Latest Missouri News
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Mechanical issues prompt 2 Delta Air Lines flights to divert, return to airportST. LOUIS (AP) -- Two Delta Air Lines flights were diverted over the weekend because of mechanical issues, the FAA said Monday.
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Court voids last conviction of Kansas researcher in case that started as Chinese espionage probeA federal appeals court has reversed the conviction of a researcher who was accused of hiding work he did in China while employed at the University of Kansas.
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One woman escaped a 'dungeon' beneath a Missouri home, another was killed. Here's a look at the caseLIBERTY, Mo. (AP) -- A Missouri man facing trial on kidnapping and sexual assault charges after a woman said she escaped weeks in his captivity was arraigned Friday on a new charge of murder. Authorities say they linked him to the remains of a woman found in a barrel by the Missouri River.
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Missouri execution plans move forward despite prosecutor trying to overturn murder convictionJEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) -- The Missouri Supreme Court on Friday ruled that execution plans for Marcellus Williams will move forward, even as a prosecutor works to overturn his 1998 murder conviction.
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Federal judge refuses to block Biden administration rule on gun sales in Kansas, 19 other statesTOPEKA, Kan. (AP) -- A federal judge in Kansas has refused to block the nationwide enforcement of a Biden administration rule requiring firearms dealers to do background checks of buyers at gun shows, leaving Texas as the only state so far where a legal challenge has succeeded.
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Which states could have abortion on the ballot in 2024?A ballot measure to scale back the abortion ban in Arkansas won't go before voters after the secretary of state on Wednesday found that organizers failed to submit required paperwork about the paid canvassers it used to help gather signatures that were submitted earlier this month.
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Missouri man accused of imprisoning and torturing a woman for weeks indicted for murderA Missouri man accused of keeping a woman hidden in his basement while repeatedly sexually assaulting her was indicted Tuesday for allegedly murdering another woman.
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2 former Missouri police officers accused of federal civil rights violationsST. LOUIS (AP) -- Two former police officers in a small St. Louis suburb are facing a federal indictment alleging that a man was beaten with a police baton while handcuffed.
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Gypsy Rose Blanchard pregnant soon after release from prison for conspiring to kill abusive motherGypsy Rose Blanchard, who recruited her former boyfriend to kill her mother after years of being forced to pretend she was gravely ill, announced Tuesday that she is pregnant and hopes to give her child everything she lacked growing up.
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Appeals court orders release of woman whose murder conviction was reversed after 43 years in prisonKANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) -- An appellate court has ordered the release of a Missouri woman whose murder conviction was overturned after she served 43 years in prison, but the state attorney general is still trying to keep her behind bars as the case is reviewed.
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Appellate court orders release of woman whose conviction was reversed after 43 years. Missouri denies her innocenceKANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) -- Appellate court orders release of woman whose conviction was reversed after 43 years. Missouri denies her innocence.
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Awwww! Four endangered American red wolf pups 'thriving' since birth at Missouri wildlife reserveST. LOUIS (AP) -- The world's most endangered wolf species got a big boost at a Missouri wildlife reserve -- four little puppies born this spring.