How well do you know this week’s Kansas City news? Try our Uniquely KC quiz

The Kansas City Star

July 5, 2024 at 7:00 a.m.·1 min read

Welcome to The Kansas City Star’s weekly news quiz. Each Friday, we’ll update this quiz with a look back at the Uniquely KC things that happened in the metro.

This week a famous Kansas City bridge gets a makeover, the Country Club Plaza has a new owner, and Bill Self gave us a unique tour of his office.

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LA Times
It was their dream home until the hoarder next door turned it into a pricey prison
Married schoolteachers bought their dream home in Sun Valley. Then a mentally ill neighbor's hoarding turned it into a prison.
HuffPost
Ted Cruz's Hurricane Beryl Warning Goes Spectacularly Awry
Critics said the Texas Republican's "stay safe" alert only served as a reminder of one thing.
CNN
As a young hitchhiker, he survived a ride with a serial killer. Now he’s telling his story
Steve Fishman was hitchhiking in Connecticut in 1975 when he accepted a ride from a chatty lone man in a Buick. Fishman was stunned a few months later to see the man’s face in news reports saying he’d confessed to a series of rapes and murders.
People
Catfish Couple Allegedly Drugged Man Before Stabbing Him to Death and Trying to Take Over His Home (Exclusive)
Family members of Curtis Engeland, 74, were alarmed when they received improperly worded texts purporting to be from him
People
Woman Dies While Boating on the Fourth of July. Now 2 Men Have Been Charged with Boating While Intoxicated
Authorities said they received a call about a woman who had "fallen off a boat" in Texas' Lake Conroe earlier this week
Modesto Bee
What Christian conservatives will never tell you about the Ten Commandments | Opinion
At best, the text known as the Ten Commandments invites deeper conversations about religion and ethics. At worst, it becomes a meaningless idol
Global News
Pickering man killed in shooting at Toronto gas station: police
A man was fatally shot at a gas station in Toronto's east end Saturday night. The incident occurred near Warden and Ellesmere, prompting a response from law enforcement following reports of the shooting. In an update on Sunday, police said one or more suspects fired several shots into the victim’s car before fleeing the scene. Officers also identified the man who was killed as 28-year-old Pickering resident Sulakshan Selvasingam. Kayla Mclean reports.
Deadline
‘Top Chef’ And ‘Food Network’ Daytime Emmy-Winning Chef Justin Sutherland Loses Deals In Aftermath Of Arrest
The fallout continues for celebrity chef Justin Sutherland, who was arrested June 28 in Minnesota for threatening to kill his girlfriend. A nonprofit in St. Paul said Friday that it’s canceling its partnership with Sutherland to develop a new concept for Golden Thyme Coffee and Café, which the nonprofit’s trust bought when the cafe’s owners …
Global News
B.C. woman allegedly trained by ISIS charged with terrorism
A British Columbia woman caught in Syria during the war against ISIS has been charged with terrorism offenses, the RCMP said on Saturday. Kimberly Polman faces charges of leaving Canada to participate in a terrorist group as well as participation in the activities of a terrorist group. She appeared in court in Vancouver on Saturday morning and was scheduled to return on Aug. 2.
The Canadian Press
‘close associate’ of Quebec gang leader arrested by B.C. RCMP
MONTREAL — Police in Quebec City say a man suspected of having close ties to the leader of Quebec street gang Blood Family Mafia has been arrested. City police spokesperson Pierre-Olivier Lévesque says 28-year-old Guillaume St-Louis Bernier was arrested in Kelowna, B.C., by the RCMP on June 30 following a police stop. A Canada-wide arrest warrant had been issued for St-Louis Bernier in March for drug trafficking and possession of stolen property charges. St-Louis Bernier is considered a “close a
Hello!
Prince William set to make poignant visit with all three children - details
Prince William looks set to make a poignant visit to a homelessness centre in the coming months with his three children Prince George, Princess Charlotte and Prince Louis. Get all the details...
CBC
2 separate crashes on the same Sask. highway kill 5, including infant, 2 children
Five people, including two young children and an infant, were killed in two separate crashes just hours apart on the same western Saskatchewan highway Friday afternoon, police say.The first was a crash between a van and truck on Highway 4, between Cochin and North Battleford, around 12:45 p.m. on Friday, RCMP said.Three people in the van from Flying Dust First Nation — a 48-year-old woman who was driving and two boys, ages five and six — were killed. One other van passenger and the driver of the
The Canadian Press
2 dead, more than a dozen others injured in Detroit shooting, Michigan State Police say
DETROIT (AP) — A shooting early Sunday at a Detroit block party left two people dead and 19 others injured, according to authorities.
CBC
Proposed Revelstoke rental complex is first to use B.C. program
Trails cut through overgrown grass in a 1.20-hectare (2.98-acre) vacant field in the centre of Revelstoke that once housed a school playing field."You can see some of the remnants of the school site there, there's a fence from the baseball diamond," said Taha Attiah, the manager of the Revelstoke Community Housing Society.Attiah says the lot, 420 Downie Street, is going to be a big worksite in a year.There will be a three-building complex developed on the former school field, comprising 164 rent
HuffPost
Virginia School Board Member Sentenced In Jan. 6 Case Says He Won't Resign
“You're going to need a bigger wrecking ball to get me out of there,” Miles Adkins said of calls for him to step down.
BBC
She accused Assange of sexual assault, but is glad he’s now free
Anna Ardin accused Julian Assange of sexual assault - but is pleased he has been freed from jail.
The Canadian Press
Off-duty NYPD officer who was among 4 killed when drunk driver crashed into nail salon laid to rest
NEW HYDE PARK, N.Y. (AP) — An off-duty New York Police Department officer who was among four killed when a drunk driver plowed into a nail salon on Long Island last month was laid to rest Saturday.
People
Inside the Aniah Blanchard Case as a Suspect Awaits Trial
The 19-year-old stepdaughter of UFC fighter Walt Harris was kidnapped and murdered in October 2019 — and her suspected killer has yet to stand trial
BBC
Ban for teacher who sent sexual messages to 'child'
It is understood Sukhwinder Singh was instead communicating with an undercover police officer.
CNN
Hamas says senior government official in Gaza killed in airstrike
An Israeli airstrike in Gaza City has killed a senior official in the Hamas-run government, according to the organization.

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