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Record Missouri flooding was manmade calamity, scientist says
At the end of December 2015, a huge storm named "Goliath" dumped 9-10 inches of rain in a belt across the central United States, centered just southwest of St. Louis, most of it in a three-day downpour. The rain blanketed the Meramec Basin, an area of 4,000 square miles drained by the Meramec River, which enters the Mississippi River south of St. Louis.
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With NFL Rams Gone, St. Louis Still Stuck with Stadium Debt
The National Football League’s Rams left behind more than bitterness when the team ditched St. Louis for Los Angeles last month - it left a stadium saddled with about $144 million in debt and maintenance costs.
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The Looming Environmental Disaster in Missouri that Nobody is Talking About
When an unstoppable underground fire collides with radioactive waste — nobody really knows what happens next.
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Oklahoma earthquake: Strong tremor strikes near Stillwater, felt in Kansas
A strong earthquake with a preliminary magnitude of 5.3 has struck near Stillwater in Oklahoma, with shaking felt in Tulsa, Oklahoma City and nearby states such as Kansas and Missouri, seismologists and residents say.
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If You Want to Buy a Camel or Zebra, Go to Africa–or Missouri
A livestock auction house in the town of Macon [Missouri] has more in common with an exotic African market than you might think. By Lise Saffran.
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Officers injured, slain in what appear to be targeted shootings
Police are on high alert -- and in at least one city, mourning -- after four officers were shot Sunday in incidents around the country. Perhaps most startling to law enforcement is that in three of the shootings, it appears the alleged perpetrators specifically targeted police officers, according to authorities and local media reports.
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Missouri bill could get rid of mandatory minimum sentences
The 2017 Missouri General Assembly session, which begins on Wednesday, could bring a number of changes to state issues, including sentencing guidelines for certain criminals. House Bill 38, sponsored by State Rep. Galen Higdon (R – District 11), aims to get rid of mandatory minimum sentences in criminal cases involving non-violent or minor crimes. After working on the bill for the last few years, Higdon told 41 Action News that getting rid of mandatory sentences and “blanket punishments” could lead to fairer judgments.
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New constitutional carry law effective New Year’s Day
Missouri’s new constitutional carry law will be effective New Year’s Day. Senate Bill 656 made it so Missourians can carry a concealed gun without a permit or training.
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Slain Missouri KKK leader's wife held on suspicion of murder
The wife of a Ku Klux Klan leader who was found fatally shot next to a river in eastern Missouri has been jailed on suspicion of first-degree murder. An official at the St. Francois County Jail told the St. Louis Post-Dispatch Monday that 44-year-old Malissa Ancona is in custody. Charges have not been filed.
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KKK Wife Malissa Ancona Hoarded Cats, Popped Pills and, Police Say, Murdered the Local Imperial Wizard
Frank Ancona, the imperial wizard of the Traditionalist American Knights of the Ku Klux Klan, smelled like cat piss… By Doyle Murphy.
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Ferguson’s radical knitters: “If someone asks me what I’m doing, I say, ‘I’m knitting for black liberation”
One year after Ferguson protests sparked renewed focus on policing in the US, the women of The Yarn Mission continue dialogue about race and social justice. By Sarah Kendzior. (Aug. 6, 2015)
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Extreme Weather Flooding the Midwest looks a lot like Climate Change
As global temperatures rise and the oceans warm, what used to be 500-year floods are now happening more frequently.
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Missouri lawmaker explains chicken beheading video
State Rep. Mike Moon of Ash Grove said Monday, June 26, 2017, he meant to show his work as a farmer who is frustrated by the delays in the legislative process. He did not intend the perceived comparison of chicken slaughter to abortion. By Joe Robertson.
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102-year-old time capsule found inside Confederate monument
The removal began Monday in the Confederate Memorial in St. Louis' Forest Park after the city and the Missouri Civil War Museum came to an agreement.
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Missouri Votes to Let Employers Fire People Who Use Birth Control
A new Missouri bill would target abortion providers and sanction employment and housing discrimination against people who use birth control or have an abortion. Blessed be the fruit. By Sejal Singh. (June 21, 2017)
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Why does the NAACP say it is unsafe for minorities to visit Missouri?
Travel advisories warn you to carefully consider visiting certain places. Reasons typically range from severe weather to government instability, from civil war to terrorism. The US State Department issues such advisories on a regular basis. Earlier this month it warned Americans against traveling to Somalia because of widespread terrorist and criminal activity, including kidnappings, bombings and murders.
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Finding North America’s lost medieval city
Cahokia was bigger than Paris—then it was completely abandoned. I went there to find out why. By Annalee Newitz. (Dec. 2016)
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Missouri Governor Eric Greitens indicted on Invasion of Privacy Charge related to Affair
A St. Louis grand jury has indicted Missouri Gov. Eric Greitens on a felony invasion of privacy charge related to the Republican's admitted extramarital affair with a woman in 2015.
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Missouri host who tweeted he'd 'ram a hot poker up' Parkland survivor resigns TV gig
A St. Louis radio host has reportedly resigned from one of his two broadcast jobs after tweeting about ramming "a hot poker up David Hogg's ass." Hogg is one of the teenage survivors of the Parkland shooting in Florida who has become a vocal advocate for stronger gun laws.
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Missouri Outfielder Leaves Field On Stretcher After Crashing Into Brick Wall At Full Speed
Missouri’s Cade Bormet tumbled into an unpadded brick wall during the Tigers’ home game against Georgia tonight while trying to field a foul ball, causing the freshman outfielder to be removed from the field on a stretcher by emergency personnel. Upon being carted off, Bormet did display the sign everyone was looking for...
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