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A bill condemning antisemitic and other hate speech was sent to governor's desk, while others are headed to the Senate. -
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A city team focused on improving U.S. Highway 71 has proposed moving the roadway below ground level, creating narrower lanes and building overpasses to connect neighborhoods east to west. The highway's construction tore through majority-Black neighborhoods in east Kansas City decades ago. -
Two of the five city councilmembers who supported major tax breaks for an AI data center were on the ballot Tuesday. Both were ousted in their respective elections by a large margin. -
The Improve I-70 project will expand 200 miles of the interstate, and cost $2.8 billion.
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The movie, now streaming on Netflix, defied current trends in Indian cinema to tell the true story of a friendship between a Muslim and a Hindu Dalit. Martin Scorsese was secretly involved. -
Hungary votes Sunday in a pivotal test of Viktor Orbán's "illiberal democracy," as challenger Péter Magyar taps voter frustration, with stakes for Europe, NATO and the U.S. -
A paper in JAMA Psychiatry says mental health providers should ask if patients are using artificial intelligence chatbots, just as they would ask patients about sleep habits and substance use.
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