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Ralph Yarl, a 16-year-old high school junior, was shot by a white homeowner after he went to the wrong address to pick up his brothers. The shooter was charged on Monday after criticism over delays.
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A large tornado hit southeastern Missouri before dawn, causing widespread destruction as a broad swath of the Midwest and South braced for further storms that could spawn additional twisters and hail.
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Florida, Missouri and West Virginia announced they're pulling out of the Electronic Registration Information Center, or ERIC, the only system states have to share voter registration data.
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Voters in Missouri and Maryland approved adult-use recreational pot, but similar measures were rejected in Arkansas and the Dakotas.
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Voters in Missouri, Arkansas, North Dakota, South Dakota and Maryland will vote on legalizing recreational marijuana. Nineteen states and D.C. have approved adult cannabis possession and consumption.
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Missouri residents may have heard ghoulish tales of “Doc Annie” Smith, a physician who looms large in the state’s mythology for performing illegal abortions in the early 1900s. Today, the truth about her work has largely disappeared.
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Kansas voters overwhelmingly rejected a measure that would have opened the door to abortion restrictions. Elsewhere, Trump showed strength in GOP races again. Both outcomes will impact the midterms.
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Missouri Republicans picked Attorney General Eric Schmitt to advance in the state's unpredictable U.S. Senate race, a move that seems likely to keep the seat out of reach for Democrats.
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Election deniers, abortion and Trump's rampage against Republicans who voted to impeach him. It's a busy first primary night in August in five states, including battleground Arizona.
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A passenger on board the Amtrak train that crashed into a truck and derailed in Missouri on Monday, killing four people, has described the harrowing moment when his carriage rolled.