Reward Offered For Stolen Prints of Warhol’s Campbell’s Soup Cans
Seven prints of Andy Warhol’s famous Campbell’s Soup Cans have been stolen from an art museum in Missouri, and the F.B.I. is now offering a reward to whomever recovers them. The prints, which belong in...
View ArticleFerguson Gets New Black Police Chief
Ferguson, Mo., where protests broke out after a white police officer killed an unarmed black teenager in 2014, will swear in a new black police chief Monday. Delrish Moss, the incoming police chief,...
View ArticleMissouri Congressman Compares Hillary Clinton to Jesus Christ
The Democratic National Convention has been filled with celebrity appearances, but one congressman brought down the house with his five-minute speech Thursday night. Missouri Rep. Emanuel Cleaver, a...
View ArticleMissouri’s Governor Cut Funding to the State’s Public Defenders. So They...
The director of the Missouri State Public Defender System assigned a case this week to Gov. Jay Nixon, calling on him to represent a client in need of legal defense—an effort to draw attention to a...
View ArticleWatch a Candidate Shoot a Machine Gun in This New Campaign Ad
Each election cycle, the list of most memorable political ads includes one involving a candidate shooting something. In 2010, West Virginia Senate candidate Joe Manchin ran an ad in which he took...
View ArticleMcDonald’s All-You-Can-Eat Fries Have Arrived
The future is here. That is—the “McDonald’s of the Future” is here, and with it comes all the salty, crispy French fries your heart desires. The McDonald’s franchise in St. Joseph, Missouri that made...
View ArticleFerguson Activist Darren Seals Found Dead In Burned Vehicle
A prominent activist who helped lead protests in Ferguson, Missouri following the fatal police shooting of Michael Brown has died. Police said Darren Seals, 29, was found dead with a gunshot wound...
View ArticleA Woman Brought Her Blind Son With Autism to a Field to Die, Police Say
A Missouri woman kept her autistic son in a field for days without food, water or his medication until he died, police said. Kimberly Lightwine repeatedly told police she killed her son after the two...
View ArticlePlanned Parenthood Files Wave of Lawsuits to Strike Down Abortion Restrictions
Reproductive rights organizations are pursuing a new wave of litigation to strike down more state abortion restrictions in the wake of a landmark Supreme Court ruling earlier this year. Attorneys from...
View ArticleMissouri School District Apologizes After White Students Turn Backs on Black...
The head of a Missouri school district condemned the “insensitive” behavior of a group of white students who were captured on video at a high school basketball game this week turning their backs to...
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