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Missouri prisoner Leonard Taylor appeals to the Supreme Court, seeking to halt his execution

KANSAS CITY, Mo. — Attorneys for Missouri prisoner Leonard “Raheem” Taylor, who is scheduled to be executed Tuesday amid mounting calls for his innocence claims to be vetted, have appealed to the U.S. Supreme Court.

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Death row murderer who killed girlfriend and her three children to be executed today

Leonard 'Raheem' Taylor has always claimed his innocence, saying he was in California at the time his live-in girlfriend and her three children were shot to death in their Missouri home

Daily Mirror

Missouri House approves 60% vote requirement for constitutional amendments

On Feb. 2, 2023, the Missouri House of Representatives voted 108-50 for a constitutional amendment to require a 60% vote requirement for referred and citizen-initiated constitutional amendments. The amendment is titled House Joint Resolution 43 (HJR 43). Of the 108 members who voted for HJR 43, 107 were Republicans and…

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Two states still let you text and drive

Missouri and Montana are the only two states that do not prohibit all drivers from text messaging while driving

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Attorneys, advocates seek stay of execution for Missouri man

An attorney for Raheem Taylor is urging the Missouri Supreme Court to halt a “constitutionally intolerable event” — the potential execution of an innocent man

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Eagles’ Darius Slay angered all of Missouri by stating Kansas City is in Kansas, even though he’s right

Kansas City, Kansas is — in fact — an actual city!

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‘You will not break my spirit’: Leonard Taylor speaks out day before execution in Missouri

KANSAS CITY, Mo. — Leonard “Raheem” Taylor answered the phone exuberantly on Monday from a prison in eastern Missouri.

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3 teens killed when their car goes airborne, slams into tree, Missouri cops say

KANSAS CITY, Mo. — Three teenagers were killed in a crash when a vehicle they were in went airborne and struck a tree, Missouri police say.

Tribune News Service

'Is it actual weed?' First weekend of recreational pot sales open in Missouri to joy and exuberance

ST. LOUIS — Steve Campbell was ready with a joke.

St. Louis Post-Dispatch

Civil rights groups seek halt to Missouri execution

The president of the national NAACP is urging Missouri Gov. Mike Parson to halt the execution of Raheem Taylor, who is scheduled to die by injection Tuesday for the deaths of his girlfriend and her three children

The Independent UK

Spiritual advisers offering final comfort in execution rooms

For decades, Missouri executions played out in similar fashion: An inmate was strapped to a gurney in a drab room, alone except for the eyes of witnesses staring through thick glass as unidentified executioners administered the lethal chemical from behind a cinderblock wall

The Independent UK

2 abducted Missouri children are found in Florida after being missing nearly a year

Two abducted children who had been missing from Missouri for almost a year were found in a Florida grocery store with their non-custodial mother, who was taken into police custody, authorities said.

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Chinese balloon soars across US; Blinken scraps Beijing trip

Aside from the government response, fuzzy videos dotted social media as people with binoculars and telephoto lenses tried to find the “spy balloon” in the sky as it headed southeastward over Kansas and Missouri at 60,000 feet.

Chicago Sun-Times

Legal recreational pot sales begin for Missouri adults

Adults ages 21 and older now can legally buy marijuana for recreational use in Missouri

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Missouri Republicans derail plan to keep kids from carrying guns in public

JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. — Missouri Republicans have killed a proposal to restrict unsupervised minors from carrying firearms in public.

St. Louis Post-Dispatch

Recreational marijuana becomes legal in Missouri on Friday

ST. LOUIS — Adult-use, recreational cannabis can be sold in Missouri dispensaries beginning Friday, giving consumers an unexpected boost to their weekend plans.

Tribune News Service

‘The goal is to be preventative’: Kansas City Police Department offers active shooter training to local LGBTQ bar

KANSAS CITY, Mo. -- A group of staff at Hamburger Mary’s on Broadway Avenue in midtown gathered Monday afternoon around a fake torso spotted with fake blood stains, cuts and bullet wounds.

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GOP congressman compares TV provider dropping Newsmax to Holocaust

A Missouri Republican says a contract dispute between DirecTV and Newsmax is akin to the systematic murder committed by the Nazis during the Second World War

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20 attorneys general warn Walgreens, CVS over abortion pills

Attorneys general in 20 conservative-led states are warning CVS and Walgreens that they could face legal consequences if they sell abortion pills by mail in those states

St. Louis Post-Dispatch

Benjamin Hochman: What matters isn’t Chip Caray’s relations to Harry, but his relationship with St. Louis

ST. LOUIS — His is the televised voice of summer, the chosen voice to serve as a soundtrack for St. Louis. Chip Caray’s narrations will carry across Cardinal Nation, wafting and weaving through the city like a knuckleball, from living room to back patio; from the neighbor’s home to the…

St. Louis Post-Dispatch

Editorial: Drag-show measure is a right-wing faux controversy dressed up as a real issue

Jefferson City has once again immersed itself in faux controversy. This time, some Republican legislators are sounding the alarm about drag shows that are supposedly corrupting Missouri’s youth. The topic is so silly that even top legislative Republicans are trying to shrug it off, but that didn’t prevent last week’s…

The Independent UK

No new hearing on condemned Missouri man's innocence claim

The attorney for a Missouri man facing lethal injection next week says he will ask the state Supreme Court to postpone the execution by three or four months to allow more time to investigate his innocence claim

Tribune News Service

Missouri Sen. Josh Hawley bet BBQ the Chiefs would win. But he picked a Kansas spot

With the Chiefs about to play in the AFC Championship game Sunday, Missouri Sen. Josh Hawley followed tradition by betting a colleague some Kansas City barbecue that his team would win.

USA Today Sports Media Group

Updated Chiefs 53-man roster by jersey number for AFC Championship Game

Be sure you know all of the players on the #Chiefs' roster ahead of the AFC Championship Game against the #Bengals.

The Independent UK

Mass shootings lead to widening divide on state gun policies

As mass shootings are again drawing public attention, states across the U.S. seem to be deepening their political divide on gun policies

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