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KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — The Kansas City Chiefs hired Joe Cullen, the former Jacksonville Jaguars defensive coordinator, to coach their defensive line Friday while moving Brandon Daly from that position group to work with the linebackers. Cullen has spent 15 seasons working with defensive lines for five teams, beginning with Detroit in 2006 and

By DAVID SHARP, KATHLEEN FOODY and JILL BLEED Associated Press Northeast residents were urged to stay off the roads with temperatures beginning to drop Friday evening as a major winter storm turned already slippery roads and sidewalks into ice-covered hazards. The storm that already cut electric power to about 350,000 homes and businesses from Texas

By DAVID SHARP, KATHLEEN FOODY and JILL BLEED Associated Press Northeast residents were urged to stay off the roads with temperatures beginning to drop Friday evening as a major winter storm turned already slippery roads and sidewalks into ice-covered hazards. The storm that already cut electric power to about 350,000 homes and businesses from Texas

By REBECCA BOONE Associated Press BOISE, Idaho (AP) — Idaho has agreed to change its living will template so that pregnant people won’t be kept on life support against their wishes. The move is part of a legal settlement reached this week with four women who sued in federal court in 2018. They alleged the

KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — A former Kansas City  police detective officer who was convicted in a man’s shooting death is asking to remain free while his case is appealed. KSHB-TV reports attorneys for 43-year-old Eric DeValkenaere filed a motion Monday arguing that he should be free on bond because he is not a flight

By DAVID SHARP, KATHLEEN FOODY and JILL BLEED Associated Press A major winter storm that already cut electric power to about 350,000 homes and businesses from Texas to the Ohio Valley is now hitting the Northeast. The storm disrupted flights at major hubs in the U.S. on Friday, and ice threatened to wreak havoc on

ST. LOUIS (AP) — A massive winter storm that has moved across the country this week left more than a foot of snow in parts of northeastern Missouri, shutting downs schools and services and snarling traffic in both Kansas and Missouri. The National Weather Service reports that Hannibal, Missouri, saw 12.5 inches of snow over

By PETE IACOBELLI AP Sports Writer No one’s been able to slow down top-ranked Auburn this season. Struggling Georgia is the next to try when the teams play in Athens, Georgia, on Saturday. The Tigers have won 18 straight, including their first nine games in the Southeastern Conference, including putting 100 points on state rival

By DAVE SKRETTA AP Basketball Writer A look at the upcoming weekend around the Big 12 Conference: GAME OF THE WEEKEND Reigning national champion Baylor and perennial contender Kansas, both again stocked for NCAA Tournament runs, as the afternoon light spills through the old clerestory windows of Allen Fieldhouse? Yes, please. Yet the last few

By KATHLEEN FOODY and JILL BLEED Associated Press A major winter storm that already cut electric power to about 350,000 homes and businesses from Texas to the Ohio Valley was set to leave Pennsylvania and New England glazed in ice and smothered in snow. The storm disrupted flights at major hubs in the U.S. on

KANSAS CITY, Mo. — Evan Gilyard II had 23 points as Kansas City defeated St. Thomas (MN) 81-72. Parker Bjorklund led the Tommies with a season-high 26 points.

By JAMES MacPHERSON Associated Press BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) — Electric power generation from the Missouri River’s six upstream dams fell below average in 2021, forcing the federal agency that sells the power to buy electricity on the open market. The $18 million in additional costs ultimately may be passed on to ratepayers in a half-dozen

INDEPENDENCE, Mo. (AP) — Independence plans to hire an outside firm to investigate a whistleblower’s allegation that a police officer was paid $160,000 in overtime last year for doing construction work. City Manager Zach Walker said no one has yet been disciplined. The officer reportedly was paid for 2,800 hours of overtime to remodel the

BOURBON, Mo. (AP) — The family of a Black Missouri man killed by his neighbor is calling for a coroner to resign over his handling of the case and what the family describes as racist social media posts. A lawyer for Justin King’s family on Wednesday asked two oversight boards to investigate Crawford County Coroner

MOUNT VERNON, Mo. (AP) — The third of nine defendants has entered a guilty plea for her role in the death of a southwest Missouri woman who was kidnapped and shot after she was forced into a well. Thirty-nine-year-old Christina Knapp, of Stotts City, pleaded guilty Tuesday to robbery and kidnapping in the death of

ST. LOUIS (AP) — In a state that has moved decidedly Republican over the past two decades, it’s a Democrat who has raised the most money so far in the 2022 U.S. Senate race. The Federal Election Commission website shows that Marine veteran Lucas Kunce raised $2.48 million as of Dec. 31, slightly more than

JOPLIN, Mo. (AP) — A southwest Missouri man is charged with threatening police after more than 50 animals were taken from his property. Newton County authorities say the man was on a 96-hour hold for a mental health evaluation when he threatened to blow up the police department if any animals were taken from his