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ST. LOUIS (AP) — The U.S. Office of Special Counsel says in a letter to President Joe Biden and members of Congress that employees at a federal office complex in St. Louis were exposed to “widespread, longstanding” contamination from asbestos, lead, mercury, arsenic and other toxic materials by the agency in charge of managing government

By CHARLES ODUM AP Sports Writer ATLANTA (AP) — Georgia outside linebacker Adam Anderson’s attorney says he has asked for Anderson’s suspension to be lifted. Anderson is under investigation by Athens police for an alleged rape. Attorney Steve Sadow says Anderson should not be suspended because he hasn’t been charged with a crime. He says

IOWA CITY, Iowa (AP) — Iowa authorities say a man who shot an air rifle at a squirrel in his yard unintentionally seriously wounded a Missouri man who was driving by. Authorities say 69-year-old Philip Olson, of Iowa City, turned himself in to police three days after the 20-year-old man was found Oct. 17 in

JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) — A fire at a state-leased building caused more than $2.5 million in damage. A report by the State Fire Marshal’s Office released Friday shows investigators couldn’t determine what caused the Monday night fire at the Jefferson City building. No one was injured. Roughly 100 state employees worked in the East

By DAVID A. LIEB, GEOFF MULVIHILL and ANDREW DeMILLO Associated Press JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) — The attorneys general of 27 states have filed federal lawsuits challenging a vaccine mandate for employers issued by the Biden administration. They generally contend that the authority to compel vaccinations rests with the states, not the federal government. The

ST. CHARLES, Mo. (AP) — A series of killings that happened nearly three decades ago throughout the Midwest and largely along Interstate 70 is getting a new look. The St. Louis Post-Dispatch reports that detectives and federal agents from Raytown, Missouri, Wichita, Kansas, and the Indiana cities of Indianapolis and Terre Haute met this week

KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — Two women face charges after a man’s body was found in a wooded area of Kansas City, Missouri. The Kansas City Star reports that officers were initially called Oct. 26 after a city worker discovered a body while looking into illegal dumping activity. In federal court records, a detective said

SPRINGFIELD, Mo. (AP) — Prosecutors in Greene County have charged a woman with involuntary manslaughter in a May hit-and-run accident that killed a college student. KYTV-TV reports that 55-year-old Marjorie Dewitt of Ozark also is charged with leaving the scene of an accident and tampering with evidence. Court records show that Dewitt pleaded not guilty

By DAVID A. LIEB Associated Press JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) — The attorneys general of 11 states have filed a lawsuit challenging a vaccine mandate for employers issued by President Joe Biden’s administration. The suit filed in the St. Louis-based 8th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals contends that authority to compel vaccinations rests with the

By JOSH DUBOW AP Sports Writer SAN JOSE, Calif. (AP) — Brandon Saad scored twice in his second game back from the COVID-19 list and the St. Louis Blues used a three-goal second period to beat the San Jose Sharks 5-3. Saad scored a short-handed goal in the first period and tied the game in

By CHARLES ODUM AP Sports Writer ATLANTA (AP) — Georgia linebacker Adam Anderson is being investigated by Athens police about an alleged rape last week. No charges have been filed but Anderson’s attorney, Steve Sadow, says Anderson has been suspended for No. 1 Georgia’s game against Missouri. According to an Athens-Clarke County Police incident report

By CHARLES ODUM AP Sports Writer ATLANTA (AP) — Georgia linebacker Adam Anderson is being investigated by Athens police about an alleged rape last week. No charges have been filed but Anderson’s status for No. 1 Georgia’s game against Missouri is not certain. According to an Athens-Clarke County Police incident report obtained by The Associated

GREEN BAY, Wis. (AP) — The Green Bay Packers added a backup quarterback Thursday with reigning MVP Aaron Rodgers on the reserve/COVID-19 list and questions swirling over how the team handled the NFL’s COVID protocols. With Rodgers out at least Sunday against the Kansas City Chiefs, the Packers signed veteran Blake Bortles to the practice

KANSAS CITY, M0. (AP) — The Kansas City City, Missouri, City Council has rescinded its order requiring masks in public places to stop the spread of the coronavirus. The City Council voted 11-2 on Thursday to continue to require masks in school buildings and on school buses through Dec. 2. A mask order for everyone

By ANDREW DeMILLO and GEOFF MULVIHILL Associated Press LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (AP) — Republican governors, lawmakers and attorneys general are forming a wall of opposition to President Joe Biden’s plan to require vaccinations or COVID-19 testing at all private employers of 100 workers or more. They have adopted laws to exempt employers in their state,

By SUMMER BALLENTINE Associated Press COLUMBIA, Mo. (AP) — Missouri’s Republican attorney general and U.S. Senate candidate Eric Schmitt is considering possible criminal charges for a state lawmaker accused of having sex with a drunk woman while on duty as a cop years ago. Schmitt’s office confirmed Thursday that a local judge appointed him special

FARMINGTON, Mo. (AP) — State officials say a case of Legionnaires’ disease has been confirmed in a patient at a mental health center in Farmington. A spokeswoman for the Department of Mental Health says a patient from the Southeast Missouri Mental Health Center was taken to a hospital, which discovered the Legionnaires’ case on Wednesday.

By DAVE SKRETTA AP Sports Writer KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — The Packers-Chiefs game Sunday was supposed to be a showdown between two teams with Super Bowl aspirations, each led by league MVPs under center and with rabid fanbases that expect nothing less than another deep postseason run. Well, so much for expectations. To start,

EAST ST. LOUIS, Ill. (AP) — A woman has been charged with child endangerment in the August fire deaths of her five young children, who she allegedly left in a southwest Illinois apartment without adult supervision. The St. Louis Post-Dispatch reports that 34-year-old Sabrina Dunigan of East St. Louis is charged in St. Clair County