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Missouri’s crowded Republican primary for governor shrunk by one Saturday, as state Sen. Mike Parson dropped out and announced that he instead will seek the state’s No. 2 post of lieutenant governor. Parson’s switch comes just three months after he ...

A nonprofit group says it would like to build a neighborhood village of tiny houses somewhere in Kansas City and city planning officials are interested in hearing more details. The Tiny House Collective of Kansas City is considering building houses ...

Two of France’s top executives are teaming up in a joint venture focused on international media projects. Under the terms of the deal announced Monday, Alain Weill’s NextRadio TV, a major independent French news network, will become a subsidiary of ...

A 34-year-old man has died after being shot in the chest during an argument in Jefferson County. According to Jefferson County Sheriff Glenn Boyer, Patrick M. Marchlewski was shot Saturday evening at Rockford Beach Park near House Springs after a ...

A suburban Kansas City man is charged with second-degree murder in the death of his 75-year-old father. Jackson County prosecutors announced Sunday that 44-year-old Kyle Webb of Grandview was charged after his father, Franklin Webb, died Saturday night. A probable ...

State-run health insurance markets that offer coverage under President Barack Obama’s health law are struggling with high costs and disappointing enrollment. These challenges could lead more of them to turn over operations to the federal government or join forces with ...

  The Rev. William Barber walks gingerly with a cane, in a hunched-over posture, yet here he is on a recent Monday, leading 3,500 protesters on a downtown street. He says God must have a sense of humor to call ...

A well-known and well-funded Democrat, opposite a field loaded with an array of Republican candidates. The contest to become Missouri’s next governor may seem similar to the White House race, but experts say important differences will affect it. Missouri Attorney ...

Missouri’s crowded Republican primary for governor shrunk by one Saturday, as state Sen. Mike Parson dropped out and announced that he instead will seek the state’s No. 2 post of lieutenant governor. Parson’s switch comes just three months after he ...

Gun-toting citizens are showing up at military recruiting centers around the country, saying they plan to protect recruiters following last week’s killing of four Marines and a sailor in Chattanooga, Tennessee. The citizens, some of them private militia members, said ...

A GOP-controlled Senate panel has voted to lift a decades-long ban on travel to Cuba, giving a boost to President Barack Obama’s moves to ease travel restrictions and open up relations with the Castro-governed nation. The Senate Appropriations Committee also ...