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Missouri is taking its turn in the presidential race spotlight ahead of the state’s primary, with visits from former Vice President Joe Biden and Sen. Bernie Sanders over the last three days. Missouri, once a bellwether state but now predictably ...

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The man leading Missouri’s medical marijuana program is involved in a war of words with some lawmakers, saying their criticism is fueled by “politics and money.” Lyndall Fraker has faced scrutiny over the past month from the House government oversight ...

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Legal documents spilled from the arms of attorney Charlene D’Cruz as she led a Honduran mother cradling a limp toddler across the Rio Grande bridge. The asylum-seeking mother needed to get her child, who had life-threatening sepsis, to a Brownsville ...

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More than 170 firearms seized or recovered by police during an eight-month period last year were purchased from a single St. Louis-area pawn shop, federal authorities said in announcing charges against three men connected to the shop. Carlos Jones, 31; ...

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Two Catholic schools in suburban St. Louis have temporarily closed and some students at a third school have been told to stay home after the father of the first person in Missouri to become ill with the coronavirus attended a ...

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Prosecutors have charged the former president of the United Auto Workers with corruption, alleging he conspired with others to embezzle more than $1 million to treat themselves to private villas, golf outings, boozy meals, good cigars and horseback rides on ...

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A judge declared a mistrial Thursday for an Arkansas man convicted of killing his 6-year-old son by sexually assaulting the child with a stick after the man’s stepson charged at his stepfather during the sentencing hearing. Circuit Judge Brad Karren ...

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A day after Vice President Mike Pence assured Americans that lab tests for coronavirus would be covered by private and government health insurance, that promise appeared to be less than airtight. The bottom line: Medicare, Medicaid, and “Obamacare” insurance plans ...

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With the census approaching, lawmakers in some states are attempting to alter recent voter-approved measures that were intended to reduce partisan gamesmanship when drawing new voting districts for the U.S. House and state legislatures. In Missouri and Utah, Republican-led legislatures ...

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Missouri lawmakers are considering a proposal that would no longer require police officers to live within the cities where they serve. The state House gave the bill preliminary approval  last week, the St. Louis Post-Dispatch reported. It needs one more ...

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Companies and consumers have scrapped travel plans, and factories have endured broken supply chains from the coronavirus outbreak. If employers were to respond by slashing jobs, it would significantly escalate the economic damage. For that reason, a range of job ...

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