(AP) — Dominion Voting Systems has filed a $1.6 billion defamation lawsuit against Fox News, arguing the cable news giant falsely claimed in an effort to boost faltering ratings that the voting company rigged the 2020 election. Friday’s defamatio...

(AP) — Missouri lawmakers have voted against funding a voter-approved expansion of Medicaid health care for low-income adults. The GOP-led House Budget Committee on Thursday voted 20-9 against paying to extend the program. Republicans argued it’s...

(AP) — A legislative attempt to put checks on local Missouri health officials’ powers during emergencies like the coronavirus pandemic has failed. Senators voted 19-11 against the proposal Thursday. Some Republicans joined the Democratic minority...

Boone County reported its 85th death from COVID-19 Thursday. Health officials say the patient was between 60 and 64 years old. The county reported a larger-than-normal increase in coronavirus cases, with 45 on Thursday. But officials say that’s p...

(AP) — President Joe Biden has tapped Vice President Kamala Harris to lead the White House effort to tackle the migration challenge at the U.S. southern border. She also is tasked with working with Central American nations to address root causes of the...

(AP) — Former St. Louis Blues defenseman Bob Plager was killed Wednesday in a car crash in St. Louis. He was 78. Police said Plager was alone in his vehicle when it collided with a vehicle carrying two women on Interstate 64 in St. Louis about 1:30 p.m...

(AP) AstraZeneca says that its COVID-19 vaccine is strongly effective even after counting additional illnesses in its U.S. study. The announcement late Wednesday was the latest in an extraordinary public dispute with American officials. The drugmaker s...

(AP) — Louisiana and a dozen other states are suing the Biden administration to end a suspension of oil and gas leasing on federal lands and waters. Louisiana’s Republican Attorney General, Jeff Landry, announced the federal lawsuit Wednesday. Th...

Osage County Sheriff’s investigators are looking into an alleged assault that happened in a Linn school. The Sheriff served a subpoena to the Osage R-2 School Board during this week’s meeting. The assault apparently happened in February. There’s no wor...

The Fayette man facing criminal charges in the shooting death of his 15-year-old son was due in court on Thursday morning. Eddie Valencia was scheduled to have his initial arraignment before Judge James Cooksey. Court documents say Valencia told author...