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JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) -- A Jefferson City man is accused of threatening to shooting people at a Walmart where he worked.

CAPE GIRARDEAU, Mo. (AP) -- Federal officials are planning a new $47.4 million Veterans Affairs health care center in Cape Girardeau.

SCOTT CITY, Mo. (AP) -- Investigators in southeast Missouri dug for evidence this past week hoping for clues in an unsolved crime from four decades ago, but once again, they came up empty.

DALLAS (AP) -- Several personal items related to 1930s Texas outlaw Clyde Barrow have sold at a Boston auction for nearly $186,000.

COLUMBIA, Mo. (AP) -- Police say a 21-year-old Columbia College volleyball player Shelby Meyer has died in an apparent accident.

JOPLIN, Mo. (AP) -- A federal grand jury has indicted a St. Louis man on charges related to the shooting of a Jasper County deputy in 2017.

KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) -- A 43-year-old Kansas City man has been sentenced to two life sentences after being convicted of murdering his teenage daughter.

SPOKANE, Mo. (AP) -- Spokane School District has adopted a four-day week starting this fall to boost staff recruitment and retention.

COLUMBIA, Mo. (AP) -- A descendant of one of the families that helped found the University of Missouri has pledged $1.5 million to the university to support business operations.

CLINTON, Mo. (AP) -- A Missouri woman will serve 20 years in prison for her role in the death of a Clinton police officer.

NEW MADRID, Mo. (AP) -- Authorities say a 37-year-old woman died when a stolen truck she was driving crashed.

KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) -- Kansas City, Missouri, police are urging people not to leave grenades "just lying around" after the discovery of one led officers to temporarily block off surrounding streets.

ST. LOUIS (AP) -- The St. Louis prosecutor's office has seen more than 100% turnover in the past 2 ½ years following a change in leadership.

JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) -- A Missouri woman and her late husband, who was killed by the suspect in four Kansas murders , will be honored by the Missouri State Highway Patrol, which said their actions during a confrontation with the suspect protected the public safety and helped authorities capture the man.

JOPLIN, Mo. (AP) -- A newspaper group publisher in Oklahoma has been named the new publisher of The Joplin Globe.

NEOSHO, Mo. (AP) -- A 46-year-old St. Louis man acquitted in the shooting of a Jasper County deputy was sentenced to 10 years in prison on a related charge of illegally possessing a firearm.

FULTON, Mo. (AP) -- Madeleine Albright says during a Missouri speech that democracy worldwide "appears to be in retreat."

DALLAS (AP) -- A book of poetry handwritten by Bonnie Parker and a watch belonging to Clyde Barrow are among items from the outlaw Texas couple being offered at auction.

ST. LOUIS (AP) -- E-cigarettes are the current drug of choice in St. Louis' middle and high schools, students say. Locker rooms and bathrooms smell like fruit from the vapor. Principals have drawers full of confiscated vaping cartridges.

KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) -- Mike Sims is a bit emotional. As he prepares to celebrate 40 years of working with an array of acclaimed artists, the master printer admits it's overwhelming.

DALLAS (AP) -- Last September, a white police officer shot and killed an unarmed black man in his own apartment. That much is settled.

Democratic presidential candidate Beto O'Rourke's recent vow to take away people's AR-15 and AK-47 rifles raised one big question: How is it possible to round up the millions of such guns that exist in the United States?

HIKO, Nev. (AP) -- Festivals are over and Earthlings are heading home from the Nevada desert, where people from around the globe took selfies -- but didn't actually "storm" -- a remote U.S. military base long the focus of UFO and space alien lore.

PITTSBURGH (AP) -- Three people were killed and four others were hospitalized early Sunday in what police said appeared to be a mass drug overdose.

JERUSALEM (AP) -- The Latest on the Israeli elections (all times local):

INDIANAPOLIS (AP) -- Authorities say someone who was involved in a fight between two groups of youths outside a downtown Indianapolis shopping mall overnight opened fire and wounded six people before he fled the scene.

RAQQA, Syria (AP) -- After two years on the run with the Islamic State group, Um Mahmoud just wanted to return home. When she finally made it to Raqqa with her daughters and grandchildren, she found her home partially burned but livable. She also found a hostile city reluctant to take her back.

JERUSALEM (AP) -- Arab lawmakers in Israel endorse Benny Gantz for prime minister, giving him an edge over incumbent Benjamin Netanyahu.

TEHRAN, Iran (AP) -- Iran's president called Sunday on Western powers to leave the security of the Persian Gulf to regional nations led by Tehran, criticizing a new U.S.-led coalition patrolling the region's waterways as nationwide parades showcased the Islamic Republic's military arsenal.

MANCHESTER, N.H. (AP) -- A woman who was severely burned in a domestic violence attack in Vermont is hoping for a second face transplant after doctors recently discovered tissue damage that likely will lead to the loss of her donor face.

BERLIN (AP) -- About 800 people have protested gender inequality in the Catholic Church by forming a human chain around Germany's Cologne Cathedral.

ABOARD THE OCEAN VIKING (AP) -- A nonprofit-run ship carrying 182 migrants rescued on the Mediterranean Sea sailed back and forth between Italy and Malta while awaiting permission to dock at a European port, with its passengers growing increasingly worried about where they would wind up.

MIAMI (AP) -- The 11th named storm of the hurricane season has developed in the Atlantic.

NEW YORK (AP) -- Brad Pitt's "Ad Astra" and Sylvester Stallone's "Rambo: Last Blood" were no match for "Downton Abbey" at the box office.

JERUSALEM (AP) -- Israeli President Reuven Rivlin began two days of crucial talks Sunday with representatives of all parliamentary factions before selecting his candidate for prime minister, after a deadlocked repeat election was set to make forming any new government a daunting task.

MOSCOW (AP) -- Several thousand people took to the streets across northwest Russia on Sunday to protest a controversial plan to build a major waste plant there.

LONDON (AP) -- More than 600,000 vacationers who booked through tour operator Thomas Cook were on edge Sunday, wondering if they will be able to get home, as one of the world's oldest and biggest travel companies teetered on the edge of collapse.

LOS ANGELES (AP) -- Get the snacks and a scorecard ready for the 2019 Emmy Awards.

FOXBOROUGH, Mass. (AP) -- Antonio Brown says he is finished with the NFL.

CARSON, Calif. (AP) -- With natural disasters increasing in frequency and intensity, first responders are finding it more difficult to reach and rescue the thousands of victims of floods, hurricanes, tornadoes and wildfires.