‘Quirky’ dog keeps returning to shelter. He needs a permanent home for ‘carefree life’
A “quirky” dog keeps returning to a North Carolina shelter — and now, he needs a patient new owner. Banjo is up for adoption ...
Missouri Tigers basketball team shifts focus to Vandy, prospect of back-to-back SEC wins
The Missouri Tigers men’s basketball team broke a 21-game Southeastern Conference losing streak this week, defeating LSU ...
Man threatened to ‘behead more Jews’ in email to Jewish funeral home, Texas cops say
An email sent to a Jewish funeral home in Texas left the owner and staff fearing for their safety, Texas police said. A threatening email received on Oct. 29 at the Bellaire funeral home said the ...
Equipment manager shows off the 32 trunks the Chiefs travel with, what goes inside them
Kirby showed off the (at least) 32 trunks the Chiefs travel with in a video shared by the team. Those trunks carry jerseys, ...
Is this the skull of Cleopatra’s murdered sister? New study ends century-long debate
The mysterious ancient skull, found in the 1920s, sparked a wave of theories then “sank into oblivion” — until recently.
Lucky lottery player spends $5 on scratch ticket — then wins top prize in Idaho
A woman spent $5 on a lottery game in Idaho, then won a big prize. Chelsey Reeder stopped at a Jacksons Food Stores in ...
3.7-magnitude earthquake wakes San Francisco area, USGS says. ‘Jolt with my coffee’
A 3.7-magnitude earthquake shook the San Francisco Bay Area in Northern California, the U.S. Geological Survey reported. The ...
The Lawrence Police Department trolled Penn State after loss to Notre Dame
Nittany Lions coach James Franklin now has a 1-15 record against top-five teams in his career, and that stat was widely ...
Woman intentionally pooped on store’s floor in shoplifting scheme, Florida cops say
A very public bowel movement was put to use when a Florida couple needed a distraction for large-scale shoplifting, according to investigators. It happened in the middle of the day Dec. 18 at a Family ...
Update: The winter weather advisory is expected to expire at 9 a.m., says the NWS
The advisory was for Miami, Linn, Leavenworth, Wyandotte, Johnson, Clinton, Caldwell, Livingston, Macon, Platte, Clay, Ray, ...
Chiefs cornerback Joshua Williams is a big fan of one KC breakfast restaurant
A story last June by former Star editor Sharon Hoffman said the first HomeGrown restaurant opened in Wichita. Restaurateur ...
SUV runs off a bridge on KC highway and falls 100 feet into a river in deadly crash
Officers responded just after 3 a.m. to westbound Interstate 435 to a reported fatal crash near 103rd Street. A preliminary ...