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(AP) Gov. Mike Parson is expected to sign into law the state’s first gas tax increase in decades. Parson is scheduled to sign the legislation Tuesday. The law will gradually raise the state’s 17-cent-a-gallon gas tax to 29.5 cents over five years...

Mid-Missouri’s daily coronavirus case numbers are still fairly high. Boone County reported 111 new positives Monday, which is the highest increase since late January. Active cases went up, to 398. Hospitalizations also rose, to 84. Hospitals in Boone a...

(AP) Iraqi medical officials say the death toll from a catastrophic hospital blaze in a southern city has risen to 64. Two health officials said on Tuesday that more than 100 people were also injured in the fire that torched the coronavirus ward of al-...

(AP) U.S. regulators added a new warning to Johnson & Johnson’s COVID-19 vaccine about links to a rare and potentially dangerous neurological reaction. The announcement Monday said it’s not entirely clear the shot caused the problem. The gove...

(AP) Democrats in the Texas Legislature have bolted for Washington, D.C., to try to stop Republicans from enacting new voting restrictions. They say they’re ready to remain there for weeks in a second revolt against a GOP overhaul of election laws. Pri...