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October 15, 2021 at 11:32 am

Missouri governor urged to appoint cybersecurity panel

Three months after creation of a commission to identify cybersecurity risks in state government, Missouri Gov. Mike Parson has yet to appoint any members.

FILE – In this Tuesday, July 13, 2021, file photo, Missouri Gov. Mike Parson answers media’s questions in Kansas City, Mo. Parson on Thursday, Oct, 14, 2021 condemned the St. Louis Post-Dispatch newspaper for exposing a flaw in a state database that allowed public access to thousands of teachers’ Social Security numbers, even though the paper held off from reporting about the flaw until after the state could fix it. (Shelly Yang/The Kansas City Star via AP, File) MOKAS201 MOKAS201

October 14, 2021 at 11:17 am

Missouri gov slams paper for uncovering data security flaw

Republican Gov. Mike Parson has condemned one of Missouri’s largest newspapers for exposing a flaw in a state database that allowed public access to thousands...

October 13, 2021 at 1:22 pm

Missouri Supreme Court asked to intervene in Politte case

Attorneys for Michael Politte, who was convicted at age 14 of killing his mother, have filed a petition asking the Missouri Supreme Court to free...

October 12, 2021 at 9:44 am

Spire asks Supreme Court to keep pipeline operational

The St. Louis-based natural gas company Spire Inc. is asking the U.S. Supreme Court to allow it to keep operating a pipeline through Illinois and...

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In this undated photo provided by her family, Amaria Jones stands for a photo wearing her favorite color, purple. Gun violence is killing an increasing number of American children, many of them caught in crossfire. When a stray bullet pierced the window of a Chicago home in 2020, it hit and killed 13-year-old Amaria as she danced for her mother. (Jones Family via AP) NY303 NY303

October 11, 2021 at 6:07 am

Gun violence and kids: Shattered dreams, devastated families

Gun violence is killing an increasing number of children and teenagers across America, leaving behind shattered dreams and devastated families

Charron Powell stands with a photo of her son, LeGend Talieferro, at her home in Raytown, Mo. on Sunday, Oct. 3, 2021. LeGend was 4 years old when he was fatally shot June 29, 2020 while he was sleeping in an apartment staying with his father. (AP Photo/Charlie Riedel) NY301 NY301

October 11, 2021 at 6:06 am

Gun violence claiming more lives of American teens, children VIEW

Gun violence is killing an increasing number of American children, from toddlers caught in crossfire to teenagers gunned down in turf wars, drug squabbles or...

October 7, 2021 at 8:30 am

Catholic bishops urge Missouri leaders to end executions

Leaders of the four Roman Catholic dioceses in Missouri are urging state leaders to end the use of the death penalty, after a convicted killer...

October 4, 2021 at 8:54 pm

Missouri man executed for killing 3 workers in ’94 robbery

A Missouri man has been put to death for killing three workers while robbing a convenience store nearly three decades ago

October 4, 2021 at 9:08 am

Missouri governor denies clemency to death row inmate

Missouri Gov. Mike Parson has declined to grant clemency to death row inmate Ernest Johnson, despite requests for mercy from the pope, two federal lawmakers...

FILE – In this Nov. 3, 2012, file photo, Republican U.S Senate candidate Todd Akin addresses supporters during a campaign event in Kansas City, Mo. Akin, whose comment that women’s bodies have a way of avoiding pregnancies in cases of “legitimate rape” sunk his bid for the U.S. Senate and became a cautionary tale for other GOP candidates, has died. He was 74. (AP Photo/Charlie Riedel, File) CER503 CER503

October 4, 2021 at 12:25 am

Ex-US Rep. Todd Akin, sunk by ‘legitimate rape’ remark, dies VIEW

Todd Akin's 2012 Senate campaign was doomed when the Missouri Republican, asked whether abortion should be available to women who have been raped, said, “If...

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