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The Minneapolis Police Department will face the scrutiny of a federal program after a state investigation concluded that its officers stop and arrest Black people more than white people, use force …
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By JIM SALTER
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5/22/22
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PHOENIX (AP) — Arizona is one of a just handful of states that issues special practice permits to medical school graduates who haven’t completed a residency. But six months into the program, use …
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By CHRISTINA VAN WAASBERGEN
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5/22/22
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Today in History
Today is Sunday, May 22, the 142nd day of 2022. There are 223 days left in the year.
Today’s Highlight in History:
On May 22, 1964, President Lyndon B. Johnson, …
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By The Associated Press
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5/22/22
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Two women from Springfield have pleaded guilty to a misdemeanor charge after participating in the Jan. 6, 2021, insurrection at the U.S. Capitol building. Cara Hentschel and Mahailya Pryer, both 34, …
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5/21/22
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Kansas City leaders have approved a change to city laws regarding arrests during protests. An ordinance approved Thursday by the city council settled a federal lawsuit filed after racial injustice …
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5/20/22
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Six young Kansas teenagers have been charged with shooting and killing a 19-year-old man at a park in suburban Kansas City. The Johnson County District Attorney's office says it wants to try four of …
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5/20/22
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The Missouri Supreme Court has denied a request by U.S. Senate candidate Mark McCloskey and his wife to give free legal advice to a conservative activist group as a condition of their professional …
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By JIM SALTER
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5/19/22
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Twenty years after a spate of deaths at a rural Missouri hospital, a former worker has been charged with murder. According to a police investigator, in the five months that Jennifer Anne Hall was a …
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By JIM SALTER
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5/19/22
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Vice President Kamala Harris will speak with abortion providers from states with some of the nation’s strictest restrictions on the procedure Thursday to thank them for their work, The White House …
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5/19/22
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The city of St. Louis will pay a St. Louis assistant police chief nearly $162,000 to settle his federal discrimination lawsuit in which he alleged he was passed over for the city’s top police job …
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5/19/22
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Missouri Gov. Mike Parson has signed new U.S. House districts into law to be used beginning with this year's elections. The new districts are expected to continue Republicans' 6-2 advantage over …
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By DAVID A. LIEB
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5/18/22
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Missouri Gov. Mike Parson says he's concerned about a one-time tax credit lawmakers passed this year. The Republican told reporters Wednesday that he doesn't like that not all Missourians would get a …
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By SUMMER BALLENTINE
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5/18/22
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A lawsuit alleges that administrators at a Missouri school district that is the subject of a federal civil rights investigation failed to protect a Black teen from repeated racial taunts that …
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By HEATHER HOLLINGSWORTH
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5/17/22
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Workers at a public library system based in Columbia are voting this week on whether to join a union. If the union is ratified, employees at the Daniel Boone Regional Library would become the only …
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By MARGARET STAFFORD
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5/17/22
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St. Louis Post-Dispatch. May 16, 2022.
Editorial: Break up this abusive football cartel
The outright duplicity that guided the words and actions of Rams owner Stan Kroenke and National …
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By The Associated Press
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5/17/22
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Authorities say a man who was recently released from prison has been charged with kidnapping and other felonies after he tortured a woman he met on a dating site for two days at his father's home in …
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5/17/22
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A Missouri prosecutor is seeking to vacate the conviction of a man who spent nearly two decades behind bars for the 1998 death of his mother — a crime he and others insist he did not commit. The …
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5/17/22
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Authorities say an 11-year-old girl is the fifth person to die from her injuries in a crash caused by a vehicle that police had tried to stop in the minutes before it hit a van carrying seven family …
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5/17/22
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U.S. authorities stopped migrants more than 234,000 times in April, one of the highest marks in decades as the Biden administration prepares to lift pandemic-era restrictions on claiming asylum. The …
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5/16/22
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Upcoming data shows traffic deaths soaring in the U.S. The Biden administration is steering $5 billion in federal aid to cities and localities to address the growing crisis. Transportation Secretary …
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By HOPE YEN
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5/16/22
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