Latest Missouri News
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Schools turn to artificial intelligence to spot guns as companies press lawmakers for state fundsTOPEKA, Kan. (AP) -- Kansas could soon offer up to $5 million in grants for schools to outfit surveillance cameras with artificial intelligence systems that can spot people carrying guns. But the governor needs to approve the expenditures and the schools must meet some very specific criteria.
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A cyberattack forces a big US health system to divert ambulances and take records offlineTOPEKA, Kan. (AP) -- A cyberattack on the Ascension health system operating in 19 states across the U.S. forced some of its 140 hospitals to divert ambulances, caused patients to postpone medical tests and blocked online access to patient records.
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Missouri lawmakers pass budget boosting funding for education and infrastructureJEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) -- Missouri lawmakers gave final approval Friday to a roughly $51 billion state budget that boosts funding for education and infrastructure projects around the state.
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St. Louis police officer fatally shoots man who shot another man; happened near City HallST. LOUIS (AP) -- A St. Louis police officer shot and killed a man who had just shot another man Friday morning, about a block from City Hall in the city's downtown.
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Missouri's GOP Gov. Parson signs bill to kick Planned Parenthood off MedicaidJEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) -- Missouri's Republican Gov. Mike Parson on Thursday signed legislation to once again try to kick Planned Parenthood out of the state's Medicaid program.
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Missouri's GOP Gov. Mike Parson signs law expanding voucher-like K-12 scholarshipsJEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) -- K-12 students from low-income families across Missouri soon will have access to private school scholarships under legislation signed Tuesday by Republican Gov. Mike Parson.
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Transgender activists flood Utah tip line with hoax reports to block bathroom law enforcementSALT LAKE CITY (AP) -- Transgender activists have flooded a Utah tip line created to alert state officials to possible violations of a new bathroom law with thousands of hoax reports in an effort to shield trans residents and their allies from any legitimate complaints that could lead to an investigation.
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Report says Chiefs' Rashee Rice suspected of assault weeks after arrest over high-speed crashDALLAS (AP) -- Kansas City Chiefs receiver Rashee Rice is suspected of assault in Dallas a little over a month after he was one of the speeding drivers in a chain-reaction crash that led to multiple charges, according to a newspaper report Tuesday.
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More GOP states challenge federal rules protecting transgender studentsLITTLE ROCK, Ark. (AP) -- Seven more Republican-led states sued Tuesday to challenge a new federal regulation that seeks to protect the rights of transgender students in the nation's schools. Republican plaintiffs call the effort to fold protection for transgender students under the 1972 Title IX law unconstitutional.
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Which states could have abortion on the ballot in 2024?A New York judge on Tuesday removed an equal protection measure from the state's November ballot, knocking back to two the number of states where abortion-related amendments will definitely go before voters this year.
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Editorial Roundup: MissouriKansas City Star. April 30, 2024.
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Man confesses to killing hospitalized wife because he couldn't afford to care for her, police sayINDEPENDENCE, Mo. (AP) -- A Kansas City-area man who's charged with killing his hospitalized wife told police he couldn't take care of her or afford her medical bills, court records say.
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Auditors can't locate former St. Louis circuit attorney to complete state auditST. LOUIS (AP) -- A state examination of the office that handles criminal prosecutions in St. Louis is being delayed because auditors can't find former Circuit Attorney Kim Gardner, Missouri Auditor Scott Fitzpatrick said Monday.
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Children are dying of fentanyl by the dozens in Missouri. A panel is calling for changesKANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) -- Fentanyl deaths among Missouri babies, toddlers and teens spiked as child welfare officials struggled to adequately investigate the cases, a state panel found in a newly released report.