Latest Missouri News
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Taylor Swift watches Travis Kelce's Chiefs take on the Jets at MetLife StadiumEAST RUTHERFORD, N.J. (AP) -- Taylor Swift couldn't just shake off another chance to watch Travis Kelce on the football field.
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United Auto Workers strikes spread as 7,000 more workers at two plants join the picket lineDETROIT (AP) -- The United Auto Workers union expanded strikes against Detroit automakers Friday, ordering 7,000 more workers to walk off the job in Illinois and Michigan to put more pressure on the companies to improve their offers.
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Looming shutdown rattles families who rely on Head Start program for disadvantaged childrenKANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) -- As Monette Ferguson braces for the looming government shutdown to strip funding from her Head Start program for disadvantaged children in Connecticut, she harkens back to a decade ago when another congressional budget fight forced her to close preschools.
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Missouri high school teacher is put on leave after school officials discover her page on porn siteST. CLAIR, Mo. (AP) -- A Missouri high school teacher says she has been placed on leave after officials discovered that she was performing on a pornography website to supplement her salary.
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CVS responds quickly after pharmacists frustrated with their workload don't show upCVS found the right prescription on Wednesday to keep its stores open in the Kansas City area and avoid a repeat of a work stoppage last week by pharmacists: It promised to boost hiring to ease workloads that sometimes make it hard to take a bathroom break.
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Auto workers union to announce plans on Friday to expand strike in contract dispute with companiesDETROIT (AP) -- The United Auto Workers union says it will announce on Friday how it plans to expand its strike against Detroit's three automakers.
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Montana judge temporarily blocks enforcement of law to ban gender-affirming medical care for minorsHELENA, Mont. (AP) -- A Montana law banning gender-affirming medical care for transgender minors is temporarily blocked, a state judge ruled Wednesday, just four days before it was to take effect.
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Missouri's GOP attorney general sues school for closed-door debate on transgender bathroom useCOLUMBIA, Mo. (AP) -- Missouri's Republican attorney general on Tuesday sued a school district for allegedly secretly discussing transgender students' bathroom access, in violation of the state's open-meeting law.
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Taylor Swift is a fan of Travis Kelce and suddenly, so is everyone elseNEW YORK (AP) -- Taylor Swift's trip to watch the Kansas City Chiefs' Travis Kelce play football on Sunday didn't just have the internet talking nonstop. Following the 12-time Grammy Award winner's appearance at Arrowhead Stadium, jersey sales for the All-Pro tight-end seemingly skyrocketed.
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Police are investigating if unprescribed drugs factored into death of ex-NFL player Mike WilliamsTAMPA, Fla. (AP) -- Police are investigating the death of former NFL player Mike Williams in Tampa after getting information that he may have received unprescribed drugs from someone while hospitalized after a construction site accident.
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Editorial Roundup: MissouriKansas City Star. September 20, 2023.
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Trump says he always had autoworkers' backs. Union leaders say his first-term record shows otherwiseLANSING, Mich. (AP) -- When former President Donald Trump visits Detroit on Wednesday, he'll be looking to blunt criticisms from a United Auto Workers union leadership that has said a second term for him would be a "disaster" for workers.
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More schools are adopting 4-day weeks. For parents, the challenge is day 5INDEPENDENCE, Mo. (AP) -- It's a Monday in September, but with schools closed, the three children in the Pruente household have nowhere to be. Callahan, 13, contorts herself into a backbend as 7-year-old Hudson fiddles with a balloon and 10-year-old Keegan plays the piano.
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A judge has rewritten Missouri ballot summary language that described 'dangerous' abortionsCOLUMBIA, Mo. (AP) -- A Missouri judge tossed Republican-written ballot summary language Monday that described several proposed constitutional amendments as allowing "dangerous and unregulated abortions until live birth."
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With the future of AM unclear, a look back at the powerful role radio plays in baseball historyNEW YORK (AP) -- Growing up in the Boston suburbs, Suzyn Waldman fell madly in love with two things: baseball and Broadway shows.