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Michael Brown’s death transformed a nation and sparked a decade of American reckoning on race

Associated Press Michael Brown has been dead for a decade. The Black teenager’s death in Ferguson, Missouri, prompted an eruption of protests in the suburban city and gave a boost to a then-nascent Black Lives Matter movement. It wasn’t just BLM, though, It was also Indigenous people defending water and land, Latino people opposing draconian

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Federal court strikes down Missouri investment rule targeted at `woke politics’

Associated Press JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) — A federal judge has struck down a Missouri rule requiring disclosure of “social objectives” in investment decisions. Republican Secretary of State Jay Ashcroft had described the rule as a way to expose financial institutions that “put woke politics ahead of investment returns.” But a federal judge said it

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Woman charged in brazen plot to extort Elvis Presley’s family and auction off Graceland

Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — A Missouri woman has been arrested on charges she orchestrated a brazen scheme to defraud Elvis Presley’s family by trying to auction off his Graceland mansion and property before a judge halted the mysterious foreclosure sale, the Justice Department said Friday. Lisa Jeanine Findley, 53, of Kimberling City, falsely claimed

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Pick Six: Central Missouri’s Zach Zebrowski among 2024 small-college stars after passing for 61 TDs

AP College Football Writer Central Missouri quarterback Zach Zebrowski is one of the top small-college football players to watch entering this season. The Southern Illinois transfer passed for a Division II-record 61 touchdowns last year and was the Harlon Hill Trophy winner as the top player in his division. Other players to watch are quarterback

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88-year-old victim in Boar’s Head deli meat outbreak underscores risks for those most vulnerable

AP Health Writer A lifelong lover of liverwurst, Sue Fleming relished the smoked sausage her husband brought home every few weeks from the grocery store deli. Patrick Fleming always made sure to buy Boar’s Head braunschweiger, the type she liked best, even though it could be costlier than other brands. “My whole family loves braunschweiger,”

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Ruling: Fetus can be referred to as ‘unborn human being’ in Arizona abortion measure voter pamphlet

Associated Press PHOENIX (AP) — An informational pamphlet for Arizona voters, who will decide in the fall whether to guarantee a constitutional right to an abortion, can refer to an embryo or fetus as an “unborn human being,” the state’s highest court ruled Wednesday. The Arizona Supreme Court justices sided with Republican lawmakers, who drafted

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