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DEFIANCE, Mo. (AP) — Missouri officials are continuing to assess the damage caused by tornadoes that killed at least two people in the state this weekend. Gov. Mike Parsons visited St. Charles and Pemiscot counties Sunday to see the aftermath of the storms that moved through Friday night. The same storm system also generated tornadoes…
MAYFIELD, Ky. (AP) — Kentucky’s governor says tornadoes may have killed 70 people in the state and the death toll may exceed 100. Gov. Andy Beshear said Saturday that a twister had touched down for more than 200 miles in the state. Severe storms moved through the area Friday night and caused catastrophic damage across…
ST. LOUIS (AP) — Gov. Mike Parson’s office says at least two people in Missouri have died and hundreds of homes and buildings are damaged or destroyed after a massive Friday night stormfront that killed dozens in several states. Parson’s office said a woman was killed at home in St. Charles County northwest of St.…
CHICAGO (AP) — Jussie Smollett’s conviction for lying to police has come nearly three years after his report of a horrifying hate crime quickly became part of a polarized political landscape. A jury on Thursday found the former “Empire” actor guilty of staging a 2019 attack downtown Chicago and lying to police about it. A…
CLAYTON, Mo. (AP) — St. Louis County has rescinded its mask mandate, weeks after a Missouri judge barred local health departments from issuing them. The county’s decision was announced Thursday during a court hearing in a lawsuit that Republican Missouri Attorney General Eric Schmitt filed in July in response to a previous mask mandate. In…
WASHINGTON (AP) — Bob Dole will lie in state at the U.S. Capitol. President Joe Biden and others will gather Thursday to pay tribute the man Biden called an “American giant.” The service is one of several over two days in Washington for the former Republican senator and presidential candidate. He is known as one…
FESTUS, Mo. (AP) — A 27-year-old eastern Missouri man is facing charges after he allegedly threatened to shoot high school students in the name of Kyle Rittenhouse. Police say Mitchell Lovelace, of Festus, is charged with making a terrorist threat after he posted the threat on social media against Festus high school students. Police were…
WASHINGTON (AP) — Congressional leaders have reached a deal to lift the nation’s debt limit. The agreement announced Tuesday will allow Democrats to increase the nation’s borrowing authority without any votes from Republicans, and likely averts another last-minute rush to avoid a federal default. The House passed legislation overwhelmingly along party lines a few hours…
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) — Missouri Attorney General Eric Schmitt is warning school districts and local public health departments that he will take legal action if they do not stop enforcing COVID-19 related health orders such as mask mandates and quarantine rules. In letters sent Tuesday, Schmitt cited a Cole County judge’s ruling last month…
PEARL HARBOR, Hawaii (AP) — Pearl Harbor attack survivors are expected to gather at the site of the bombing to remember those killed 80 years ago. About 30 survivors and 100 other veterans of the war were expected to participate in a ceremony at a pier overlooking the USS Arizona Memorial. They will observe a…