College athletes are learning the power of teamwork goes beyond scoring touchdowns and winning conference titles. The Missouri football team banded together to add some high-profile heft to a campus protest that resulted in Monday’s resignation of Tim Wolfe, the ...
Read More »Appeals court: State can try ‘Angola 3’ inmate a 3rd time
Louisiana can keep “Angola Three” inmate Albert Woodfox in jail and continue its plans to try him a third time in the 1972 killing of a prison guard, a federal appeals court ruled Monday. The 2-1 decision by the 5th ...
Read More »Big spending expected for state legislative races in 2016
While the presidential campaign commands the public’s attention, political parties and financial contributors are quietly preparing for another less glitzy yet significant set of elections a year from now — battles to determine control of dozens of state legislative chambers. ...
Read More »VW offers diesel owners $1,000 in gift cards and vouchers
Volkswagen is offering $1,000 in gift cards and vouchers as a goodwill gesture to owners of small diesel-powered cars involved in an emissions cheating scandal. The offer announced Monday goes to owners of 482,000 cars in the U.S., many who ...
Read More »A rape, a non-investigation, and an 18-year wait for justice
Marie picked up the phone and dialed the number the detective gave her 10 days before, on the night she was raped at knifepoint outside a friend’s house in New Orleans. It was the first of many calls Marie would ...
Read More »University of Missouri president leaves over race complaints
The president of the University of Missouri system stepped down Monday amid criticism of his handling of student complaints about race and discrimination. President Tim Wolfe said his resignation was effective immediately. He made the announcement at the start of ...
Read More »Resistance on the land: Natural gas pipeline plans opposed
Carolyn and Ian Reilly and their four children left Florida’s sprawl in 2010 to farm 58 acres in rural Virginia, raising beef cattle, chicken and hogs. Then a year ago, they learned a natural gas pipeline would slice through part ...
Read More »Federal standards keep young pilots from manning drones
Megan Halek could be the best unmanned aircraft pilot coming out of the University of North Dakota’s highly regarded aviation program this year: She’s aced a training program and has enough air experience to fly private jets worldwide. That won’t ...
Read More »Analysis: Polarized politics dictated Obama Keystone call
An AP News Analysis President Barack Obama’s decision to block the Keystone XL oil pipeline has exposed an endlessly polarized Washington, and likely hardened its divides. Obama is now being praised to the skies by environmentalists and most Democrats, and ...
Read More »Paul Ryan ushers in a more open House, for better or worse
Late nights dealing with scores of amendments on the House floor. An invite to the famously staid Senate majority leader, Mitch McConnell of Kentucky, to appear at an open mic session. A conversation so inclusive that “people were shocked,” according ...
Read More »Prosecutor says he’ll fight Missouri man’s release
A Missouri prosecutor has filed notice that he’ll ask a state appeals court to overturn a judge’s decision to release a man accused of sexually assaulting an infant. Cole County Circuit Judge Patricia Joyce granted a defense motion to release ...
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