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By JIM SALTER Associated Press A Missouri judge has refused to reinstate federal unemployment benefits that were cut in June when Gov. Mike Parson pulled out of several programs. Cole County Circuit Judge Jon Beetem said the court “would not substitute its judgment” for that of the governor. The ruling by Beetem on Tuesday came

By ARNIE STAPLETON AP Pro Football Writer Overhauls are usually reserved for bad teams that miss the playoffs, not ones that play in consecutive Super Bowls. Chiefs general manager Brett Veach, however, was impelled to dismantle his offensive line after watching Patrick Mahomes run for his life in Kansas City’s 31-9 shellacking at the hands

ASH GROVE, Mo. (AP) — State Sen. Mike Moon, a Republican from Ash Grove, says he is running for the U.S. House seat currently held by Rep. Billy Long. Moon issued an online ad Tuesday announcing his candidacy for the state’s 7th Congressional District seat, which represents parts of southwest Missouri. Moon, a cattle rancher,

SPRINGFIELD, Mo. (AP) — Authorities in southwestern Missouri have charged a 34-year-old man with killing his grandmother in her Springfield home. Police say officers were called Saturday to the home of 79-year-old Judy Bishop and found her critically injured from an assault. She later died at a hospital. Police arrested her grandson, 34-year-old Brandon Wilson,

HICKMAN, Ky. (AP) — A ferry connecting Kentucky and Missouri has closed and expects to be out of service for about three days due to a mechanical issue. The Kentucky Transportation Cabinet says the Dorena-Hickman Ferry shut down Monday and expects to be closed through Wednesday. The cabinet says a mechanic team will evaluate the

CINCINNATI (AP) — Jon Lester allowed one hit while pitching into the seventh inning, Paul Goldschmidt homered and the St. Louis Cardinals inched closer to the slumping Cincinnati Reds in the NL wild-card race with a 3-1 win Monday night. The Cardinals closed within 2 1/2 games of Cincinnati for the second wild-card spot. The

By JONATHAN MATTISE Associated Press NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Attorneys general from 20 states have sued President Joe Biden’s administration seeking to halt directives that extend federal sex discrimination protections to LGBTQ people, ranging from transgender girls participating in school sports to the use of school and workplace bathrooms that align with a person’s gender

By DAVE SKRETTA AP Sports Writer KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — The Chiefs began trimming their roster to the 53-man limit for the regular season, and coach Andy Reid may have found himself having a more difficult time this year than any other during his tenure in Kansas City. Among the early cuts were running

JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) — Lawyers for Missouri residents who had their federal unemployment benefits cut when Gov. Mike Parson pulled out of programs in June are asking a court for reinstatement, with back pay. The Kansas City Star reports that a hearing Monday in Cole County Circuit Court occurred a week before enhanced benefits,

BIRMINGHAM, Ala. (AP) — Southeastern Conference teams that don’t have enough available players will have to forfeit games this year. The league released its policy on dealing with COVID-19 issues during the 2021-22 season in all sports on Monday. Unlike last season, the short-handed team will have to forfeit and will take a loss in

ST. LOUIS (AP) — Two of Missouri’s largest jurisdictions have approved extensions of their mask mandates, as COVID-19 continues to cause a big spike in cases and hospitalizations. St. Louis aldermen on Monday approved an extension of the city’s indoor mask mandate at the request of Mayor Tishaura Jones. The order that began July 26

GRAVOIS MILLS, Mo. (AP) — The Missouri State Highway Patrol says a man drowned over the weekend at a popular lake after jumping from a 125-foot cliff. Television station KYTV reports the incident happened just after 5 p.m. Saturday when 41-year-old Thomas Painter, of Bosworth, jumped from the cliff into the Lake of the Ozarks

By MARGARET STAFFORD and HEATHER HOLLINGSWORTH Associated Press LIBERTY, Mo. (AP) — A Missouri prosecutor has filed a motion asking a judge to exonerate a man who has been imprisoned for four decades for a triple murder that she and many others do not believe he committed. The motion was filed Saturday and made public

By GILLIAN FLACCUS and BOBBY CAINA CALVAN Associated Press PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — A growing number of communities are moving to require teachers to get vaccinated against COVID-19 as part of aggressive campaigns to ward off the delta variant, which has infected hundreds of thousands of children in the United States. While some school districts

By TODD RICHMOND Associated Press MADISON, Wis. (AP) — A top-ranking Roman Catholic cardinal says he will soon begin rehabilitation after contracting COVID-19. Cardinal Raymond Burke is one of the church’s most outspoken conservatives and a COVID-19 vaccine skeptic. He tweeted Aug. 10 that he had contracted the virus. He was sedated and placed on

ST. LOUIS (AP) — Police in St. Louis were called to several shooting scenes Sunday, including at least two deadly ones. Police were called to the Fountain Park neighborhood around 9 p.m. Sunday, where officers found 33-year-old Maurice Wilbert shot in the back and shoulder. He was taken to a hospital, where he died. Just

WASHINGTON, Mo. (AP) — Police say a 13-year-old boy died of a drug overdose during a sleepover at a 12-year-old friend’s house in eastern Missouri over the weekend, and three adults at the house were arrested. The St. Louis Post-Dispatch reported that police were called to a home in Washington around 9 a.m. Sunday and

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — A dozen historically Black colleges and universities will join Tennessee State University’s national coding hub as community centers. Tennessee State said the centers will be part of Apple’s Community Education Initiative and Tennessee State’s program to expand technology and creative experiences at the other schools and communities. The new schools are