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Trump defends decision to abandon Kurds in Syria

(AP) – President Donald Trump is casting his decision to abandon Kurdish fighters in Syria as fulfilling a campaign promise to withdraw from “endless war” in the Middle East. But Republican critics and others say he is sacrificing a U...

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Special Olympics outdoor games returning to Columbia

The Special Olympics Outdoor Games is returning to Columbia next year. The organization has held the games in Springfield lately. The games were last in Columbia in 2014. They’ll be back here from 2020 to 2023. The post Special Olympics outdoor games r...

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New trial starts for 2014 Columbia stabbing suspect

Anthony Shegog’s new trial was scheduled to start Tuesday. Shegog is the Columbia man who was convicted of stabbing Walter Lige to death behind a home near Hickman High School in 2014. That verdict was vacated in 2018 though, after a judge ruled his at...

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Fulton man accused of trespassing, meth possession

A Fulton man is now looking at trespassing and meth charges. Officers say they warned Tyler Leeper not to go on an elderly woman’s property on East 14th Street on Monday afternoon. An hour later, he allegedly did it anyway. Officers say they foun...

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