Missouri

News from the state of Missouri

2 men who ran onto Super Bowl field given year of probation

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TAMPA, Fla. — Two men who ran onto the field during the final quarter of Super Bowl LV in February have pleaded no contest...

Rental assistance fell victim to politics, bureaucracy

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Before the pandemic hit, Jacqueline Bartley, a mother of two girls and a boy, had a comfortable life. Then the 41-year-old lost her job...

Family of Black man slain by officer sues Kansas City police

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KANSAS CITY, Mo. — The family of a Black man fatally shot in 2019 in his own backyard by a white police detective is...

Reimagined Harry Truman presidential library set to reopen

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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

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ST. LOUIS — She screamed and cried, banged on the dashboard, begging her husband to drive faster, faster, faster toward her brother lying face-down...

County to pay $280K to journalists tear-gassed in Ferguson

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Three journalists with Al Jazeera who were tear-gassed during a protest in Ferguson, Missouri, after Michael Brown's death in 2014 have settled a lawsuit...

Nearly all COVID deaths in US are now among unvaccinated

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Nearly all COVID-19 deaths in the U.S. now are in people who weren’t vaccinated, a staggering demonstration of how effective the shots have been...

Judge deciding if special prosecutor can exit Tisaby case

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ST. LOUIS — A St. Louis judge said Thursday that he’ll decide by the end of next week whether to allow the special prosecutor...

Unvaccinated Missourians fuel COVID: ‘We will be the canary’

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KANSAS CITY, Mo. — As the U.S. emerges from the COVID-19 crisis, Missouri is becoming a cautionary tale for the rest of the country:...

Jim Bakker, his church settle lawsuit over COVID-19 claims

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O'FALLON, Mo. — Jim Bakker and his southwestern Missouri church will pay restitution of $156,000 to settle a lawsuit that accuses the TV pastor...