Weekly initial unemployment claims are still high, but continuing a slow drop in Missouri. The labor department reported Thursday there were 16,781 of those claims in the week ending July 11. There were 17,527 claims the previous week. More from The As...
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US executes 2nd man in a week; lawyers said he had dementia
(AP) — The United States has carried out its second federal execution this week, killing by lethal injection a Kansas man whose lawyers contended he had dementia and was unfit to be executed. Wesley Ira Purkey was put to death Thursday at the Federal C...
Read More »Trump replaces campaign manager amid sinking poll numbers
(AP) — President Donald Trump is shaking up his campaign amid sinking poll numbers less than four months before the election, replacing campaign manager Brad Parscale with veteran GOP operative Bill Stepien. The president announced the move Wednesday n...
Read More »2 dead after Highway 63 crash in Osage
Two people die in a Highway 63 crash. The Highway patrol says the head-on wreck happened at about 5 p.m. Wednesday on Highway 63, one mile south of Highway 50 in Osage County. Caden Haslag’s car crossed the center line and hit Hannah McDowell’s car. Th...
Read More »Walmart latest retailer to require customers to wear masks
(AP) — Walmart will require customers to wear face coverings at all of its namesake and Sam’s Club stores, making it the largest retailer to introduce such a policy that has otherwise proven difficult to enforce without state and federal requirements. ...
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