(KANSAS CITY, Mo., AP) — The port of Kansas City’s barge-shipping terminal will reopen after being closed since 2007. The Port Authority of Kansas City said Tuesday it is partnering… Read more »
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Big break in ambush probe: suspect’s abandoned SUV
By MICHAEL RUBINKAM and DAVID PORTER (BLOOMING GROVE, Pa., AP) — Authorities say a heavily armed survivalist with a vendetta against law enforcement is the suspect in an ambush that killed… Read more »
Missouri lawmakers target $61M in veto overrides
(JEFFERSON CITY, Mo., AP) — Republicans and Democrats are joining together as the House is voting to override Gov. Jay Nixon’s vetoes of millions of dollars of spending. The House… Read more »
Atty: 2nd girl in Slender Man case unfit for trial
By M.L. JOHNSON (MILWAUKEE, AP) — A psychologist has determined the second of two 12-year-old girls charged with stabbing a classmate 19 times in an attempt to please a fictional… Read more »
Study: Many hospitals use too many antibiotics
By MIKE STOBBE (NEW YORK, AP) — A new study suggests that doctors in many hospitals are unnecessarily prescribing multiple antibiotics for several days when just one would do the… Read more »
Congress considers review of police military gear
By ALICIA A. CALDWELL (WASHINGTON, AP) — Lawmakers said Tuesday they were considering doing more to monitor and hold accountable police departments across the United States that obtain sophisticated military… Read more »
Missouri Republicans push for gun bill victory
By SUMMER BALLENTINE (JEFFERSON CITY, Mo., AP) — Missouri Republicans are clashing again with Democratic Gov. Jay Nixon on guns, as lawmakers approach a Wednesday vote that could overturn his… Read more »
US to investigate Ferguson police
By ERIC TUCKER (WASHINGTON, AP) — The Justice Department plans to open a wide-ranging civil rights investigation into the practices of the Ferguson, Missouri, Police Department following the shooting last… Read more »
Trooper: Missouri man killed driving wrong way
(CONCORDIA, Mo., AP) — Missouri authorities say an elderly man has died in a two-car crash after driving the wrong way on the interstate. The Missouri Highway Patrol reports 79-year-old… Read more »
Electric bills increasing for KCP&L customers
(JEFFERSON CITY, Mo., AP) — Customers of Kansas City Power & Light Co. will be paying a little more each month for their electricity. The Missouri Public Service Commission says… Read more »