Medical copter crashes in Okla., kills 2, hurts 1
By SEAN MURPHY (OKLAHOMA CITY, Okla., AP) – A medical helicopter crash-landed outside an Oklahoma City nursing home early Friday, killing two people onboard and injuring a third who was…
Snowstorm shuts down KC airport
(KANSAS CITY, Mo., AP) – Heavy snow has forced the closure of the Kansas City International Airport. Airport officials announced on Twitter shortly before 10 a.m. that the whiteout conditions…
Vegas police look for SUV from shooting and crash
By KEN RITTER (LAS VEGAS, AP) – Gunshots fired from a black Range Rover on the Las Vegas Strip early Thursday caused a Maserati to crash into a taxi, creating…
Second trial date set in Whitworth homicide
A trial date is set for the second defendant in the shooting death of Warrensburg bar owner William “Blaine” Whitworth. Ziyad T. Abid, charged with first-degree murder and armed criminal…
Science: Using 3D worlds to visualize data
By CARLA K. JOHNSON (CHICAGO, Ill., AP) – Take a walk through a human brain? Fly over the surface of Mars? Computer scientists at the University of Illinois at Chicago…
Details emerge on Calif. shooting rampage; 4 dead
By GILLIAN FLACCUS (TUSTIN, Calif., AP) – The early morning commute was just getting under way on suburban Orange County’s network of freeways when Melvin Lee Edwards pulled up to…
Body found in rubble of exploded KC restaurant
By BILL DRAPER (KANSAS CITY, Mo., AP) – Search crews at the site of a massive explosion that destroyed a popular Kansas City, Mo., restaurant have found the remains of…
Mo. regulators investigating KC gas explosion
(JEFFERSON CITY, Mo., AP) — Missouri top utility regulator says a fiery explosion at a Kansas City restaurant appears to have occurred after a pipeline was damaged — not because…
Crews search Kansas City rubble for missing woman
By DANA FIELDS and MARIA SUDEKUM (KANSAS CITY, Mo., AP) — With a massive storm bearing down on the city, fire and rescue crews searched Wednesday for the lone person…