By RODRIQUE NGOWI (BOSTON, AP) — The Ebola outbreak in West Africa is focusing a spotlight on an online tool run by experts in Boston that flagged a “mystery hemorrhagic… Read more »
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Missouri led nation in Medicaid roll reductions
(JEFFERSON CITY, Mo., AP) — Missouri’s Medicaid program is leading the nation in the number of people dropped from its rolls. New figures from the U.S. Department of Health and… Read more »
Vandalism, looting after vigil for Missouri man
By JIM SALTER and JIM SUHR (FERGUSON, Mo., AP) — A candlelight vigil for an unarmed man who was fatally shot by police turned ugly, with rioters looting and burning stores, vandalizing… Read more »
WWII vet who found Hitler’s top hat dies at 88
By CHRIS CAROLA (ALBANY, N.Y., AP) — Richard Marowitz was just a day removed from witnessing the horrors of Dachau when he found a top hat on a shelf in… Read more »
Missouri patient dies in ambulance crash
(HARRISONVILLE, Mo., AP) — The Missouri State Highway Patrol says a 65-year-old man died when the ambulance taking him to a hospital crashed during heavy rain. Patrol spokesman Sgt. Bill… Read more »
Poll: Kansas only state with big uninsured jump
(KANSAS CITY, Mo., AP) — A new Gallup poll shows Kansas is the only state in the nation to see a significant increase in its uninsured rate this year, while… Read more »
Missouri farming rights proposal appears to pass
(JEFFERSON CITY, Mo., AP) — A proposed constitutional amendment creating a right to farm in Missouri appears to have prevailed in a close election. Proposed Constitutional Amendment 1 had 498,751… Read more »
Missouri voters reject lottery to help veterans
(JEFFERSON CITY, Mo., AP) — Voters have rejected a ballot measure that would have created a Missouri Lottery scratch-off ticket with net proceeds designated to help veterans. Amendment 8 was… Read more »
Missouri transportation sales tax defeated
By DAVID A. LIEB (JEFFERSON CITY, Mo., AP) — Missouri voters defeated a multi-billion-dollar sales tax hike for transportation Tuesday, a significant setback for highway officials who have warned that… Read more »
Turk to again take on Cleaver in 5th District
(KANSAS CITY, Mo., AP) — A Lee’s Summit Republican who has lost his previous four efforts to unseat Democratic U.S. Rep. Emanuel Cleaver of Kansas City will get a fifth… Read more »