3 days ago · Prior to and during the American Civil War, the city was sharply divided (because of its location on the border between Missouri, a slave state, and Kansas, a free state) and was …

The state’s largest city, it is an important marketing and shipping centre for a vast agricultural region and has extensive grain-storage and food-processing facilities. It is the seat of the …

3 days ago · The Kansas City Chiefs are an American professional gridiron football team based in Kansas City, Missouri, that plays in the NFL. As a member of the now-defunct American …

Substances to which individuals may become addicted include drugs, particularly cocaine, opioids, and methamphetamine. Nicotine, a substance in tobacco, is responsible for the …

Dec 17, 2025 · The Trump administration has said the strikes targeted vessels used for narcotics smuggling and terrorism, describing the campaign as part of a broader effort to disrupt …

Narcotics are drugs that produce analgesia, narcosis, and addiction and that sometimes also produce euphoria, a feeling of great elation. The best-known narcotics are the opiates, …

narcotic addiction narcotic drugs The drug has a mild narcotic effect. [=the drug makes you feel slightly sleepy]

Oct 31, 2025 · The Missouri was named Peki-tan-oui on some early French maps and, later, Oumessourit; it has been nicknamed “Big Muddy” because of the amount of solid matter it …

Thomas J. Pendergast (born July 22, 1872, St. Joseph, Mo., U.S.—died Jan. 26, 1945, Kansas City, Mo.) was a U.S. politician who created a powerful political machine in Missouri. Critics of …

Dec 11, 2025 · In the United States, for example, such narcotics are regulated under the Controlled Substances Act, which established a classification system with five schedules to …