Oct. 29, 2024 12:06 PM EDT
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) — Missouri Gov. Mike Parson has rescinded an executive order that set modest goals for state agencies to make purchases from businesses owned by minorities and women, claiming the goals carried “legal concerns."
Parson, a Republican serving his final...
Aug. 16, 2024 00:03 AM EDT
Today is Friday, Aug. 16, the 229th day of 2024. There are 137 days left in the year.
Today in history:
On Aug. 16, 1977, Elvis Presley died at his Graceland estate in Memphis, Tennessee at the age of 42; forty-one years later, in 2018, singer Aretha Franklin, known...
Aug. 09, 2024 00:17 AM EDT
FERGUSON, Mo. (AP) — On Aug. 9, 2014, Michael Brown and a friend were walking in the middle of Canfield Drive, a two-lane street in the St. Louis suburb of Ferguson, Missouri, when a police officer drove by and told them to use the sidewalk.
After words were exchanged, the white...