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

7:23am 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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Morning news brief

5:16am February 15, 2024

Kansas City Super Bowl rally turns deadly. Source says Russia is working on nuclear capability that could threaten satellites. The number of migrants trying to cross into the U.S. fell in January.

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Canvassers in Philadelphia reach out to residents to warn about overdose rates

5:16am February 15, 2024

by Nicole Leonard

City workers in Philadelphia are canvassing neighborhoods with high rates of drug overdose deaths — and handing out overdose reversal medication.

On Cedar Key, researchers from the University of Florida have brought in sand, put in marsh plants and used artificial reefs to encourage the growth of oyster beds offshore.

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Hurricane Idalia shows nature may provide the best shoreline protection

5:00am February 15, 2024

by Greg Allen

Researchers at the University of Florida found that nature-based "living shoreline" projects significantly reduced wave energy and were largely undamaged during Hurricane Idalia last year.

Insurrections loyal to President Donald Trump at the U.S. Capitol in Washington, D.C., on Jan. 6, 2021.

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Special counsel asks Supreme Court to move quickly on the Trump immunity case

2:45am February 15, 2024

by The Associated Press

Special counsel Jack Smith urged the U.S. Supreme Court on Wednesday to let former President Donald Trump's 2020 election interference case proceed to trial without further delay.

People flee after shots were fired near the Kansas City Chiefs' Super Bowl victory parade on Feb.14 in Kansas City, Mo.

1 dead, at least 21 injured in shooting at Kansas City Chiefs' Super Bowl rally

11:09pm February 14, 2024

by Jaclyn Diaz

A local Tejano music DJ, who is a mother of two, was killed in the shooting following the Chiefs' Super Bowl victory rally in Kansas City, Mo. Three people were taken into custody, authorities said.

People flee after shots were fired near the Kansas City Chiefs' Super Bowl LVIII victory parade on February 14, 2024, in Kansas City, Missouri.

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Photos: Shooting in Kansas City after Chiefs parade

10:56pm February 14, 2024

by Sharon McCalister

One person was killed and at least 21 others were injured in the attack outside Union Station in Kansas City.

In January, a man living on Alaska's Kenai Peninsula died of Alaskapox. Pictured is Bear Glacier in the Kenai Fjords National Park on Sept. 1, 2015, in Seward, Alaska.

A man died from Alaskapox last month. Here's what we know about the virus

6:04pm February 14, 2024

by Joe Hernandez

The first known fatality was an elderly man who lived alone in a forested area and was immunocompromised. Scientists say there's no evidence of human-to-human transmission of the virus so far.

The Valentine's Day Bandit died last year — but the tradition he started lives on

5:46pm February 14, 2024

Residents of Portland, Maine, woke up Wednesday to see their city covered in paper hearts. Despite the famed Valentine's Day Bandit's death last year, the tradition continues.

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

5:46pm February 14, 2024

by Frank Morris

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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