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AFFTON, Missouri — Seventeen years old and fresh out of high school, Frank Wagner Jr. wanted to be a taxidermist. He went to Schwarz Studio Taxidermists, then in the Lafayette Square neighborhood of St. Louis, and asked for a job, but they weren't hiring.

Among the problems with state abortion bans is that they are generally an expression of the religious convictions of the legislators who pass them. America isn’t supposed to be a theocracy. But challenging such laws as violating the separation of church and state is difficult because proponents can just claim…

All five inmates who busted out of a Missouri jail earlier this week have been recaptured, police said Saturday, four days after their escape.

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Inmate Michael Wilkins was recaptured by authorities in Poplar Bluff, Missouri

Former Miami Hurricanes quarterback Jake Garcia found a new school quickly.

Abortion bans impose on everyone the narrow religious doctrine of a few. These bans violate the separation of church and state.

‘Welcome Corps’ will allow Americans to privately sponsor refugees in US

ST. LOUIS — More than a dozen faith leaders filed suit Thursday in St. Louis Circuit Court to overturn Missouri’s abortion ban, arguing state legislators acted based on their personal religious beliefs and violated the separation of church and state protected in Missouri’s Constitution.