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Kasparas Jakucionis scores 21, lifts Illinois over Missouri in 80-77 thriller
17 hours, 24 minutes ago

Kasparas Jakucionis scores 21, lifts Illinois over Missouri in 80-77 thriller

Associated Press  

The AP Top 25 men’s college basketball poll is back every week throughout the season! ST. LOUIS — Kasparas Jakucionis scored 21 points, including the go-ahead basket with 28 seconds left and Illinois defeated Missouri 80-77 on Sunday in the annual Braggin’ Rights game between the nonconference rivals. Jakucionis hit a straight-on 3-pointer for a 75-72 Illinois lead with 2 …

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Bombshell update in horrific decades-old cold case murder of Missouri teen
1 day, 18 hours ago

Bombshell update in horrific decades-old cold case murder of Missouri teen

Daily Mail  

A woman's ex-boyfriend has been arrested for her murder 32 years after she was found shot to death in her car in Missouri. The ex-boyfriend was arrested in Conway, Arkansas, and is being held without bond He was the last person to see Lawless and the pair had an on-and-off-again relationship After Kezer's exoneration, Abbott's name was pushed forward as …

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A judge says Missouri’s abortion ban isn’t enforceable, but there’s no start date for abortions
2 days, 14 hours ago

A judge says Missouri’s abortion ban isn’t enforceable, but there’s no start date for abortions

Associated Press  

— A judge ruled Friday that Missouri’s near-total abortion ban is unenforceable under a new constitutional amendment, though Planned Parenthood said the decision is still not sufficient for it to resume providing abortions in the state. Jackson County Circuit Court Judge Jerri Zhang said the abortion ban “is directly at odds” with a constitutional amendment creating a right to abortion …

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A judge says Missouri’s GOP governor has the power to replace a Democratic county’s prosecutor
2 days, 15 hours ago

A judge says Missouri’s GOP governor has the power to replace a Democratic county’s prosecutor

Associated Press  

— A Missouri judge ruled Friday that the state’s Republican governor, not a local Democratic official, has the power to fill a vacancy in the prosecutor’s office for the state’s most populous county. A spokesperson said St. Louis County would appeal St. Louis Circuit Judge Brian May’s decision siding with Gov. “The voice of St. Louis County residents is taken …

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Missouri governor commutes sentence of white police officer convicted of fatally shooting Black man
2 days, 16 hours ago

Missouri governor commutes sentence of white police officer convicted of fatally shooting Black man

Associated Press  

— A white former Kansas City police officer who was convicted of involuntary manslaughter in the fatal shooting of a Black man was released from prison Friday after Missouri’s governor commuted his sentence to parole. Johnson said in a statement that DeValkenaere had an outstanding record of service, adding: “While we strongly maintain that Eric is completely innocent, even those …

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Trump’s nominee to lead IRS touts credential tax experts have never heard of
2 days, 17 hours ago

Trump’s nominee to lead IRS touts credential tax experts have never heard of

Raw Story  

Former U.S. Rep. Billy Long of Missouri, whom President-elect Donald Trump has named his nominee to head the IRS, touts his expertise in tax matters. The credit also attracted fraud, eventually landing on the IRS’ “worst of the worst” list for tax scams. Billionaire Elon Musk, a Trump advisor, recently asked on X if the agency’s budget should be “deleted.” …

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Tyson Foods fights to silence debt-stricken farmers after slashing contracts
5 days ago

Tyson Foods fights to silence debt-stricken farmers after slashing contracts

Raw Story  

This story was produced by the Watchdog Writers Group in collaboration with Investigate Midwest. But Cal-Maine’s offer came with a catch: The farmers would have to agree not to sue Tyson Foods for any losses because of the plant closure, according to court filings. His operation near Harrison, Arkansas, was photographed on March 31 Hinkle’s career with Tyson Foods began …

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How Trump’s lawyer could steer the Supreme Court on abortion and trans rights
5 days, 14 hours ago

How Trump’s lawyer could steer the Supreme Court on abortion and trans rights

CNN  

CNN — President-elect Donald Trump’s choice to be the government’s top lawyer before the Supreme Court burst on the national scene about a year ago and is best known for winning Trump immunity from prosecution for election subversion. Within 48 hours of Trump’s November 14 selection of Sauer for the solicitor general post, Sauer appeared on a previously scheduled Federalist …

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A St. Louis cop sent a Black man to prison — the jury never heard about the officer’s past
1 week, 1 day ago

A St. Louis cop sent a Black man to prison — the jury never heard about the officer’s past

Raw Story  

Crouched behind a dumpster in a St. Louis alley, Officer Steven Pinkerton heard gunshots. The “only issue in this case is identification of the defendant by Officer Steven Pinkerton,” the prosecutor said at Watkins’ trial. “All along, he’s racist,” Watkins said from the visitors’ room of supermax Jefferson City Correctional Center when told about Pinkerton’s history. At trial, Watkins’ public …

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Kansas sees staggering rise in abortions as nearby states ban them
1 week, 1 day ago

Kansas sees staggering rise in abortions as nearby states ban them

Raw Story  

TOPEKA — Demand for abortion in Kansas skyrocketed by 58% during 2023 in response to near-total bans on the procedure in Missouri and Oklahoma and strict limits in other Midwest states. The U.S. Supreme Court’s decision to strike down Roe v. Wade and the 2019 Kansas Supreme Court’s opinion that women had a state constitutional right to terminate a pregnancy …

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Missouri governor and St. Louis County executive name appointees for same prosecutor job
1 week, 2 days ago

Missouri governor and St. Louis County executive name appointees for same prosecutor job

Associated Press  

— When the elected prosecutor in Missouri’s largest county leaves his job for a seat in Congress next month, an appointed replacement will take his spot. But Page counters that the relevant law here is the St. Louis County Charter, which “clearly states that the county executive is authorized to appoint the prosecuting attorney when a vacancy occurs,” his spokesman, …

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Arkansas State Police probe death of woman found after officer-involved Missouri shooting
1 week, 3 days ago

Arkansas State Police probe death of woman found after officer-involved Missouri shooting

Associated Press  

— Arkansas State Police are investigating the death of an Arkansas woman whose body was found after an officer-involved shooting in Missouri. The Jefferson County Sheriff’s Office in Missouri asked the agency’s Criminal Investigation Division to get involved after authorities investigating the Sunday shooting said they believed the woman identified as Clara Braxton, 45, of Independence County, Arkansas, was killed …

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American who says he crossed into Syria by foot is free after 7 months in detention
1 week, 4 days ago

American who says he crossed into Syria by foot is free after 7 months in detention

Associated Press  

DAMASCUS, Syria — An American who turned up in Syria on Thursday says he was detained after crossing into the country by foot on a Christian pilgrimage seven months ago. Travis Timmerman appears to have been among thousands of people released from the country’s notorious prisons after rebels reached Damascus over the weekend, overthrowing President Bashar Assad and ending his …

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Missouri introduces ‘Donald Trump’ bill that makes it legal for people with felonies to run for office
1 week, 4 days ago

Missouri introduces ‘Donald Trump’ bill that makes it legal for people with felonies to run for office

The Independent  

Sign up for the daily Inside Washington email for exclusive US coverage and analysis sent to your inbox Get our free Inside Washington email Get our free Inside Washington email SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy A Republican state representative in Missouri has proposed legislation that …

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Who’s playing where? A cheat sheet on college sports realignment
1 week, 4 days ago

Who’s playing where? A cheat sheet on college sports realignment

Associated Press  

Scores of schools have changed conference affiliation over the past century, but the pace has quickened as schools search for more stability and more revenue in the college athletics arms race. 2024 : Boston College, California, Clemson, Duke, Florida State, Georgia Tech, Louisville, Miami, North Carolina, North Carolina State, Pittsburgh, SMU, Stanford, Syracuse, Virginia, Virginia Tech, Wake Forest. 2023 : …

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Tennessee’s Dylan Sampson, South Carolina’s Kyle Kennard headline AP’s All-SEC team
1 week, 4 days ago

Tennessee’s Dylan Sampson, South Carolina’s Kyle Kennard headline AP’s All-SEC team

Associated Press  

The AP Top 25 college football poll is back every week throughout the season! Tennessee running back Dylan Sampson is The Associated Press offensive player of the year in the Southeastern Conference and South Carolina defensive lineman Kyle Kennard is the top defensive player. Vanderbilt quarterback Diego Pavia was voted the top newcomer on Wednesday while the Gamecocks’ Shane Beamer …

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Republican-led states are rolling out plans that could aid Trump’s mass deportation effort
1 week, 5 days ago

Republican-led states are rolling out plans that could aid Trump’s mass deportation effort

LA Times  

Tom Homan, right, Donald Trump’s pick for border czar, speaks to state troopers and National Guard troops at a facility on the Mexican border in Eagle Pass, Texas, as Gov. Other measures filed ahead of next year’s legislative sessions would require local law enforcement agencies to notify U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement when they take someone into custody who is …

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Republican-led states are rolling out plans that could aid Trump’s mass deportation effort
1 week, 6 days ago

Republican-led states are rolling out plans that could aid Trump’s mass deportation effort

Associated Press  

— As President-elect Donald Trump assembles his administration, Republican governors and lawmakers in some states are already rolling out proposals that could help him carry out his pledge to deport millions of people living in the U.S. illegally. In Missouri, Trent’s bill would empower local law officers to arrest people for a new state crime of “improper entry by an …

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Missouri companies sue to stop a law that raises minimum wage and requires paid sick leave
1 week, 6 days ago

Missouri companies sue to stop a law that raises minimum wage and requires paid sick leave

Live Mint  

— Missouri business groups announced Monday that they have filed a lawsuit to try to stop a voter-approved law that will raise the state's minimum wage and require employers to give workers paid sick leave. The powerful Missouri Chamber of Commerce and Industry, restaurant and grocers associations say the law violates a state constitutional requirement that ballot measures only address …

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Wood’s 23 lead Murray State over Southeast Missouri State 73-53
2 weeks ago

Wood’s 23 lead Murray State over Southeast Missouri State 73-53

Associated Press  

The AP Top 25 men’s college basketball poll is back every week throughout the season! MURRAY, Ky. — Jacobi Wood had 23 points in Murray State’s 73-53 victory against Southeast Missouri State on Sunday night. Southeast Missouri State also got 12 points from Tedrick Washington Jr. Murray State got a team-high eight points across the first half from Ellington, but …

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Election Day has long passed. In some states, legislatures are working to undermine the results
2 weeks, 2 days ago

Election Day has long passed. In some states, legislatures are working to undermine the results

Associated Press  

WASHINGTON — While the election was over a month ago, voters in some parts of the country are discovering that having their say at the ballot box is not necessarily the final word. Share Share Copy Link copied Email Facebook X Reddit LinkedIn Pinterest Flipboard Print Barring pending protests changing a legislative race result, voters there ended the Republican supermajority …

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Abortion access in Missouri is in limbo despite November's constitutional amendment
2 weeks, 2 days ago

Abortion access in Missouri is in limbo despite November's constitutional amendment

NPR  

Abortion access in Missouri is in limbo despite November's constitutional amendment Even though a new constitutional amendment is in effect in Missouri, a Planned Parenthood clinic in St. Louis can't provide abortions. That was before the U.S. Supreme Court's Dobbs decision overturned the federal protections that made abortion legal and accessible across the U.S. and before the state's near-total ban. …

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What to know about abortion access in Missouri
2 weeks, 2 days ago

What to know about abortion access in Missouri

Associated Press  

— Planned Parenthood wanted to resume offering abortions in several Missouri clinics on Friday, immediately after a newly passed constitutional amendment rolling back the state’s near-total ban took effect, but they remain on hold as a complicated court battle drags on. Missouri’s Republican attorney general says many of those old laws — like a 72-hour waiting period — should still …

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Washington and Southeast Missouri State host Lipscomb
2 weeks, 4 days ago

Washington and Southeast Missouri State host Lipscomb

Associated Press  

The AP Top 25 men’s college basketball poll is back every week throughout the season! Southeast Missouri State Redhawks at Lipscomb Bisons Nashville, Tennessee; Thursday, 12 p.m. EST BETMGM SPORTSBOOK LINE: Bisons -15; over/under is 148.5 BOTTOM LINE: Southeast Missouri State visits Lipscomb after Tedrick Washington Jr. scored 28 points in Southeast Missouri State’s 80-59 victory over the UMKC Kangaroos. …

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