KANSAS CITY, Kan. (AP) — The Archdiocese of Kansas City in Kansas has hired a law firm to examine its handling of allegations of sexual abuse by its priests going back nearly seven decades. Archbishop…

KANSAS CITY, Kan. (AP) — A Kansas judge says crews can begin tearing down a 17-story waterslide on which a 10-year-old boy was killed when his raft went airborne. Wyandotte County District Court Judge Robert…

KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — The Kansas City Royals traded slugging first baseman Lucas Duda to the Atlanta Braves for cash considerations after their game against Detroit on Wednesday. Duda signed a $3.5 million, one-year…

CHICAGO — Royals prospect Ryan O’Hearn awoke in a major-league team’s Chicago hotel for the first time in his life Tuesday morning and found lack of rest had done nothing to dampen his mood. He’d…