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Prosecutor seeking to free inmate accused of hiding evidence

Missouri Attorney General Eric Schmitt has asked a judge to sanction St. Louis Circuit Attorney Kim Gardner, accusing her of concealing evidence in her effort to vacate the conviction for a man who has spent nearly 30 years in prison for murder

The Independent UK

The disability tax: Medical bills remain inaccessible for many blind Americans

A Missouri man who is deaf and blind said a medical bill he didn’t know existed was sent to debt collections, triggering an 11% rise in his home insurance premiums.

Tribune News Service

Marijuana legalization in Missouri takes effect Thursday

JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. — Marijuana legalization in Missouri takes effect Thursday, capping a 50-year effort to end prohibition and allowing individuals to legally possess 3 ounces or less of marijuana flower.

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Dad spends $6,000 on tattoos and then covers himself in 'demonic' ink

Artist Xander Snow, 34, from Springfield, Missouri, US, has admitted he has so many tattoos since getting his first at the age of 18 that he's lost count of them all now

Daily Mirror

Lynn Schmidt: Hawley behaves increasingly like a vice presidential candidate in waiting

Put aside all the funny memes of Sen. Josh Hawley running. Could it be that the soon-to-be senior senator from Missouri is vying to be Donald Trump’s vice presidential running mate? The current list of potential vice presidential picks swirling around does not seem to include Hawley, but that doesn’t…

St. Louis Post-Dispatch

Editorial: Republicans' silence on Trump's anti-Constitution screed violates their oaths

Upon taking office, every member of Congress must swear an oath to “support and defend” the United States Constitution. America is currently watching most congressional Republicans — including Missouri Sens. Roy Blunt and Josh Hawley and the state’s entire GOP House delegation — violate that oath in real time. What…

St. Louis Post-Dispatch

From flickering fireflies to lowly dung beetles, insects are vanishing

As a boy in the 1960s, David Wagner would run around his family’s Missouri farm with a glass jar clutched in his hand, scooping flickering fireflies out of the sky.

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Updated Chiefs 53-man roster by jersey number for Week 13

Be sure you know all of the players on the #Chiefs' roster ahead of their Week 13 game with the #Bengals.

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Girl, 19, banned from watching her dad be executed says ‘justice system failed me’

Khorry Ramey, from Missouri, saw her father Kevin Johnson, 37, for the last time on Tuesday before he was executed by lethal injection for killing a Missouri police officer in 2005

Daily Mirror

Man cashed his dead mum's social security cheques for 26 yrs in US

A Missouri man pleaded guilty this week to stealing his dead mother’s Social Security payments for more than a quarter century, accumulating nearly US$200,000 in the process, federal prosecutors said.

Bangkok Post

Medicaid in South Dakota sees resistance

South Dakota's Medicaid expansion faces a difficult rollout due to political pushback and outdated technology

Salon

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Missouri Secretary of State Ashcroft, expected to run for governor, opposes same-sex marriage measure

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Missouri Secretary of State Ashcroft, expected to run for governor, opposes same-sex marriage measure

JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. — One of the leading candidates for governor in the 2024 election is making same-sex marriage an early issue in his campaign.

St. Louis Post-Dispatch

Missouri ignores daughter’s pleas and executes man over 2005 murder of police officer

On Tuesday evening, the conservative-heavy US Supreme Court denied Kevin Johnson’s request for a stay of execution, based on arguments that racial bias played a part in his sentence

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Kevin Johnson makes no final words and refuses last meal before execution

A convicted murderer refused to give a final statement and turned down the offer of a last meal in the hours before his execution on Tuesday as protests continued against his sentence

Tribune News Service

Kevin Johnson executed in Missouri for 2005 killing of police officer

KANSAS CITY, Mo. — The state of Missouri carried out the execution of Kevin Johnson on Tuesday evening, The Associated Press reported.

The Independent UK

Missouri to execute Kevin Johnson despite daughter’s pleas and findings of racist conviction

Local official argues prosecutor had biased intent seeking death penalty

The Independent UK

Missouri prepares to execute man for killing officer in 2005

A Missouri inmate convicted of ambushing and killing a St. Louis area police officer he blamed in the death of his younger brother is scheduled to be executed Tuesday, though his lawyers are seeking to have the lethal injection halted

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The teen desperate to attend her father’s execution — and the court that won’t allow it

Kevin Johnson shot a police officer in 2005 and was sentenced to death when his daughter was just two years old. Now, she is having to fight for the unthinkable. Josh Marcus reports

The Independent UK

Missouri Supreme Court weighs fate of death row inmate

Attorneys for a Black man on Missouri's death row say he might not be facing execution if he were white

Reason

Court to Girl: You Have To Wait 2 Years To Comfort Your Father as He Dies. And We're Killing Him Next Week.

Missouri law bans those under 21 from witnessing executions. Despite attempts to challenge the law, 19-year-old Khorry Ramey will be barred from attending her father's execution on Tuesday.

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Updated Chiefs 53-man roster by jersey number for Week 12

Be sure you know all of the players on the #Chiefs' roster ahead of their Week 12 game with the #Rams.

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Arkansas vs Missouri Prediction Game Preview

Arkansas vs Missouri game preview, prediction, and breakdown for the Week 13 game on Friday, November 25

Tribune News Service

Fauci to be deposed in lawsuit claiming free speech violations

WASHINGTON — Missouri Attorney General Eric Schmitt will depose Dr. Anthony Fauci, President Joe Biden’s chief medical adviser, on Wednesday, as part of an ongoing lawsuit that accuses the Biden administration of coordinating with social media companies to stifle free speech.

Salon

Afghan teen survived Taliban but not US

“To survive war then come to America to be buried?”

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