Associated Press Missouri headlines

ST. LOUIS (AP) -- For about three hours a day, St. Louis Cardinals outfielder Jose Martinez gets a break. He's allowed to smile and enjoy the game he loves....

JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) -- The NAACP is moving forward with a travel advisory warning people to be careful while in Missouri because of a danger that civil rights won't be respected....

ST. LOUIS (AP) -- A St. Louis judge declared a mistrial after jurors were unable to agree on a verdict in the case of a man accused of fatally shooting a homeless man five years ago....

ST. LOUIS (AP) -- The children of a woman who was among four people killed when a steam-filled tank weighing nearly 2,000 pounds (900 kilograms) exploded at a St. Louis box plant and flew onto a building are suing the plant....

ST. LOUIS (AP) -- A car passenger who was shot on Interstate 70 in St. Louis has died, days after the shooting....

FERGUSON, Mo. (AP) -- A man has been charged in a hit-and-run crash that fatally injured a woman in a suburb of St. Louis earlier this month....

ST. LOUIS (AP) -- An empty tanker truck was left dangling from its back wheels with the cab resting on the road below when it crashed and rolled over the edge of an interstate overpass in downtown St. Louis....

KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) -- The Latest on storms that caused widespread flooding in the Kansas City area (all times local):...

ST. LOUIS (AP) -- A tanker truck that crashed off an Interstate 44 overpass in downtown St. Louis has been lowered to the ground....

BOWLING GREEN, Mo. (AP) -- Authorities say a staff member at a Missouri prison has been hospitalized after an inmate assaulted her with a homemade weapon....

KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) -- Heavy rains across the Kansas City area have closed roads and led to numerous water rescues....

ST. LOUIS (AP) -- The Colorado Rockies have obtained right-hander Pat Neskek from the Philadelphia Phillies for three minor league players on Wednesday....

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