A former Jefferson City Jay football player shot during a drug deal has now died. Orentheus Pitts, 18, died Monday at a Columbia hospital. He was shot during what police called an attempted drug deal near Walgreens on Truman Blvd last week. The alleged...
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George Floyd, whose death energized a movement, to be buried
(AP) — The black man whose death has inspired a worldwide reckoning over racial injustice will be buried in Houston Tuesday, carried home in a horse-drawn carriage. George Floyd, who was 46 when he was killed, will be laid to rest next to his mother. O...
Read More »Key Democrats spurn push to defund police amid Trump attacks
(AP) — President Donald Trump and his allies have seized on calls to “defund the police” as a dangerous example of Democratic overreach as he fights for momentum amid crises that threaten his reelection. Key Democrats, including presumptive presidentia...
Read More »Daniel Radcliffe responds to J.K. Rowling’s tweets: “Transgender women are women”
John Sciulli/Getty Images for Turner(LONDON) -- Daniel Radcliffe has spoken out regarding J.K. Rowling's Twitter controversy. In a short but meaningful essay posted on The Trevor Project's website, a suicide prevention organi...
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Burke/Triolo Productions/ThinkstockBilly Currington is celebrating the five-year anniversary of his sixth studio album, Summer Forever, with a video offering personal reflections on the project. Released on June 2, 2015, S...
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