission, Super Locations: KANSAS, Mo, Kansas, Kansas City, Melbourne, Australia, ”, Missouri, Kansas City , Missouri, Wichita , Kansas, Prairie Village, “, Shawnee, Overland Park , Kansas, St, Tipton

☆ Kansas City Grappled With Shootings Long Before the Super Bowl
▼ + stars: | 2024-02-16 | by ( Kevin Draper | Julie Bosman | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: 1 min

Across the country, Americans were shocked and horrified by the images on Wednesday from Kansas City, Mo., after shots were fired into a crowd of jubilant parade-goers celebrating the city’s Super Bowl win. To people intimately aware of the entrenched violence in Kansas City, the shooting was painfully familiar. There were 182 people killed in Kansas City last year, according to police data, surpassing a previous high in 2020. With a population of just over 500,000, Kansas City has one of the highest murder rates in the nation. Rosilyn Temple, who founded the Kansas City chapter of Mothers in Charge after her son, Antonio, was killed in 2011, was at the scene of two separate shootings on Tuesday, the night before the Super Bowl celebration.

Persons: Antonio Organizations: Kansas, Bowl, Kansas City Locations: Kansas City, Mo, Rosilyn, Kansas

Two teenagers were charged with resisting arrest and “gun-related” offenses in connection with a shooting that left one person dead and nearly two dozen others injured during a Super Bowl victory celebration in Kansas City, Mo., the authorities said on Friday. Additional charges are expected to be filed, according to a spokeswoman for the Office of the Juvenile Officer in Jackson County, Mo. The teenagers, who have not been publicly identified, remained in custody on Friday. The authorities have said that the shooting stemmed from a dispute among several people, and erupted on Wednesday afternoon outside the city’s Union Station, where thousands of Kansas City football fans were gathered for a rally. Twenty-two people were injured, and at least half of them were younger than 16, officials have said.

Organizations: Kansas City Locations: Kansas City, Mo, Jackson County, city’s

“She was beloved by many,” Chief Stacey Graves of the Kansas City Police Department said at a news conference on Thursday. Image Elizabeth Galvan was killed in the shooting in Kansas City, Mo., on Wednesday. Credit... KKFIMs. Galvan, who was also known as Lisa Lopez-Galvan, was well-known in the Kansas City area. She was a host of the radio show “Taste of Tejano,” broadcast on KKFI, a local radio station. Lisa Lopez, a friend of Ms. Lopez-Galvan, said in an interview that Ms. Lopez-Galvan was known for inviting her close friends to her garage to watch football games.

Persons: Stacey Graves, Elizabeth Galvan, Ms, Galvan, Lisa Lopez, Marc, KKFI, Lopez, Tommy Andrade, Monica Frias Organizations: Kansas City Police Department, ., Chiefs Locations: Kansas City, Mo

(AP) — The Kansas City Chiefs' Super Bowl victory rally had just ended when fan Trey Filter heard what he initially thought was fireworks. The shooting happened as Filter was walking to his car with his wife, Casey Filter, and their 15- and 12-year-old children. “Right out of a video game,” is how Trey Filter recalled the long-barreled weapon. “We we barely let the dogs out when we got home.”For Casey Filter, what sticks out is how fast everything changed. Trey Filter laughed at the idea.

Persons: Trey Filter, “, I’m, ”, wasn’t, Stacey Graves, Casey Filter, ‘, It’s Organizations: KANSAS CITY, The Kansas City Chiefs, Wichita , Kansas . Police Locations: KANSAS, Mo, The, Wichita , Kansas

KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — Gunfire erupted at the Kansas City Chiefs’ Super Bowl celebration Wednesday, leaving one woman dead and more than 20 people injured, including children. Izurieta said Lopez-Galvan attended the parade with her husband and her adult son, a die-hard Kansas City sports fan who also was shot. At a children’s hospital, an official said they were treating 12 patients from the celebration, including 11 children between 6 and 15, many with gunshot wounds. Mayor Quinton Lucas has joined with mayors across the country in calling for new laws to reduce gun violence, including mandating universal background checks.

Persons: Quinton Lucas, Lisa Lopez, Galvan, ”, Lopez, Lisa G, Rosa Izurieta, Martha Ramirez, Izurieta, Ramirez, Stacey Graves, Graves, couldn’t Organizations: KANSAS CITY, Kansas City Chiefs, ”, KKFI, Facebook, Kansas City, American Legion, Kansas City Police, FBI, HISTORY Kansas City, U.S . Justice Department, Nuggets, NBA, Texas Rangers Locations: KANSAS, Mo, Mariachi Mexico, HISTORY Kansas, U.S, Denver

KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — Kansas City Chiefs offensive lineman Trey Smith shared the WWE title belt to help calm a young boy in the aftermath of the mass shooting at the team's Super Bowl celebration. Smith, who sported the belt during the celebration, noticed the frightened boy, who was with his father. “I was thinking, what can I do to help him out?” Smith said in an interview Thursday on Good Morning America. “Andy Reid was trying to comfort me, which was nice,” Wallace told The Kansas City Star.

Persons: Trey Smith, Smith, “, ” Smith, We've, Stacey Graves, James Winchester, Andy Reid, Gabe Wallace, “ Andy Reid, ” Wallace Organizations: KANSAS CITY, Kansas City Chiefs, WWE, Morning America, Police, Winchester, ” Chiefs, Shawnee Mission, The Kansas City Star Locations: KANSAS, Mo, Shawnee

Investigators in Kansas City, Mo., were seeking help from the public as they searched on Thursday for answers in a shooting that upended the city’s Super Bowl victory celebration and left one person dead and at least 21 others wounded by gunfire. The shooting, which erupted on Wednesday afternoon as thousands of football fans had crowded into downtown Kansas City, sharply turned a day of revelry into one of chaos and confusion. Nine of them had suffered gunshot wounds, the authorities said. It was uncertain who was responsible for the shooting, which took place near the city’s Union Station, a hub that draws tourists to the city each year. By Wednesday night, three people had been detained, the Kansas City police chief said, but no charges had been announced, and officials said they were uncertain of the motive.

Organizations: Kansas City Locations: Kansas City, Mo, revelry, city’s

KANSAS CITY, Mo. Izurieta said Lopez-Galvan attended the parade with her husband and her adult son, a die-hard Kansas City sports fan who also was shot. Kansas City has long struggled with gun violence, and in 2020 it was among nine cities targeted by the U.S. Justice Department in an effort to crack down on violent crime. Lucas has joined with mayors across the country in calling for new laws to reduce gun violence, including mandating universal background checks. Stephanie Meyer, chief nursing officer for Children’s Mercy Kansas City, said it was treating 12 patients from the rally, including 11 children between the ages of 6 and 15, many of whom suffered gunshot wounds.

Persons: —, Quinton Lucas, ” Lucas, Stacey Graves, “ I’m, ” Graves, Lisa Lopez, Galvan, ”, ” KKFI, Lopez, Lisa G, Rosa Izurieta, Martha Ramirez, Izurieta, “, Lisa, ” Izurieta, Lucas, Lisa Money, Kevin Sanders, ” Sanders, Nancy Lewis, Lewis, Stephanie Meyer, Meyer, Rick Burkholder, Andy Reid, Mike Parson, Teresa Parson, Joe Biden, ” Biden, ” Throngs, Scott McFetridge, Jim Salter, Louis, Josh Funk, John Hanna Organizations: KANSAS CITY, Kansas City Chiefs, Nuggets, NBA, Texas Rangers, Radio, KKFI, Facebook, KC, Kansas City, U.S . Justice Department, University Health, Mercy, Mercy Kansas City, Luke’s Hospital of Kansas City, Chiefs, Arrowhead, Station, Republican Gov, Associated Press Locations: KANSAS, Mo, Kansas City, U.S, Denver, Kansas, Lenexa , Kansas, Mercy Kansas, ” St, Des Moines , Iowa, St, Omaha , Nebraska, Columbia , Missouri, Topeka , Kansas

Fleeing after shots were fired near the Super Bowl victory celebration for the Chiefs in Kansas City, Mo., on Wednesday. The parade on Wednesday to celebrate the Kansas City Chiefs’ Super Bowl victory brought hundreds of thousands of people to the city’s streets, a sea of fans clad in the team’s trademark red. Only when fans started running — some of them took shelter under his hot dog tent — did he realize that a shooting was underway. Adrian Robinson had traveled to Kansas City from Gary, Ind., to sell T-shirts. Quinton Lucas, the mayor of Kansas City, had also been downtown for the celebration.

Persons: Ian Johnson, Courtney Brown, “, ”, Adrian Robinson, Christopher Smith, Dominick Williams, Mr, Robinson, Zachary Dial, Quinton Lucas, ” Traci Angel, Colbi Edmonds Organizations: Chiefs, Kansas City Chiefs, Kansas City, The New York Times, Union Station, Kansas Locations: Kansas City, Mo, Union, Independence, Kansas, Gary, Ind, Richmond

KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — Kansas City Chiefs trainer Rick Burkholder said the team was on buses returning to Arrowhead Stadium when a shooting occurred Wednesday at the end of the Super Bowl championship parade. Burkholder said he was with coach Andy Reid and other coaches and staff members at the time of the shooting. “Praying for Kansas City,” Chiefs quarterback and Super Bowl MVP Patrick Mahomes said in a post on X, formerly known as Twitter, that also included three emojis of hands in prayer. Offensive tackle Donovan Smith, defensive tackle Mike Pennel and safety Justin Reid were among the Chiefs players offering similar statements of support on social media.

Persons: Rick Burkholder, Burkholder, Andy Reid, Patrick Mahomes, Donovan Smith, Mike Pennel, Justin Reid, Trey Smith, “, Drue Tranquill Organizations: KANSAS CITY, Kansas City Chiefs, Arrowhead, Super Bowl, Kansas City, ” Chiefs, Chiefs, San Francisco 49ers Locations: KANSAS, Mo, Kansas

(AP) — A divided Missouri Supreme Court upheld voting districts drawn for the state Senate on Wednesday, rejecting a legal challenge that claimed mapmakers should have placed a greater emphasis on keeping communities intact. The high court's 5-2 decision means the districts, first used in the 2022 elections, will remain in place both for this year's elections and ensuing ones. While a Republican Senate committee supported the Senate map enacted in 2022 by a panel of appeals court judges, a GOP House committee sided with Democratic-aligned voters suing for the districts to be overturned. The third prioritizes “contiguous” and “compact” districts, and the fourth requires communities to be kept whole in districts if possible under the equal population guidelines. The Supreme Court said a trial judge correctly decided that the constitution makes “compact” districts a higher priority than keeping communities intact.

Persons: Judge Kelly Broniec, Mike Parson's, Judge W, Brent Powell, Judge Paul Wilson, ” Powell, Chuck Hatfield, ” Hatfield, I’m, Pro Tem Caleb Rowden, ” Organizations: JEFFERSON CITY, Republicans, Republican, GOP, Democratic, Republican Gov, Pro Locations: Mo, Missouri, Buchanan, Louis, Hazelwood, ”

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