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This national retail chain is closing a store in the Kansas City area

Kansas City Star 04 Jun 2026

The store, which sells office supplies, furniture, computers and electronics, is closing its Merriam location ... .

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Demonstrators Cannot Be Forced to Take Down ‘86-47’ Flag, Judge Rules

New York Times 01 Jun 2026

A federal judge wrote that the phrase, which also led to charges against the former F.B.I. director, James Comey, did not appear to constitute a true threat ... .

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How to Watch the Scripps National Spelling Bee

New York Times 28 May 2026

Nearly 250 contestants from around the nation and the world traveled to Washington for a chance at glory and a $50,000 cash prize ... .

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Passenger killed in high-speed crash involving McLaren in Kansas City, Kansas

Kansas City Star 23 May 2026

A passenger was killed after a McLaren traveling at high speeds crashed into two other vehicles in Kansas City, Kansas, the Kansas Highway Patrol says ... .

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Belfast Central: William Guilford is valedictorian, Rachel Merriam is salutatorian

Olean Times Herald 09 May 2026

BELFAST \u2014 William Guilford is the valedictorian while Rachel Merriam is the salutatorian of the Class of 2026 at Belfast Central School ... Louis, Missouri this year ... Merriam, the daughter of Bob... .

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‘Keep an eye out’: Man who stalked Tonganoxie family after tractor sale sentenced

Kansas City Star 07 May 2026

Matthew Nelson sent “increasingly severe messages” to the victims after they sold him a tractor through Facebook Marketplace ... .

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Watertown all-state tight end Hunter Peterson chooses North Dakota State

Rapid City Journal 29 Apr 2026

Another Watertown High School junior standout has made a verbal commitment to compete in college athletics ....

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Merriam-Webster Claims This Is The ONLY English Word With A Silent ‘J’ But X Users ...

News18 22 Apr 2026

A Merriam-Webster post claiming “marijuana” is the only English word with a silent “j” sparked debate, as users questioned the claim and shared examples like “hallelujah.” ....

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Book Review: ‘True Color,’ by Kory Stamper

New York Times 04 Apr 2026

The lexicographer Kory Stamper’s “True Color” is a sneakily insightful philosophical treatise on what it means to define anything at all ... .

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Merriam-Webster sues OpenAI over ChatGPT training data

The News International 20 Mar 2026

Merriam-Webster dictionary sues OpenAI over ChatGPT training data ... As claimed by the lawsuit, ChatGPT may, on occasion, “provide verbatim or near-verbatim” responses, depending on content from Merriam-Webster.

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Britannica sues OpenAI for scraping nearly 100,000 articles

Boing Boing 20 Mar 2026

Encyclopedia Britannica — which also owns Merriam-Webster — is suing OpenAI for scraping nearly 100,000 ...

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Merriam eyes ‘diverging diamond interchange’ at Shawnee Mission Parkway and I-35

Kansas City Star 17 Mar 2026

The northeast Johnson County city is in the early stages of improvements to help traffic flow at one of the metro’s busiest corridors ... .

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Merriam-Webster Dictionary sues ChatGPT and claims computer system stole its material to train its AI

The Independent 17 Mar 2026

Merriam-Webster and Britannica argue that OpenAI’s ChatGPT ‘cannibalized’ their web traffic .

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The Washington Times 17 Mar 2026

Encyclopedia Britannica and its Merriam-Webster subsidiary filed suit against OpenAI on Friday, accusing the artificial intelligence giant of unlawfully copying nearly 100,000 copyrighted articles to train its GPT large language models ... .

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The Villager 17 Mar 2026

“The law does not permit OpenAI’s systematic disregard for the rights and intellectual property of Britannica and Merriam-Webster,” .