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Nun Whose Body Shows Little Decay Since 2019 Death Draws Hundreds to Rural Missouri
Hundreds of people visited a small town in Missouri this week and last to see a nun whose body has barely decomposed since 2019.
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Hundreds Flock to Missouri to See ‘Miracle Nun'
People around the country are going to an abbey in Gower, Missouri, to see the body of a nun whose remains are intact after being buried for four years.
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Missouri High School Student Suspended 3 Days After Recording Teacher Using Racial Slur in Class
A high school sophomore in Missouri was suspended three days after she recorded her teacher last week using a racist slur in class.
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‘He Didn't Deserve to Get Shot': Good Samaritan Who Helped Ralph Yarl Found Him Bloody and Motionless
James Lynch said his Eagle Scout training kicked in and he checked the teen’s pulse and tried to stanch the blood in a neighbor’s driveway before paramedics arrived.
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Missouri Tornado Kills 5 in Latest Wave of Severe Weather
Authorities say five people were killed when a tornado tore through an area of rural southeastern Missouri before dawn on Wednesday. The twister caused significant destruction in and around the small communities of Glen Allen and Grassy, about 50 miles south of St. Louis. The tornado was spawned by a large storm system moving through the Midwest and South. That...
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Midwest and South Brace for Second Wave of Tornadoes After Deadly Weekend Storms
The National Weather Service on Tuesday evening began issuing tornado warnings in Iowa and Illinois and said a confirmed twister was spotted southwest of Chicago near Bryant, Illinois.
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Missouri Sheriff, 2 Deputies Charged in Plot to Kidnap a Child
A Missouri sheriff and two deputies are accused of participating in a scheme to help a man kidnap his child.
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An Andean Bear Escaped His Enclosure at the St. Louis Zoo — Again
The animal tore through stainless steel clips used to secure his enclosure after an escape earlier this month, officials said.
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8-Year-Old Boy Missing From Washington State for 8 Months Is Found in Missouri
A boy who has been missing from Washington state since at least mid-June was found safe in Missouri, the FBI office in Seattle said Tuesday. Authorities said 8-year-old Breadson John had vanished by June 17, when a welfare check at his home in Vancouver, Washington, just across the state line from Oregon, determined his absence, officials said. On Friday, Breadson…
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Lamar Johnson Fought to Prove His Innocence for 28 Years. Now, He's Free
As he languished in a Missouri prison for nearly three decades, Lamar Johnson never stopped fighting to prove his innocence, even when it meant doing much of the legal work himself.
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Father of Abducted Missouri Kids Found in Florida After Yearlong Search Says They're ‘Still in Shock'
Blake Gilley, 38, said his children told him that they were instructed not to interact with others. Their mother has been accused of kidnapping.
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2 Kids Abducted From Missouri Were Found at Florida Supermarket Nearly One Year Later
Two kidnapped Missouri children were found at a supermarket in Florida after nearly a year of being missing, police said.
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Kansas City Police Tow Bloodied Car From Scene Without Noticing Missing Man's Body Inside
Family members are questioning why Kansas City police didn’t find a man’s body in the cargo area of his own SVU until after they towed it to a Missouri police station earlier this month.
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Watch: Police Release Video of Car Being Dragged for Miles Underneath Tractor Trailer
The Overland Park police have released the video of a semitrailer dragging a compact car along an interstate in Kansas Wednesday morning.
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Drag Queens Speak Out Against Missouri Laws Barring Transgender Athletes From Girls Sports
Drag queens in full makeup and dozens of other advocates are rallying against Missouri bills aimed at transgender children and drag shows. A House committee debated the measures Tuesday.
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Police Capture All 5 Escaped Missouri Inmates After Three Days on the Run
The sheriff’s department said in a statement that all five had been recaptured by mid-morning Saturday. One inmate was located at a second-hand retail store in Poplar Bluff, Missouri, on Friday morning.
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Watch: 5 Inmates Escape From Missouri Jail
A surveillance video shows the inmates leaving in a stolen vehicle moments after breaking out of a Missouri county jail.
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Video Shows 5 Missouri Inmates Drive Off in Stolen Car After Escape
Five Missouri inmates were caught on video getting into a stolen Toyota Scion minutes after breaking out of a county jail Tuesday night.
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Missouri School District Adopts 4-Day School Week, Faces Mixed Reactions From Parents
Teacher shortages and poor retention rates for public school employees prompted the change.
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A Customer Shot a St. Louis KFC Employee Because The Restaurant Ran Out of Corn, Police Say
Investigators said the man tried to place an order in the restaurant’s drive-thru lane.