Coronavirus case increases continue a higher trend in mid-Missouri. Boone County reported 45 new positives Thursday. Active cases rose again, to 270, the highest that number has been since mid-February. Hospitalizations went up also, to 53. Cole County...
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Supreme Court upholds Arizona voting restrictions
(AP) Flexing its new strength, the Supreme Court’s conservative majority on Thursday cut back on a landmark voting rights law in a decision likely to help Republican states fight challenges to voting restrictions they’ve put in place following last yea...
Read More »Diaz’s walk-off homer lifts Rockies over Cardinals, 5-2
(AP) Elías Díaz hit a three-run homer in the bottom of the ninth inning to give the Colorado Rockies a rain-delayed 5-2 win over the St. Louis Cardinals, spoiling Nolan Arenado’s return to Coors Field. Arenado went hitless in four at-bats in his first ...
Read More »Judge Paul Wilson takes over as Missouri chief justice
(AP) Missouri Supreme Court Judge Paul Wilson is starting a new role as the state’s chief justice. Wilson began a two-year term Thursday as the top judge, succeeding Judge George Draper, who remains on the court. Missouri’s chief justice po...
Read More »Federal executions halted; Garland orders protocols reviewed
(AP) The Justice Department is halting federal executions after a historic use of capital punishment by the Trump administration, which carried out 13 executions in six months. Attorney General Merrick Garland says he is imposing a moratorium on federa...
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