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St. Louis mayor signs executive order to support transgender community
ST. LOUIS (AP) — St. Louis Mayor Tishaura Jones on Thursday signed an executive order designed to make transgender people feel more welcome in the city. The order calls for city agencies to pursue policies that will reduce the impact of transgender laws restricting gender-affirming...
Missouri ex-House speaker fined $47K for alleged campaign finance violations
COLUMBIA, Mo. (AP) — A disgraced former Missouri House speaker has been fined $47,000 for allegedly breaking campaign finance laws, according to records released Tuesday. The Missouri Ethics Commission, which handles ethics violations by politicians, said it uncovered the alleged...
Missouri attorney general urges Kansas City police to enforce transgender care restrictions law
KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — Missouri Attorney General Andrew Bailey on Wednesday vowed to take “any legal action necessary” against Kansas City if its police department does not enforce a law banning transgender transition procedures for minors. Bailey, a Republican, said in a...
Foster, Ware homer, Auburn eliminates Mizzou 10-4 in SEC
HOOVER, Ala. (AP) — Cole Foster hit a three-run homer, Bryson Ware added a two-run shot and fifth-seeded Auburn wrapped up the first day of the SEC Tournament with a 10-4 win over ninth-seeded Missouri on Tuesday night. Auburn (34-9), which has won nine-straight, moved into the...
CDC investigating salmonella outbreak in 6 states linked to Papa Murphy's cookie dough
SEATTLE (AP) — The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, along with state and federal agencies, are investigating reports of 18 salmonella infections in at least half a dozen states that may have come from raw cookie dough sold at Papa Murphy's. People have been sickened in...
Missouri man accused of deliberately crashing U-Haul truck into security barrier near White House
WASHINGTON (AP) — A Missouri man flew to Washington, rented a U-Haul truck and drove straight to the White House, where he crashed the truck into a security barrier and began waving around a Nazi flag in the culmination of a six-month plan to “seize power” from the government, authorities...
Jury recommends more than 50 years in prison for Missouri mom whose two children died in hot car
LIBERTY, Mo. (AP) — A jury has recommended that a Missouri woman whose two young daughters died inside a hot car in 2018 be sentenced to more than 50 years in prison. A Clay County jury found Jenna Boedecker guilty on Friday of two counts of second-degree murder, four counts of...
Editorial Roundup: Kansas
Kansas City Star. May 17, 2023. Editorial: Kansas and Missouri US senators’ debt ceiling threat is destructive and hypocritical If America defaults on its debts sometime in the next few weeks or months — wrecking the full faith and credit of the U.S. government...
Editorial Roundup: Missouri
Kansas City Star. May 17, 2023. Editorial: Kansas and Missouri US senators’ debt ceiling threat is destructive and hypocritical If America defaults on its debts sometime in the next few weeks or months — wrecking the full faith and credit of the U.S. government and...
Rick Hummel, esteemed St Louis-based baseball writer, dies at 77
ST. LOUIS (AP) — Rick Hummel, an esteemed writer who covered the St. Louis Cardinals and Major League Baseball for five decades for the Post-Dispatch until his retirement last year, has died. He was 77. Hummel died in his sleep at his St. Louis-area home early Saturday after a...
