Latest Missouri News
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US states take control of abortion debate with funding focusLAWRENCE, Kan. (AP) -- Though the Insight Women's Center sits at the epicenter of a reinvigorated battle in the nation's culture wars, the only hint of its faith-based mission to dissuade people from getting abortions is the jazzy, piano rendition of "Jesus Loves Me" playing in a waiting room.
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Eyes on the sky as Chinese balloon shot down over AtlanticMYRTLE BEACH, S.C. (AP) -- Eyes were locked on the Carolina skies Saturday as a suspected Chinese spy balloon ended its weeklong traverse over the U.S. when it drifted over the Atlantic Ocean and was shot down by a fighter jet.
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Chinese balloon high over US stirs unease down belowBILLINGS, Mont. (AP) -- The Chinese balloon drifting high above the U.S. and first revealed over Montana has created a buzz down below among residents who initially wondered what it was -- and now wonder what its arrival means amid a chorus of alarm raised by elected officials.
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Legal recreational pot sales begin for Missouri adultsCOLUMBIA, Mo. (AP) -- Recreational marijuana sales in Missouri officially began Friday after the state health department unexpectedly began approving dispensary permits early.
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2 St. Louis police officers, suspect shot during chaseST. LOUIS (AP) -- A man is in custody and recovering from a bullet wound after shooting two St. Louis police officers who returned fire.
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Springfield police: Man killed after pulling gun on officersSPRINGFIELD, Mo. (AP) -- A southwestern Missouri man was killed by police officers after pointing a handgun at them at a park, police said.
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Nuggets star Porter Jr.'s brother charged in fatal crashDENVER (AP) -- University of Denver basketball player Coban Porter, the brother of Denver Nuggets star Michael Porter Jr., was charged Wednesday with felony counts of vehicular homicide and vehicular assault stemming from a suspected drunken-driving crash that killed a 42-year-old woman.
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Missouri House OKs raising bar for constitutional amendmentsJEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) -- A Republican-backed proposal to make it harder to amend Missouri's constitution got initial approval from the state House on Wednesday, moving a top GOP priority closer to becoming law.
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20 attorneys general warn Walgreens, CVS over abortion pillsST. LOUIS (AP) -- Attorneys general in 20 conservative-led states warned CVS and Walgreens on Wednesday that they could face legal consequences if they sell abortion pills by mail in those states.
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Flights canceled, at least 2 dead as ice storm freezes USAUSTIN, Texas (AP) -- Winter weather brought ice to a wide swath of the United States on Tuesday, canceling more than 1,700 flights nationwide and snarling highways. At least two people died on slick roads in Texas and two law officers in the state were seriously injured, including a deputy who was pinned under a truck, authorities said.
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Kansas City to open new $1.5 billion airport on Feb. 28.KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) -- The new $1.5 billion Kansas City International Airport will officially open Feb. 28, with a Southwest flight to Chicago Midway International Airport at 5 a.m. as the first flight out, city and airport officials said.
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OSHA fines Kansas City company after worker's deathKANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) -- A federal agency has recommended nearly $200,000 in fines after an apprentice technician died from electrocution at a construction site in Kansas City last year -- just a year after another technician working for the company was electrocuted at a construction site in Kansas.
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Analysis: NFL wasn't at its best in conference championshipsThe NFL didn't put on its Sunday best for the conference championships.
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No new hearing on condemned Missouri man's innocence claimST. LOUIS (AP) -- The attorney for a Missouri man facing lethal injection next week said Tuesday that he will ask the state Supreme Court to postpone the execution by three or four months to allow more time to investigate his innocence claim.
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Brother vs. brother: Kelces prepare for Super Bowl showdownKANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) -- Donna Kelce is going to have to pull out that now-familiar custom jersey -- the one with Kansas City Chiefs tight end Travis Kelce's front stitched to Philadelphia Eagles center Jason Kelce's back -- one more time this season.
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Editorial Roundup: MissouriSt. Louis Post-Dispatch. January 28, 2023.
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St. Louis to pay $5.2 million after mass arrests in 2017ST. LOUIS (AP) -- The city of St. Louis will pay nearly $5.2 million to settle claims by people who were arrested during a protest in 2017 over the acquittal of a police officer in the shooting death of a Black man, the St. Louis Post-Dispatch reported.
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'24,' 'Runaways' actor Annie Wersching has died at 45Actor Annie Wersching, best known for playing FBI agent Renee Walker in the series "24" and providing the voice for Tess in the video game "The Last of Us," has died. She was 45.
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Analysis: Mahomes, Hurts set for historic Super Bowl matchupPHILADELPHIA (AP) -- Black quarterbacks have come a long way in the NFL since Fritz Pollard became the first to play in the league in 1923 and Doug Williams was the first to start and win a Super Bowl following the 1987 season.
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Chiefs top Bengals 23-20 on last-second kick for AFC titleKANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) -- Patrick Mahomes was forced to rely on his badly sprained right ankle rather than his strong right arm when the Kansas City Chiefs were desperately driving with a chance to win the AFC championship.