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Across the Kansas City metro, departments are making strategic efforts to rebuild since COVID and prepare for future health emergencies. But they are fighting uphill battles against lackluster funding, a mass exodus of employees and public perception.

Newsroom live blog: Total solar eclipse on April 8, 2024

When Heather Woock was in her late 20s, she started researching her family history. As part of the project she spit into a tube and sent it to Ancestry, a consumer DNA testing service. Then in 2017, she started getting messages about the results from people who said they could be half-siblings.

U.S. hospitals have seen a record number of cyberattacks in recent years. Such attacks can upend hospital operations, costing millions of dollars and putting patients' lives at risk.

In a surprising and seismic shift in college athletics, the Big Ten voted Thursday to add Southern California and UCLA as conference members beginning in 2024.

Indianapolis native and North Central High School graduate Chase Infiniti got her start acting at local theater group Summer Stock Stage.

The Paramount School of Excellence VEX robotics team, which wasn't even in existence this time last year, is flying to Anaheim, Calif. to compete against teams from 25 countries in the VEX IQ World Championships.

President Joe Biden's nominee for secretary of transportation, Pete Buttigieg, is pledging to carry out the administration's ambitious agenda to rebuild the nation's infrastructure, calling it a "generational opportunity" to create new jobs, fight economic inequality and stem climate change.

As a person who likes to stay busy, Chelsea Davis had a hard time adjusting when COVID shut down her places of employment and volunteering. Seth Johnson interviewed her for Side Effects Public Media as part of an audio diary project for our Move to Include series.

Garbage trucks, snowplows, and salt trucks use specialized computer chips and sensors to operate -- and local commissioners say problems with either can put vehicles out of commission.