Javier “Chicharito” Hernandez scored twice—including a game-tying penalty kick in the 88th minute—to give the Los Angeles Galaxy a 2–2 draw with visiting Sporting Kansas City on Sunday night in Carson, Calif. The result is likely bittersweet for the Galaxy, however, because Chicharito had a chance to win the game in stoppage time. In the…

KANSAS CITY, Mo.—Kansas City police shot and killed a man who sped toward an officer in a stolen sport utility vehicle and struck a police van, authorities said. The shooting happened around 9:45 p.m. Sunday after officers spotted the unoccupied SUV in a gas station parking lot, said Sgt. Bill Lowe, a spokesman for the…

WASHINGTON—Abrupt changes to the federal funds rate could stress the economy and financial markets, with steady and well-communicated increases preferable given the uncertainty about how hard and fast rate hikes will hit business and household spending, Kansas City Fed president Esther George said on Monday. With inflation running at a 40-year high, “the case for…

A woman who was shot and wounded last week by police in Kansas City after she was spotted inside a vehicle that matched the description of one involved in an armed carjacking was holding a gun in her right hand, authorities confirmed. Leonna Hale, a 26-year-old African-American woman, was seen in body camera footage holding a…

OLATHE, Kan.—A student shot and wounded an administrator and a school resource officer Friday at a suburban Kansas City high school, and the student also was wounded when the officer returned fire, authorities said. The male student at Olathe East High School was taken into custody, Olathe police Sgt. Joel Yeldell said, and all three…

KANSAS CITY, Mo.—A Kansas City woman charged with decapitating her 6-year-old son will undergo a mental health evaluation. The prosecution of Tasha Haefs, 35, was suspended Thursday after a court ordered the mental health evaluation, KSHB-TV reported. Haefs was charged with first-degree murder and armed criminal action after officers found her son, Karvel Stevens, dead…

KANSAS CITY, Mo.—A plane flying from Los Angeles to Washington, D.C., was diverted to Kansas City after an unruly passenger reportedly tried to open a door on the aircraft. American Airlines said flight 1775 landed safely Sunday afternoon at Kansas City International Airport and law enforcement met the plane upon arrival. The FBI said in…

KANSAS CITY, Mo—Three people were killed when a firetruck collided with a sport utility vehicle, then plowed over a sidewalk and into a building in a Kansas City entertainment district. Police said the collision happened Wednesday night in the Westport area as the firetruck was headed to an emergency call with its lights flashing and…

KANSAS CITY, Mo.—A Kansas City man who has been jailed for more than 40 years for three murders was wrongfully convicted in 1979 and will be released, a Missouri judge ruled Tuesday. Kevin Strickland, 62, has always maintained that he was home watching television and had nothing to do with the killings, which happened when…

KANSAS CITY, Mo.—Pamela Skarda is someone who believes that faith does not have to create borders. After attending Shen Yun Performing Arts on her birthday, she was able to share the deep emotions that she experienced while watching the performance. “Utterly phenomenal, the best performance I’ve ever seen in my life,” Ms. Skarda said. “The…