Medicaid expansion takes effect in deep-red Oklahoma
OKLAHOMA CITY — A voter-approved expansion of Medicaid took effect Thursday in Oklahoma after a decade of Republican resistance in a state that has...
Reimagined Harry Truman presidential library set to reopen
INDEPENDENCE, Mo. — After nearly two years of renovations complicated by COVID-19 restrictions, the Harry S. Truman Presidential Library and Museum is ready to...
In pandemic, drug overdose deaths soar among Black Americans
ST. LOUIS — She screamed and cried, banged on the dashboard, begging her husband to drive faster, faster, faster toward her brother lying face-down...
Hartzler announcement next week on potential US Senate bid
O'FALLON, Mo. — U.S. Rep. Vicky Hartzler, a central Missouri Republican and a staunch supporter of former President Donald Trump, may be on the...
Gaza’s bereaved civilians fear justice will never come
GAZA CITY, Gaza Strip — The al-Kawlaks, a family of four generations living next door to each other in downtown Gaza City, were utterly...
Black leaders decry sentence for man who targeted protesters
ST. CHARLES, Mo. — Black leaders called Thursday for federal prosecutors to file hate crime charges after a judge gave a lenient sentence to...
Single moms sue Missouri for refusing to expand Medicaid
COLUMBIA, Mo. — Two single mothers are among a group of low-income adults who on Thursday sued Missouri Gov. Mike Parson's administration for dropping...
St. Louis man who waved gun at protesters may vie for Senate
Mark McCloskey, a St. Louis personal injury lawyer who gained national attention after he and his wife waved guns at racial injustice protesters who...
Missouri governor drops voter-approved Medicaid expansion
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. — Missouri Gov. Mike Parson dropped plans Thursday to expand the state's Medicaid health care program to thousands of low-income adults...
Remodeled Truman library and museum preparing to reopen
INDEPENDENCE, M o. — When director Kurt Graham arrived at the Harry S. Truman Presidential Library & Museum in July 2015, he immediately dove...