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McClellan: Kansas City is losing an NFL team and a congressman. The team hurts more. Cardinals end deal with FanDuel, weigh 2026 broadcast options. Blues stay for now. South City Catholic Academy, opened as new type of archdiocesan school, will close Arbitration deadline tracker: Cardinals agree to deals with Brendan Donovan, 6 others Mizzou football transfer portal tracker: MU picking up commitments amid weekend of visits Alton businessman wins big, and easily, on 'Wheel of Fortune' Mizzou signs Ole Miss quarterback Austin Simmons out of transfer portal Josh Hawley goes against Trump, backs measure to curb military action in Venezuela Chesterfield approves new subdivision sought by historic Black community ×îÐÂÐÓ°ÉÔ´´ police regain lifetime health insurance. City officials are alarmed. 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ICE officer kills a Minneapolis driver in a deadly start to Trump's latest immigration operation Federal officials claimed the shooting was an act of self-defense, but the city's mayor described it as “reckless" and unnecessary.
House passes bill to extend health care subsidies in defiance of GOP leaders The House passed legislation Thursday, 230-196, that would extend expired health care subsidies for those who get coverage through the Afforda…
6 people killed in Mississippi rampage, including 7-year-old girl Daricka M. Moore, 24, was arrested at a police roadblock just before midnight after law enforcement flooded the area.
Federal Reserve Chair Powell says DOJ has subpoenaed central bank, threatens criminal indictment Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell says the Department of Justice has served the central bank with subpoenas and threatened it with a crimina…
Woman killed by ICE in Minneapolis had moved from Kansas City, was a mother of 3 Renee Nicole Macklin Good was a 37-year-old mother of three who recently moved to Minnesota from Kansas City, Missouri.
