(WASHINGTON, AP) — The House has left town for its August recess and the Senate is departing, which leaves a hefty list of unfinished business. Lawmakers have just 10 legislative… Read more »
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Police suspect Missouri woman died from cosmetic injections
(EDMUNDSON, Mo., AP) — Police suspect a woman died from complications after receiving illegal, cosmetic injections in her buttocks at a hotel room in the St. Louis suburb of Edmundson…. Read more »
Flake stands out as truly undecided GOP senator on Iran deal
By LAURIE KELLMAN (WASHINGTON, AP) — Sen. Jeff Flake has purposely spent time on deserted islands, so being the sole Senate Republican weighing whether to back President Barack Obama on… Read more »
Councilman: Federal reform plan could bankrupt Ferguson
(FERGUSON, Mo., AP) — A Ferguson city councilman says the federal government’s plan to reform policing and municipal courts could bankrupt the St. Louis suburb where the police shooting death… Read more »
Missouri professor, researcher accused of removing artifacts
(COLUMBIA, Mo., AP) — A professor and a research specialist at the University of Missouri face charges in Washington state for allegedly removing artifacts from a national forest without proper… Read more »
Suspect in latest theater attack had psychological issues
By ERIK SCHELZIG and LUCAS L. JOHNSON II (NASHVILLE, Tenn., AP) — What initially appeared to be another mass shooting at a movie theater ended up being an attack by a… Read more »
Kirksville council gives OK to plan for ‘mini-houses’
(KIRKSVILLE, Mo., AP) — Kirksville’s city council has given the go-ahead for residents looking to downsize to a smaller — much smaller — home. The Kirksville Daily Express (http://bit.ly/1IKEV42) reports… Read more »
Half of blacks say police have treated them unfairly
By JESSE J. HOLLAND (WASHINGTON, AP) — A majority of blacks in the United States — more than 3 out of 5 — say they or a family member have… Read more »
Federal agency says 33 injured in Missouri explosion
(MARSTON, Mo., AP) — A federal agency says molten aluminum hitting water is the apparent cause of explosions that injured more than 30 employees at a southeast Missouri aluminum plant…. Read more »
4 children killed in Missouri condo fire
(OSAGE BEACH, Mo., AP) — A fire chief says four children were killed in a condominium blaze in central Missouri’s Lake of the Ozarks. Osage Beach Fire Chief Jeff Dorhauer… Read more »