A Missouri judge is weighing whether to break up a spat between two Republican officials over whether a proposed abortion rights amendment would cost the state billions of dollars in lost revenue …
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By SUMMER BALLENTINE
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6/7/23
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Transgender minors and some adults soon will be banned from accessing puberty blockers, hormones and gender-affirming surgeries under a bill signed by Missouri’s Republican governor. Gov. Mike …
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By SUMMER BALLENTINE
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6/7/23
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A Black prosecutor who stepped into leadership during protests over the fatal police shooting of Michael Brown is running for Republican U.S. Sen. Josh Hawley's Missouri seat. St. Louis County …
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By SUMMER BALLENTINE
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6/7/23
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A Missouri man who killed two jailers in a failed attempt to help an acquaintance escape from a rural jail in 2000 has been executed. Forty-two-year-old Michael Tisius received a lethal injection …
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By JIM SALTER
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6/6/23
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A newspaper is reporting that a 67-year-old man has pleaded guilty to killing a Missouri woman in 1987. The St. Louis Post-Dispatch reports that Kirby King pleaded guilty last week to involuntary …
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6/6/23
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Kansas City Star. June 3, 2023.
Editorial: This Pride month, Kansas and Missouri lead the US in GOP anti-LGBT laws. Don’t despair
June is LGBT Pride month — a celebration, yes, but even …
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By The Associated Press
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6/6/23
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Kansas City Star. June 3, 2023.
Editorial: This Pride month, Kansas and Missouri lead the US in GOP anti-LGBT laws. Don’t despair
June is LGBT Pride month — a celebration, yes, but even …
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By The Associated Press
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6/6/23
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A collision involving a car and five motorcycles on Saturday in Lawrence County resulted in the deaths of four motorcylists, serious injuries to seven others and a felony DWI charge was filed against the driver of the car.
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BY KIMBERLY LANGSTON,
KIMBERLYL@WPDAILYQUILL.NET
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6/5/23
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The remains of a woman from Leadington, St. Francois County, who was reported missing almost a month ago have been found in a remote area of Shannon County adjacent to the Ozark National Scenic Riverways National Park, according to the Missouri State Highway Patrol and Leadington police.
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BY KIMBERLY LANGSTON,
KIMBERLYL@WPDAILYQUILL.NET
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6/5/23
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An attorney for a man on Missouri's death row says her client is on “an emotional roller coaster” amid efforts to spare his life with just a day to go before his scheduled execution. Michael …
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By JIM SALTER
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6/5/23
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Four people are dead and seven others were seriously injured after a car crossed the center line of a Missouri highway and struck five motorcycles. The accident happened Saturday afternoon on a state …
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6/4/23
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The case of a Missouri doctor whose body was found in an Arkansas lake more than a week after he was reported missing remains shrouded in mystery. Forty-nine-year-old Dr. John Forsyth, an emergency …
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By MARGARET STAFFORD and JOHN HANNA
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6/2/23
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A former history professor at Missouri State University who was charged in the stabbing death of a colleague has been found not guilty by reason of insanity. The Springfield News-Leader reports that …
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6/2/23
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Here’s a look at how AP’s general news coverage is shaping up for select Missouri stories. For up-to-the minute information on AP’s complete coverage of Missouri and the rest of the world, …
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6/2/23
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The families of two transgender teenagers are suing Idaho officials to block enforcement of a ban on gender-affirming medical care for minors. Idaho is one of at least 20 states in recent years to …
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6/1/23
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A federal appeals court has put on hold an Environmental Protection Agency regulation aimed at reducing air pollution in Missouri, drawing criticism from environmentalists but praise from the …
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By JIM SALTER
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6/1/23
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A federal judge has halted next week’s scheduled execution of a man convicted of killing two Missouri jailers in a botched jail break scheme. U.S. District Judge Stephen Bough on Wednesday ruled …
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By SUMMER BALLENTINE
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5/31/23
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Authorities in a small Missouri town continue to search for an emergency room physician, a week-and-a-half after his mysterious disappearance. Dr. John Forsyth was last heard from on May 21. He was …
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5/30/23
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Kansas City Star. May 24, 2023.
Editorial: If Missouri public schools teach Bible classes, whose version of religion rules?
Missouri legislators have adopted yet another solution in search …
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By The Associated Press
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5/30/23
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Hundreds of people visited a small town in Missouri this week and last to see a Black nun whose body has barely decomposed since 2019. Some say it’s a sign of Catholic holiness, while others say …
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By TRISHA AHMED
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5/29/23
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