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Abortion Rights Will Be on Missouri Ballot

State's top court orders Republican secretary of state to 'take all steps necessary'

(Newser) - A measure undoing Missouri's near-total abortion ban will appear on the ballot in November, the state's high court ruled Tuesday, marking the latest victory in a nationwide fight to have voters weigh in on abortion laws since federal rights to the procedure ended in 2022. If passed, the proposal would...

Beloved Irish Chef Killed in Kansas City

Mayor calls for changes after fatal shooting of Shaun Brady outside restaurant

(Newser) - The mayor of Kansas City called for new measures to deal with violent crime Thursday after a chef described as a pillar of the city's Irish community was shot and killed outside his restaurant. Police say Shaun Brady, co-owner of the Brady & Fox Restaurant and Lounge, was shot...

Star Celebrates Expansion of Children's Books Giveaway

Imagination Library distributes 3M titles per month

(Newser) - Dolly Parton's father grew up poor and never got the chance to learn to read. For decades, the 78-year-old country music legend has made it her mission over the past three decades to improve literacy through her Imagination Library book giveaway program. It has expanded statewide in places like...

He Dove in to Save Fiancee's Son, Never Made It Out

David Moore, 66, didn't have life jacket when he rescued 2 from Missouri lake

(Newser) - A Missouri man is being hailed as a hero after saving two people who drifted away from a pontoon boat, then drowning himself. KCTV and KQ2 report that 66-year-old David Moore of St. Joseph was out on Smithville Lake on Aug. 17 with his family when his fiancee's 5-year-old...

Abortion Rights Will Be on Ballot in 2 More States

Officials in Arizona, Missouri say measures have more than enough signatures

(Newser) - Abortion-rights measures have made it onto the ballot in two more states—including Arizona, a swing state where high turnout could decide the presidential election. The Arizona secretary of state's office has certified 577,971 signatures collected to put a constitutional amendment on abortion rights on the ballot, the...

Rapper Nelly Arrested as He Tried to Cash in at Casino

Lawyer says police found 'alleged ecstasy' pills after what he thinks was an illegal search

(Newser) - Rapper Nelly was arrested early Wednesday as he tried to collect his winnings at a St. Louis-area casino, his attorney says. The 49-year-old was attempting to collect several jackpots he'd won at Hollywood Casino and Hotel in the suburb of Maryland Heights, Missouri, when an officer who was supervising...

Another Member of the Squad Faces AIPAC's Ire
Another Squad Member
Goes Down in Primary
UPDATED
Aug 7, 2024 12:00 AM CDT

Another Squad Member Goes Down in Primary

Rep. Cori Bush is out in Missouri after AIPAC campaign against her

(Newser) - Another member of Congress' "squad" has been voted out. Rep. Cori Bush lost her primary in Missouri on Tuesday, the Hill reports. Her opponent, St. Louis Prosecuting Attorney Wesley Bell, had 51.2% of the vote to Bush's 45.6% with 96% of results in. He is expected...

SCOTUS Rules Against Move to Nix Trump Gag Order

High court rebuffs Missouri AG's argument that gag order in NY hush-money case would stifle Trump

(Newser) - The Supreme Court on Monday shut down a long-shot push from Missouri to remove a gag order in former President Trump's hush-money case and delay his sentencing in New York. The Missouri attorney general went to the high court with the unusual request to sue New York after the...

Man Finally Freed 8 Days After Conviction Overturned

AG was fighting to keep Christopher Dunn behind bars

(Newser) - A Missouri man was freed from prison Tuesday after his murder conviction was overturned after 34 years behind bars, despite the state attorney general's efforts to keep him there. The Missouri Supreme Court issued a ruling stating that the St. Louis circuit attorney needed to confirm it had no...

Missouri Judge Orders Release of Man Cleared but Not Freed

Court threatens prison warden with contempt if Christopher Dunn isn't out in hours

(Newser) - A Missouri judge on Wednesday ordered the release of a man who has spent more than 30 years in prison. St. Louis Circuit Judge Jason Sengheiser issued the order two days after he overturned Christopher Dunn's murder conviction. A state prison ignored a court order to release Dunn, saying...

After 43 Years, Court Backs Releasing Innocent Woman

Sandra Hemme's Missouri murder conviction was overturned

(Newser) - The Missouri Supreme Court cleared the way Thursday for a woman whose murder conviction was overturned to be freed after 43 years in prison. A circuit court judge ruled last month that Sandra Hemme's attorneys showed evidence of her "actual innocence," and an appeals court ruled she...

This Is the Most Dangerous State in America

New Mexico tops the list, while Rhode Island is deemed the safest

(Newser) - Perhaps no one knows better than personal injury lawyers how dangerous simply existing can be these days—especially in the US, where death rates are about 2.5 times higher than the average rates in other high-income nations, per Newsweek . That's why the Caputo and Van Der Walde Injury...

4 Prison Guards Charged With Murder: 'It's George Floyd 3.0'

Fifth officer hit with manslaughter charges in the death of Othel Moore Jr. in Missouri

(Newser) - Four Missouri prison guards were charged Friday with murder, and a fifth with involuntary manslaughter, in the December death of a Black man who died after the officers pepper-sprayed him and covered his face while in custody at a correctional facility, according to a complaint filed Friday. The guards at...

Principal Who Had His Pregnant Girlfriend Killed Learns His Fate

Cornelius Green and the hitman, his longtime friend, each get 2 life sentences

(Newser) - Jocelyn Peters was 31 weeks pregnant, in bed at her Missouri apartment working on baby shower invitations when a man entered and shot her in the eye, killing her. Cornelius Green, her boyfriend and the unborn child's father, later called 911 to report he'd discovered her body. On...

K-9 Officer Dies in Hot Car
K-9 Officer Dies in Hot Car
Jun 26, 2024 2:30 AM CDT

K-9 Officer Dies in Hot Car

German shepherd's death is under investigation

(Newser) - A sad story out of Missouri, where the Savannah Police Department says a K-9 officer died last Thursday after being left in a patrol car following an overnight shift. The German shepherd dog, named Horus, had served the community for more than three years, Fox4KC reports. Temperatures in the area...

Judges in 2 States Halt Chunk of Biden Loan Forgiveness Plan

Kansas, Missouri earn temporary victory that puts the kibosh on key parts of student loan program

(Newser) - Federal judges in Kansas and Missouri on Monday together blocked much of a Biden administration student loan repayment plan that provides a faster path to cancellation and lower monthly payments for millions of borrowers. The judges' rulings prevent the US Department of Education from helping many of the intended borrowers...

Tragedy Strikes Family on Their Way to Vacation

Missouri girl, 8, dies after falling ill on SkyWest flight bound for Chicago; cause of death isn't clear

(Newser) - An 8-year-old Missouri girl flying to Chicago with her family for vacation died after getting sick while in the air. The child, IDed as Sydney Weston of Carl Junction, "suddenly became ill and then unresponsive in flight," the Peoria County Coroner's Office said Thursday in an online...

At This Restaurant, a Table for Anyone Over 30

Men under 35, women under 30 won't be admitted inside new St. Louis restaurant

(Newser) - A new restaurant in Missouri has some strict rules at the door: No one under the age of 30 is allowed inside. KSDK writes that Bliss, an upscale West African and Caribbean eatery in St. Louis, wants to protect the sophisticated scene it's striving to create vis a vis...

Missouri Executes Man Who Killed Former Lover, Husband

Governor refused to grant clemency, citing David Hosier's 'lack of remorse'

(Newser) - A man convicted of killing his former lover and her husband in what prosecutors described as a fit of rage was executed Tuesday evening in Missouri. David Hosier, 69, was pronounced dead at 6:11pm following a single-dose injection of the sedative pentobarbital at the state prison in Bonne Terre....

7 People on Skydiving Flight Escape Plane Before It Crashes

Plane, however, was a total loss in Missouri accident

(Newser) - A small plane crashed into a Missouri field Saturday afternoon, but all seven people on board survived, thanks to the fact that they were on what the National Transportation Safety Board terms a "skydiving mission" at the time. The pilot and all six passengers parachuted out of the single-engine...

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