By JULIE PACE (WASHINGTON, AP) — Taking a two-day break from summer vacation, President Barack Obama returned to work at the White House Monday, replacing images of him bicycling and… Read more »
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US rethinks giving excess military gear to police
By TAMI ABDOLLAH and ERIC TUCKER (WASHINGTON, AP) — After a decade of sending military equipment to civilian police departments across the country, federal officials are reconsidering the idea in light… Read more »
Governor Nixon orders National Guard to Ferguson
By NIGEL DUARA and JIM SUHR (FERGUSON, Mo., AP) — Missouri’s governor on Monday ordered the National Guard to a St. Louis suburb convulsed by protests over the fatal shooting of… Read more »
Credibility concerns in Missouri shooting probe
By DAVID A. LIEB (FERGUSON, Mo., AP) — After a week of violent clashes between police and protesters, Missouri authorities leading the investigation into the police shooting death of an… Read more »
UCM’s interior design program earns accreditation
(WARRENSBURG, Mo.) – The department of art and design at the University of Central Missouri has received notification that its interior design program, leading to the Bachelor of Fine Arts degree… Read more »
Former South East Elementary School rededication ceremony set for Aug. 29
(WARRENSBURG, Mo.) – A committee of Warrensburg residents along with University of Central Missouri employees and alumni are planning a rededication ceremony for the former South East Elementary School at 415… Read more »
Cops: Amish girls kidnapped by more than 1 person
By GEORGE M. WALSH (ALBANY, N.Y., AP) — A New York sheriff says two young Amish sisters now safe at home were kidnapped from their family farm stand and police… Read more »
Congressman wants to curb military surplus program
By MATTHEW DALY (WASHINGTON, AP) — Images of police outfitted in paramilitary gear clashing with protesters in suburban St. Louis are giving new impetus to efforts to rein in a… Read more »
Police: Teen shot by cop suspect in recent robbery
By DAVID A. LIEB and ALAN SCHER ZAGIER (FERGUSON, Mo., AP) — A suburban St. Louis police chief on Friday identified the officer whose fatal shooting of an unarmed black teenager… Read more »
Lawyer: Cops try to justify teen’s shooting death
(FERGUSON, Mo., AP) — The attorney for the family of an unarmed teenager fatally shot by a police officer in a St. Louis suburb says police are trying to assassinate… Read more »