SUMMARY: As violent crime rises in Kansas City, local business leaders express frustration and some threaten to leave unless action is taken. Amid this, Mayor Quinton Lucas announced an international trip to Qatar, inviting scrutiny since details were initially undisclosed. The mayor will join U.S. mayors on a delegation sponsored by the Qatari Embassy, with no cost to Kansas City taxpayers. The trip focuses on economic development and international exposure related to Kansas City’s role as a 2026 FIFA World Cup host city. Despite Qatar’s controversial global reputation, Lucas downplayed terrorism concerns. The mayor also met with local business owners about crime and city issues.

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SUMMARY: Austin Beckett, from Freeburg, Illinois, views cooking as a way to bring people together. His culinary journey began young, teaching himself to cook due to a lack of communal family meals. After working at a local grill, he chose culinary school over college soccer, studying at Le Cordon Bleu before working in St. Louis and later as a private chef in West Palm Beach, Florida. Encouraged by his wife, Beckett competed in season four of Gordon Ramsay’s “Next Level Chef” in Dublin, overcoming illness to win a challenge. Now a finalist, Beckett’s family will host a watch party as he vies for the $250,000 grand prize.

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