Frank Morris

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The damage after severe storms and tornadoes in Iowa

Wednesday, May 22, 2024

Several people were killed in Greenfield, Iowa, a town about 55 miles southwest of Des Moines. Severe storms and tornadoes devastated areas in the Midwest on Tuesday.

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Researchers aim to figure out how to harvest food and electricity off the same land

Tuesday, May 14, 2024

Solar farms generate resistance from neighbors worried about changing the agricultural landscape. So a team in Iowa is working on a way to grow food and harvest solar power on the same acreage.

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Federal regulators approve a major overhaul of America's electric grid

Tuesday, May 14, 2024

The regulators approved sweeping changes to the way U.S. power lines are planned, built and funded. Will the new rules be enough to save America's overwhelmed power grid?

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Kansas restaurant lifts the region by using local products

Thursday, April 11, 2024

In a tiny, remote farm town, a chef who grew up nearby runs what many call the best restaurant for hundreds of miles around. It's an effort to serve local foods and keep a shrinking town alive.

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A restaurant breathes new life into a hard-pressed Kansas farm town

Tuesday, April 09, 2024

On the high plains of Kansas, a beloved restaurant uses local products to help keep a shrinking farm town alive.

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This winter's temperature swings are having health consequences for homeless people

Monday, February 26, 2024

Wild temperature swings are driving cases of trench foot and frostbite among homeless people — especially in the Midwest. As COVID surges, some people spurn shelters through extremes of cold and wet.

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2 adults charged with the murder of Lisa Lopez-Galvan at Chiefs' Super Bowl rally

Wednesday, February 21, 2024

Missouri prosecutors have charged two adults with second-degree murder following last week's shooting that killed one person and injured 22 others at the Kansas City Chiefs Super Bowl parade.

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Remembering Elizabeth Galvan, a victim of the Kansas city shooting

Thursday, February 15, 2024

One person died in the violence that broke out at the end of the Kansas City Super Bowl celebration. 43 year old Elizabeth Galvan was a radio DJ, and well known in the community.

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Kansas City is the latest city left to grapple with the aftermath of a mass shooting

Thursday, February 15, 2024

The victory parade and rally for the Kansas City Chiefs' Super Bowl win turned into a tragedy as one person was killed and several others were injured during a mass shooting

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From Kansas City: The Chief's Super Bowl parade and the shooting that followed

Wednesday, February 14, 2024

Soon after the victory celebration for the Super Bowl champion Kansas City Chiefs ended, shots were fired nearby — breaking the joyful mood of thousands who had come to take part in the day.

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U.S. roadways are a little safer than last year, but that's not saying very much

Wednesday, December 27, 2023

In 2023, traffic fatalities seemed to be on the decline from recent years, but the numbers are still higher than before the pandemic — and pedestrian deaths on roadways remain at crisis levels.

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After Ohio train derailment, 2023 was the year that put rail safety in the spotlight

Saturday, December 16, 2023

A fiery train derailment in East Palestine, Ohio pushed a demand for new rail safety measures in 2023.

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Kansas City will have the first stadium specifically for women's professional sports

Monday, October 23, 2023

Women's soccer will pass a milestone next year when what's billed as the first stadium designed and built specifically for women's professional sports opens in Kansas City.

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Kansas City faces outsized impact of looming government shutdown

Friday, September 29, 2023

Federal workers across the country are bracing to lose pay indefinitely. Many have weathered shutdowns before and some face losing income at particularly inconvenient times in their lives.

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The debate over crop insurance, as climate change drives the price up

Thursday, September 14, 2023

Climate change is making insuring crops more risky, but the federally subsidized crop insurance program's payouts are up 500%. With a new Farm Bill coming, critics want to rethink the program.

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Some say subsidized crop insurance, which is up for renewal, shields farmers too much

Thursday, September 14, 2023

Climate change is making insuring crops more risky, but the federally subsidized crop insurance program's payouts are up 500%. With a new Farm Bill coming, critics want to rethink the program.

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Distrust undermined the U.S. pandemic response. Now it continues to erode health care

Monday, August 28, 2023

High levels of distrust undermined the country's pandemic response and possibly caused half a million deaths. Distrust continues to erode health care, diminish access and give old diseases a chance.

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'Miracle' exhumed nun draws pilgrims to rural Missouri

Monday, June 19, 2023

A "miracle" has pilgrims flocking to a tiny monastery in rural Missouri. The body of a nun who was buried without embalming in a wooden casket four years ago is remarkably well preserved.

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Drought conditions in Kansas, the nation's largest wheat producer, take a toll

Wednesday, June 07, 2023

A deep and persistent drought has parched much of Kansas, and wheat farmers there now expect the smallest harvest in at least 60 years.

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A duck gives a homeless man a new lease on life

Tuesday, May 02, 2023

A wayward duck helped a man in crisis and opened up a whole world of wildlife, death and reproduction he never imagined he would find in a Kansas City creek.

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