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KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — Police have identified a person found with fatal gunshot wounds inside a vehicle on a Kansas City street as a 15-year-old boy. Police say in a news release that 15-year-old Kamari Bridges died from his injuries in the shooting. Officers found Bridges around 8:30 p.m. Sunday in a car on

By DAVE SKRETTA AP Sports Writer KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — There wasn’t any one play that doomed the New York Giants against Kansas City on Monday night. There were about a dozen little ones. The interception by Daniel Jones when he was caught staring down his target. Two personal foul penalties by linebacker Tae

COLUMBIA, Mo. (AP) — A jury has been selected in the trial of a Missouri man charged with killing his Chinese wife. Joseph Elledge, of Columbia, is charged with first-degree murder in the death of 28-year-old Mengqi Ji. Elledge reported his wife missing in October 2019, prompting numerous searches before her body was found in

JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) — Two weeks after a newspaper discovered a security flaw on a state website, Gov. Mike Parson’s administration has hired a company that a performs data breach and credit monitoring services. The state signed a contract with Identity Theft Guard Solutions last week. The St. Louis Post-Dispatch discovered a flaw that

COLUMBIA, Mo. (AP) — University of Missouri officials say the school plans to spend $1.5 billion in the next 10 years to hire a total of 300 faculty and staff to enhance the university’s research mission. The program announced Monday is called MizzouForward. The school said in a news release the initiative will use new

By DAVE SKRETTA AP Sports Writer KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — The New York Giants put linebacker Carter Coughlin on injured reserve and activated cornerback Aaron Robinson off the PUP list amid of series of defensive roster moves ahead of their Monday night game against the Kansas City Chiefs. The Giants also promoted linebackers Trent

GREEN BAY, Wis. (AP) — Green Bay Packers coach Matt LaFleur says he knows whether 2020 All-Pro left tackle David Bakhtiari will make his 2021 debut on Sunday at Kansas City. He just isn’t planning to announce whether Bakhtiari will be available in order to make the Chiefs have to prepare for either scenario. Bakhtiari

JOPLIN, Mo. (AP) — Police say a man was killed by officers over the weekend in the southwestern Missouri city of Joplin. Police say 41-year-old Joseph Shane Endicott, of Carl Junction, died Saturday after being shot by police who responded to a call of a disturbance. A news release from police says a 911 caller

OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — A new monthly survey of business leaders in nine Midwest and Plains states shows significant jumps in employment and inventories since September, but confidence in the economy over the next six month remained at a dismal low. The overall index for October of the Creighton University Mid-America Business Conditions released Monday

JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) — Missouri Gov. Mike Parson has appointed one of the founders of a St. Louis charter school to the State Board of Education. Kerry Casey will begin serving on the state board immediately. She also is a board member of the KIPP Charter School in St. Louis and is a vice

COLUMBIA, Mo. (AP) — Jury selection has begun in the trial of a Missouri man charged with killing his Chinese wife. Joseph Elledge, of Columbia, is charged with first-degree murder in the death of 28-year-old Mengqi Ji. Elledge reported his wife missing in October 2019, prompting numerous searches before her body was found in March

KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — Police say a man has died after being found with gunshot wounds inside a vehicle on a Kansas City street. Police say in a news release that officers found the man around 8:30 p.m. Sunday in a car on the eastern edge of the Blue Hills neighborhood. The man was

ST. LOUIS (AP) — Police are investigating separate shooting deaths that happened hours apart in St. Louis. Police say the shootings happened early Sunday morning, beginning with a shooting just before 3:30 a.m. in the city’s O’Fallon neighborhood. Investigators say they were alerted when the man who had been shot showed up at a hospital

COLUMBIA, Mo. (AP) — Jury selection is scheduled to begin in the trial of a Missouri man charged with killing his Chinese wife. Joseph Elledge, of Columbia, is charged with first-degree murder in the death of his 28-year-old wife, Mengqi Ji. Elledge reported his wife missing in October 2019, prompting numerous searches before her body

By DAVE SKRETTA AP Sports Writer KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — Kansas City Chiefs defensive end Frank Clark was refreshingly honest this week when asked about how two gun-related arrests during the offseason have weighed on him, along with injuries to each hamstring just weeks apart that kept him off the field for long periods

LEE’S SUMMIT, Mo. (AP) — A 7-year-old Missouri boy has died after he fell off a hayride and was struck by the trailer he had been riding in. The Jackson County Sheriff’s office says the accident happened Saturday near Lee’s Summit. The Missouri State Highway Patrol says a tractor was pulling the trailer and that

LEE’S SUMMIT, Mo. (AP) — A 7-year-old Missouri boy died Saturday after he fell off a hayrack ride and was struck by the trailer he had been riding in. Jackson County Sheriff Darryl Forté said on Twitter that the accident was reported around 7:45 p.m. Saturday in a rural area outside Lee’s Summit, Missouri. A