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An escape-artist bear from Missouri is headed to a Texas zoo with a moat in hopes it will put an end to his wandering. The St. Louis Zoo cited the “specific and unique personality” of the Andean …
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3/22/23
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A Missouri prosecutor has announced plans to seek the death penalty against a Kansas City man charged with fatally shooting a police officer during a traffic stop. Clay County Prosecutor Zachary …
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3/22/23
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Two people were found dead inside an eastern Missouri home, and police are using drones in the search for a man they describe as a person of interest. The victims were discovered Tuesday night at a …
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3/22/23
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A powerful Missouri state lawmaker is trying to strip state funding for libraries over a fight about books. Republican House Budget Committee Chairman Cody Smith on Tuesday proposed cutting all …
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3/21/23
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The Missouri Supreme Court has decided not to disbar a defense attorney who was caught on video groping six clients in a jail interview room, in a courthouse and while behind the wheel. The Kansas …
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3/21/23
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The tax-cutting trend is going full force in states even as some are raising concerns about a slowing economy. The Missouri House on Tuesday became the latest legislative chamber to endorse a $1 …
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By DAVID A. LIEB
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3/21/23
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Missouri’s attorney general says he will issue an emergency regulation that at least temporarily puts strict limits on transgender medical treatment for youth. The planned rule comes as legislators …
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By LINDSEY TANNER
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3/21/23
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A Missouri man dubbed the “Package Killer” for his method of disposing bodies received two life sentences Tuesday after admitting to killing two women in the St. Louis area more than 30 years …
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By JIM SALTER
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3/21/23
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Excerpts from recent editorials in the United States and abroad:
March 15
The Washington Post on voter fraud:
A 59-year-old man was arrested last week for allegedly double voting in the …
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By The Associated Press
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3/21/23
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A ban on most gender-affirming surgeries and hormone replacement therapies in Georgia for transgender people under 18 is headed to Gov. Brian Kemp’s desk. Senators voted 31-21 on Tuesday to give …
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By JEFF AMY
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3/21/23
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The Missouri Senate has given initial approval to legislation that would temporarily prohibit gender-affirming treatments for minors and restrict their participation in sports. The Republican-led …
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3/21/23
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Feelings run hot for ambrosia salad, that fluffy treat mostly served at Easter, Thanksgiving or Christmas. Stretching back more than 100 years, ambrosia of yore was a far less busy little side dish …
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By LEANNE ITALIE
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3/21/23
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Kansas City Star. March 20, 2023.
Editorial: Missouri Republicans are sending a message: We don’t want diversity in public colleges
The often brutal history of race relations in Missouri …
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By The Associated Press
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3/21/23
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Tennessee’s GOP-dominant House has advanced legislation to add a narrow exemption to the state’s strict abortion ban. Monday's passage came despite concerns raised by Democrats and medical …
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By KIMBERLEE KRUESI and JONATHAN MATTISE
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3/20/23
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Missouri's Republican attorney general says his office will limit access to gender-affirming care for minors. Attorney General Andrew Bailey on Monday announced an emergency rule requiring an …
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By SUMMER BALLENTINE
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3/20/23
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Election officials from states enrolled in a bipartisan effort to ensure accurate voter lists are meeting to consider changes demanded by some Republicans, who are threatening to pull out as the …
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By CHRISTINA A. CASSIDY
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3/17/23
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A rural Missouri sheriff and two deputies are jailed and facing charges accusing them of helping a man in a parental kidnapping plot. Officers with the Missouri State Highway Patrol on Thursday …
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By JIM SALTER
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3/17/23
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A 70-year-old Missouri man has been convicted of shooting an Amazon delivery driver in the back during an argument over a disabled parking spot. Larry Thomlison, of St. Charles, was found guilty …
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3/16/23
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Tennessee Republican lawmakers have taken another swing at adding a narrow exemption to one of the strictest abortion bans in the U.S. Nearly a month ago, a Republican legislative panel defied …
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By KIMBERLEE KRUESI
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3/15/23
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A Texas judge hearing a case that could throw into jeopardy access to the nation’s most common method of abortion is a former attorney for a Christian legal group who critics say is being sought …
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By LINDSAY WHITEHURST and ALANNA DURKIN RICHER
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3/15/23
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