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JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) — The Missouri House is advancing a bill to defund Planned Parenthood and put more restrictions on abortions. The GOP-led House gave the measure initial approval in a voice vote Tuesday. The bill is the latest attempt by Republican lawmakers to block any public funding from going to Planned Parenthood, including

By DAVID A. LIEB Associated Press JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) — Missouri’s candidacy filing period for Congress has ended without new U.S. House districts in place. More than five dozen people signed up to run for U.S. House seats without knowing exactly how those district lines will be drawn. The state House on Tuesday refused

By CURT ANDERSON Associated Press ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. (AP) — Florida and 20 other states have sued to halt the federal government’s pandemic requirement that people wear masks on planes, trains and other public transport. The lawsuit was filed Tuesday in federal court in Tampa, Florida. It contends that the mask mandate exceeds the authority

ST. LOUIS (AP) — Democratic U.S. Rep. Cori Bush is now facing a challenge from a state senator from St. Louis in her bid for reelection in Missouri’s 1st Congressional District. State Sen. Steve Roberts announced Monday that he will oppose Bush in the August primary. The district includes all of St. Louis and much

By SUMMER BALLENTINE Associated Press Anheuser-Busch beer heiress Trudy Busch Valentine is running for U.S. Senate as a Democrat. The daughter of the late chairman of the Anheuser-Busch Companies announced her candidacy for retiring Republican U.S. Sen. Roy Blunt’s seat on Tuesday. Busch Valentine’s entrance to the race comes days after Republican candidate Eric Greitens

JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) — In a story published March 28, 2022, about Missouri’s U.S. House districts, The Associated Press erroneously reported that New Hampshire Gov. Chris Sununu had vetoed New Hampshire’s redistricting map. Sununu has promised to veto the redistricting map.

JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) — Anheuser-Busch beer heiress Trudy Busch Valentine is running for U.S. Senate as a Democrat. The daughter of the late chairman of the Anheuser-Busch Companies officially filed her candidacy for retiring Republican U.S. Sen. Roy Blunt’s seat Monday. Busch Valentine’s entrance to the race comes days after Republican candidate Eric Greitens

By WARREN MAYES Associated Press ST. LOUIS (AP) — Vladimir Tarasenko had two goals and an assist, leading the St. Louis Blues to a 4-1 victory over the Vancouver Canucks. Tarasenko has 23 goals this season, and the three-point game gave him 500 points in his NHL career. David Perron and Marco Scandella also scored

By CHUCK KING Associated Press JUPITER, Fla. (AP) — Albert Pujols has returned to the St. Louis Cardinals, finding a home in the place where he became one of baseball’s most powerful sluggers. The 42-year-old Pujols says this is his final season. Pujols emerged from beyond the right field wall at the Cardinals’ spring training

By STEPHEN WHYNO AP Hockey Writer The Philadelphia Flyers have signed prospect Noah Cates and are expected to insert him into their lineup right away. His college season ended over the weekend when Minnesota-Duluth was eliminated from the playoffs by Denver. Cates had three points in four games for the U.S. at the Beijing Olympics

UNION, Mo. (AP) — A woman photographed carrying a wooden name plate torn from House Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s office after the Jan. 6, 2021, Capitol insurrection faces felony charges for allegedly driving drunk and causing a fatal wreck in Missouri. Emily Hernandez of Sullivan, Missouri, is charged with driving while intoxicated involving the death of

By DAVE SKRETTA AP Sports Writer KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — The Kansas City Chiefs were supposed to be quiet during free agency, with so many of their big names tied to contracts and very little salary cap space. Well, some creative accounting coupled with a blockbuster trade of Tyreek Hill has turned a quiet

CLAYTON, Mo. (AP) — A St. Louis County man convicted last month for stabbing and beating his two roommates to death in 2016 has been sentenced to life in prison without parole. The St. Louis Post-Dispatch reports that 48-year-old John Hamm was sentenced Friday. On Feb. 4, a jury convicted Hamm of two counts each

By The Associated Press Slugger Albert Pujols reportedly is returning to St. Louis after agreeing to a one-year deal with the Cardinals. The St. Louis Post-Dispatch first reported the agreement and said the contract with the 42-year-old Pujols is pending a physical. Pujols is 21 home runs shy of 700 for his career. The NL

COLUMBIA, Mo. (AP) — A 65-year-old Kansas City truck driver has been arrested in connection with the crash that killed an assistant fire chief while he was working an accident scene. The Kansas City Star reports that the Missouri Highway Patrol arrested Kevin Lee Brunson on Friday in Clay County. Boone County assistant fire chief

SPRINGFIELD, Mo. (AP) — One man died and another man was injured after a shooting in Springfield Saturday morning. Springfield Police said the shooting was reported shortly before 9 a.m. Saturday at a home in the 2400 block of East Commercial Street. Police said 30-year-old Johnny Hipol died at the scene and another man was

ST. LOUIS (AP) — Two young cousins were livestreaming from a St. Louis apartment when one child fatally shot the other before killing herself in what family members say was a tragic accident. Police are still investigating Friday’s incident in which a 12-year-old girl, Paris Harvey, shot a 14-year-old boy, Kuaron Harvey, before shooting herself.

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — A publicist for Jeff Carson says the country music singer has died in Tennessee. Jeremy Westby of 2911 Media said in a news release that Carson died of a heart attack at a hospital in Franklin. A native of Tulsa, Oklahoma, Carson sang in church and formed a band in Rogers,