Firefighters battling a Sierra wildfire that has burned more than five square miles north of Lake Tahoe are making significant progress slowing its growth
September 04, 2024
An evidentiary hearing in Missouri will determine the fate of a man on death row who thought DNA evidence uncovered in his case was enough to save him
August 28, 2024
A bald eagle is slowly recovering from surgeries after it was shot in Missouri
August 27, 2024
A federal judge in Kansas has tossed out a machine gun possession charge and questioned if bans on the weapons violate the Second Amendment
August 23, 2024
The Missouri Supreme Court has blocked an agreement that would spare the life of a man on death row
August 22, 2024
A Missouri death row inmate has dropped his innocence claim and entered a no-contest plea in an agreement that calls for a new sentence of life in prison without parole
August 21, 2024
Many St. Louis families faced a chaotic first day of school after three bus vendors pulled out at the last minute and left hundreds of parents scrambling to get their kids to classes
August 19, 2024
On Aug. 9, 2014, Michael Brown and a friend were walking in the middle of Canfield Drive, a two-lane street in the St. Louis suburb of Ferguson, Missouri, when a police officer drove by and told them to use the sidewalk
August 09, 2024
Michael Brown’s death was the catalyst for massive change starting in Ferguson, Missouri
August 09, 2024
St. Louis County Prosecuting Attorney Wesley Bell has defeated U.S. Rep. Cori Bush in a Democratic primary in St. Louis
August 06, 2024
Sixty people allege in new lawsuits filed in Missouri that they were abused as children by dozens of Catholic priests, nuns and others, and the man who now leads the Archdiocese of Omaha, Nebraska, is among the accused
July 25, 2024The Missouri Supreme Court has halted the immediate release of a man whose murder conviction was overturned — just as the man was about to walk free
July 24, 2024
Production has halted at a Missouri General Motors plant that manufactures trucks and vans, the result of a strike at the company that supplies seats for the vehicles
July 24, 2024
For the second time in weeks, a Missouri prison has ignored a court order to release an inmate whose murder conviction was overturned
July 23, 2024
A Missouri judge has overturned the conviction of Christopher Dunn, who has spent more than 30 years in prison for a killing he has long contended he didn’t commit
July 22, 2024
The world’s most endangered wolf species got a big boost at a Missouri wildlife reserve — four little puppies born this spring
July 09, 2024
Rail cars carrying hazardous material have derailed and burst into flames in a remote area of North Dakota
July 05, 2024
A bounty hunter has been sentenced to 10 years in prison for kidnapping a suburban St. Louis woman — an abduction he claimed was part of his job
January 24, 2024Transplant organizations say a 98-year-old man may be the oldest American to ever donate an organ
June 12, 2024
A man convicted of killing his former lover and her husband in what prosecutors called a fit of rage has been executed in Missouri
June 11, 2024
Missouri Gov. Mike Parson has turned down a clemency request for condemned inmate David Hosier, a move that likely clears the way for his execution
June 10, 2024
A Missouri inmate who is weeks away from execution is in a hospital after suffering what a Missouri Department of Corrections spokeswoman described as a “medical emergency."
May 17, 2024
Police records show that officers responded nearly 1,000 times in the past three years to an Iowa juvenile treatment center where a staff member was killed
May 16, 2024
The FBI has determined that a young Black man died of a self-inflicted gunshot wound inside a rural Missouri home, not at the hands of the white homeowner who had a history of racist social media postings
April 24, 2024
Strong storms have caused damage in parts of the middle U.S. and spawned tornadoes in Kansas and Iowa, including one that left two people hurt
April 16, 2024
Multiple people shot along I-75 in southeastern Kentucky, authorities say
Police say active shooter in Kentucky left numerous people shot
Musk says SpaceX to launch first uncrewed Starships to Mars in two years
Pope Francis visit keenly awaited in deeply Catholic East Timor
Pope brings in a ton of humanitarian aid, toys to remote Papua New Guinea as he celebrates periphery
North Korean leader emphasises importance of strengthening naval power
Former director of Los Alamos National Laboratory dead after car crash in New Mexico
Chicago Sky's Angel Reese says on social media that her historic rookie season is over due to injury
Cast of Ron Howard's "Eden" bonded during an arduous filming