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As a campaign to raise the minimum wage as high as $15 has achieved victories in such places as Seattle, Los Angeles and New York, it has bumped up against a harsh reality: Plenty of scofflaw businesses don’t pay the ...

Four years since being swamped when the federal government blasted three holes in a Mississippi River levee, the tiny southeast Missouri community of Pinhook has been turned into a footnote by bulldozers. Demolition efforts got underway Thursday in Pinhook, which ...

A St. Louis woman is accused of trying to smuggle heroin to a northeast Missouri jail inmate through a kiss. The Hannibal Courier-Post reports that 66-year-old Bettye Wilson is charged with delivery of a controlled substance at a correctional facility ...

Wherever their summer travels have taken them, Supreme Court justices probably will weigh in on Texas’ plans to execute two death row inmates in the week ahead. If past practice is any guide, the court is much more likely to ...

Missouri lawmakers hoping to help counties repair what one senator described as “crumbling” local courthouses are set to clash with the governor in a fight over whether ramping up court fees is the best way to pay for maintenance. At ...

Kansas City police arrested four people during a protest on the first anniversary of the police shooting that killed Michael Brown in Ferguson. The Kansas City Star reports dozens of protesters gathered near a shopping center Sunday evening. Police arrested ...

A suspect who authorities say opened fire on officers in Ferguson, Missouri, on the anniversary of Michael Brown’s death was critically wounded when the officers shot back, St. Louis County’s police chief said Monday. But the father of the suspect, ...

A spate of recent computer-system breaches has spread into the travel industry, hitting a company that provides technology used for airline and hotel reservations. Sabre Corp. said Friday that it is investigating a “cybersecurity incident” but isn’t sure yet what ...

Water seeping through a pond’s clay liner likely led to the massive sinkhole that developed in May at a Branson area golf course, according to a state report. The report by the Missouri Department of Natural Resources said Bass Pro ...

Cooler-than-normal temperatures during the first half of summer hurt revenue and profits for the company that owns Kansas City Power & Light Co. The Kansas City Star reports Great Plains Energy on Thursday reported second-quarter operating revenue of $609 million, ...

Justice Department lawyers are asking a federal judge to reconsider her July ruling ordering the release of children and mothers detained after they entered the U.S. illegally across the Mexican border. The lawyers filed the request late Thursday asking U.S. ...