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February 8, 2024

More Republicans treating child care as workforce issue, supporting higher spending

More Republicans across the U.S. are supporting increased spending to subsidize child care costs after the pandemic illuminated the industry's fragility and its importance to parents.

February 8, 2024

Missouri GOP candidate takes a flamethrower to 'grooming' and 'sexualizing' books in viral video

GOP candidate Valentina Gomez posted a video of herself on her X account torching controversial books to promote her run for Missouri Secretary of State.

February 8, 2024

Kansas City Chiefs fans deaths: 'Hard to see scenario where something unusual didn't happen,' lawyer says

Tony Kagay, the attorney for Clayton McGeeney's family, said it would be “very hard to explain" how Jordan Willis didn't realize his friends were “frozen in his backyard for two days."

February 6, 2024

Kansas City Chiefs fans deaths: Drugs in men's systems show 'there's more to the story,' family says

The family of David Harrington, one of three Kansas City men found frozen and dead on Jan. 9, said drugs found in their son's system don't give them closure in his death.

February 5, 2024

Juvenile murder suspect on the run after escaping St. Louis detention facility

Police in the St. Louis area continue searching for a 17-year-old boy who escaped the city's juvenile detention center over the weekend, reports say.

February 2, 2024

Patient shoots, wounds security guard immediately after discharge from Kansas City hospital

A patient shot and injured a security guard Friday at University Health Truman Medical Center in Kansas City, Missouri, shortly after being discharged from the facility.

February 2, 2024

Kansas City Chiefs fans deaths: Party host's rehab could be legal strategy, experts say

After the families of three dead Kansas City Chiefs fans met with prosecutors on Wednesday, experts discuss whether party host Jordan Willis' stay in rehab could be a legal strategy.

February 1, 2024

Preliminary toxicology results back for Kansas City Chiefs fans found frozen to death

Police in Kansas City have received the toxicology report of the three men who were found dead in the snow following their game day gathering.

February 1, 2024

Missouri high court hears arguments in Senate redistricting suit

The Missouri Supreme Court heard arguments Thursday on the potential redrawing of state Senate districts over claims their current configuration needlessly splits cities and counties.

February 1, 2024

Kansas City Chiefs fans' deaths: John Walsh warns drug dealers 'putting fentanyl in everything'

"America's Most Wanted" host John Walsh said the deaths of three Kansas City Chiefs fans were likely caused by "party drugs" but said police are “working to get the story straight."