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JIM SALTER

JIM SALTER

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Strike at plant that makes truck seats forces production stoppage for Missouri General Motors

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

Strike at plant that makes truck seats forces production stoppage for Missouri General Motors
Crime|News|US

Missouri Supreme Court halts release of man with overturned conviction as he was about to go free

The 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

Missouri Supreme Court halts release of man with overturned conviction as he was about to go free
Crime|Lifestyle|News|US

Missouri lawsuits allege abuse by Catholic priests, nuns. Archdiocese leader in Omaha among them

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

Crime|News

Missouri judges have overturned 2 murder convictions in recent weeks. Why did the AG fight freedom?

A man who was on the verge of walking out of prison this week after a judge found evidence of his “actual innocence” and overturned his murder conviction now faces a fresh legal hurdle

Missouri judges have overturned 2 murder convictions in recent weeks. Why did the AG fight freedom?
Crime|News|US

Missouri man is free from prison after a judge overturned his 1991 conviction, despite AG's efforts

A Missouri man is free after 34 years behind bars since his murder conviction was overturned despite the state attorney general’s efforts to keep him there

Missouri man is free from prison after a judge overturned his 1991 conviction, despite AG's efforts
Election|News|US

A pro-Israel super PAC helped defeat one Squad member. Now it's going after another, Cori Bush

A pro-Israel super PAC that helped defeat one member of the congressional group called the Squad is pushing to oust another — Missouri's Cori Bush

A pro-Israel super PAC helped defeat one Squad member. Now it's going after another, Cori Bush
Election|News

Wesley Bell defeats ‘Squad’ member Cori Bush. A pro-Israel group spent $8.5 million to help oust her

St. Louis County Prosecuting Attorney Wesley Bell has defeated U.S. Rep. Cori Bush in a Democratic primary in St. Louis

Wesley Bell defeats ‘Squad’ member Cori Bush. A pro-Israel group spent $8.5 million to help oust her
Crime|News|Opinion|US

Michael Brown's death 10 years ago sparked change in Ferguson

Michael Brown’s death was the catalyst for massive change starting in Ferguson, Missouri

Michael Brown's death 10 years ago sparked change in Ferguson
Crime|News|US

Timeline of events in Ferguson, Missouri, after a police officer fatally shot Michael Brown

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

Timeline of events in Ferguson, Missouri, after a police officer fatally shot Michael Brown
Crime|News|US

Ferguson police release body camera footage showing protester knocking officer to sidewalk

Ferguson police have released officer-worn body camera footage showing a protester knocking a Black police officer to the ground on the 10th anniversary of Michael Brown’s death, leaving the Missouri officer with a life-threatening brain injury

Ferguson police release body camera footage showing protester knocking officer to sidewalk
Crime|News|US|World

Injured Ferguson officer shows 'small but significant' signs of progress in Missouri

A Ferguson, Missouri, police officer who was critically injured during a protest on the 10th anniversary of Michael Brown’s death is showing “small but significant signs of progress” from a severe brain injury

Injured Ferguson officer shows 'small but significant' signs of progress in Missouri
Education|News|US

Bus vendor cancellations create chaos as school opens in St. Louis

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

Bus vendor cancellations create chaos as school opens in St. Louis
Crime|Lifestyle|News|US

Missouri death row inmate agrees to new plea in deal that calls for a life sentence without parole

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

Missouri death row inmate agrees to new plea in deal that calls for a life sentence without parole
Crime|News|US

Missouri Supreme Court blocks agreement that would have halted execution

The Missouri Supreme Court has blocked an agreement that would spare the life of a man on death row

Missouri Supreme Court blocks agreement that would have halted execution
Crime|News|Opinion|Political|US

Kansas judge throws out machine gun possession charge, cites Second Amendment

A federal judge in Kansas has tossed out a machine gun possession charge and questioned if bans on the weapons violate the Second Amendment

Kansas judge throws out machine gun possession charge, cites Second Amendment
Environment|Health|News|US

A bald eagle was shot in the beak. A care team in Missouri is hopeful it can be saved

A bald eagle is slowly recovering from surgeries after it was shot in Missouri

A bald eagle was shot in the beak. A care team in Missouri is hopeful it can be saved
Crime|News|US

A judge weighs whether to spare Missouri man from execution after evidence was mishandled

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

A judge weighs whether to spare Missouri man from execution after evidence was mishandled
Environment|News|US

Crews slow progress of Sierra wildfire, but evacuations orders remain

Firefighters battling a Sierra wildfire that has burned more than five square miles north of Lake Tahoe are making significant progress slowing its growth

Crews slow progress of Sierra wildfire, but evacuations orders remain
Crime|News|US

Missouri judge rejects innocence claim of Marcellus Williams who faces execution

A judge has declined to vacate the conviction and death sentence of Missouri inmate Marcellus Williams, who is facing execution for killing of a woman in her home in 1998

Missouri judge rejects innocence claim of Marcellus Williams who faces execution
Crime|News|US

Man accused in assault that critically wounded Ferguson officer now faces more charges

The man accused in an assault that left a Ferguson, Missouri, police officer fighting for his life is facing several additional charges after a grand jury indictment

Man accused in assault that critically wounded Ferguson officer now faces more charges
Crime|News|US

Court appeals, clemency petition seek to halt execution of Missouri man who claims innocence

The St. Louis County Prosecuting Attorney’s Office will appeal to the Missouri Supreme Court a judge’s ruling upholding the conviction and death sentence for Marcellus Williams, whose execution is one week away

Court appeals, clemency petition seek to halt execution of Missouri man who claims innocence
Arts|Crime|News|US

A vandal badly damaged a statue outside a St. Louis cathedral, police say

Authorities say a man used construction equipment to drop a heavy boom lift onto a sculpture that has stood for 25 years outside St. Louis’ Cathedral Basilica

Crime|News|Opinion|US

NAACP president urges Missouri governor to halt execution planned for next week

The president of the NAACP is urging Missouri's governor to halt the execution of Marcellus Williams scheduled for Tuesday, writing that executing a Black man who says he was wrongfully convicted would amount to a “horrible miscarriage of justice.”

NAACP president urges Missouri governor to halt execution planned for next week
Crime|News|US

Missouri Supreme Court and governor refuse to halt the execution of man convicted of 1998 killing

Missouri's top court and governor have each rejected requests to cancel a Missouri man's scheduled lethal injection

Missouri Supreme Court and governor refuse to halt the execution of man convicted of 1998 killing
Crime|News|US

Missouri executes a man for the 1998 killing of a woman despite her family’s calls to spare his life

A Missouri man has been executed for the 1998 fatal stabbing of a woman despite calls by her family and the prosecutor’s office that put him on death row to let him serve out the rest of his life in prison

Missouri executes a man for the 1998 killing of a woman despite her family’s calls to spare his life

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