Missouri attorney general is accused of racial bias for pinning a student fight on diversity program
Days after Missouri Attorney General Andrew Bailey blamed an after-school fight on a school districtโs diversity programming, a lawyer for the majority Black district in suburban St. Louis says the stateโs chief attorney is showing racial bias.
3 men charged with federal firearms counts after Kansas City Chiefs Super Bowl parade shooting
Federal prosecutors have charged three men from Missouri with federal counts related to the illegal purchase of high-powered rifles and guns with extended magazines after last monthโs shooting at the Kansas City Chiefsโ Super Bowl parade and rally left one person dead and roughly two dozen others injured.
Schrader runs for 128 yards and a TD as No. 9 Missouri beats No. 7 Ohio State 14-3 in Cotton Bowl
All-America running back Cody Schrader ran for 128 yards and bulled into the end zone for a 7-yard touchdown to open the fourth quarter with Missouriโs first score, and the ninth-ranked Tigers capped an 11-win season with a 14-3 win over No. 7 Ohio State in the Cotton Bowl.
Lawyers for religious leaders challenging Missouri abortion ban say law imposes beliefs on everyone
Lawyers for a group of religious leaders who support abortion rights said during a hearing that Missouri lawmakers intended to โimpose their religious beliefs on everyone" in the state when they passed a restrictive abortion ban.
Missouri says clinic that challenged transgender treatment restrictions didn't provide proper care
Missouri officials struck back at one of the clinics that unsuccessfully challenged new state restrictions on gender affirming care by filing a new lawsuit accusing the clinic of failing to provide proper care for transgender minors even before the new law took effect last month.
DYNAMIC DUO: No. 17 Summer Creek led by Larkin; Maxwell
Coach Sarah Aguilar brings back committed athletes Taylor Larkin (Harvard) in the middle and Aspen Maxwell (Missouri) on the outside. Larkin had 100 blocks and Maxwell Kamiryn Edmonds and Angelica Medina will also provide some offense, while Anika Frausto will be the setter. Medina led the team in kills with 256.
Judge limits Biden administration in working with social media companies
A judge on Tuesday prohibited several federal agencies and officials of the Biden administration from working with social media companies about โprotected speech,โ a decision called โa blow to censorshipโ by one of the Republican officials whose lawsuit prompted the ruling.
Missouri governor to announce his pick as new St. Louis prosecutor after Kim Gardner resignation
Republican Missouri Gov. Mike Parson on Friday will announce his pick to serve out the remainder of Kim Gardnerโs term as the chief prosecutor in St. Louis, following her sudden departure earlier this week.
Correction: Transgender Health-Missouri story
In a story published March 31, 2023, about an investigation into gender-affirming care at a Missouri Planned Parenthood, The Associated Press erroneously quoted a state attorney general spokeswoman as saying the clinic provides drugs to minors โwith therapy assessment.โ.
Missouri man convicted of killing his live-in girlfriend, her three young children has been executed
A Missouri man convicted of killing his live-in girlfriend and her three young children has been executed after the courts and Gov. Mike Parson turned aside his claim that he was in another state when the killings occurred.
Transgender inmate executed for fatal 2003 stabbing
A Missouri inmate has been put to death for a 2003 killing, in what is believed to be the first execution of a transgender woman in the U.S. Amber McLaughlin was put to death Tuesday night, hours after Republican Gov. Mike Parson declined a clemency request.
Takeaways: Abortion backlash in Kansas, Greitens' collapse
In one of the biggest days of this year's primary campaign season, red-state Kansas rejected a measure that would have made it easier to restrict abortion, and voters in Missouri repudiated a scandal-tarred former governor seeking a Senate seat.