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

Read full article: 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.

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Gun rights are expansive in Missouri, where shooting at Chiefs' Super Bowl celebration took place

Read full article: Gun rights are expansive in Missouri, where shooting at Chiefs' Super Bowl celebration took place

A shooting that killed a person and wounded more than 20 others during the Kansas City Chiefs’ Super Bowl victory celebration occurred in a state with few gun regulations and historic tension over how cities handle crime.

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No Labels asks state Democratic chairs to back off after Biden said democracy allows for third party

Read full article: No Labels asks state Democratic chairs to back off after Biden said democracy allows for third party

A group laying the groundwork for a possible third-party presidential ticket is pleading with state Democratic Party officials not to interfere with its work after President Joe Biden said its leaders have a democratic right to create a new party.

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Arizona Democrats lose lawsuit looking to block No Labels Party

Read full article: Arizona Democrats lose lawsuit looking to block No Labels Party

An Arizona judge has rejected the state Democratic Party’s lawsuit targeting the new No Labels Party, which many Democrats fear will boost former President Donald Trump’s bid to return to the White House.

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Ex-Missouri Gov. Jay Nixon joins push for third-party presidential bid as Democrats try to stop it

Read full article: Ex-Missouri Gov. Jay Nixon joins push for third-party presidential bid as Democrats try to stop it

Former Democratic Gov. Jay Nixon of Missouri is joining No Labels’ effort to lay the groundwork for a centrist third-party presidential ticket in 2024.

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Can a doorbell ring justify a 'stand your ground' shooting?

Read full article: Can a doorbell ring justify a 'stand your ground' shooting?

A Missouri law allowing people to defend themselves in their homes could come into play in the shooting of a Black 16-year-old in Kansas City.

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Biden suits get mixed results for Missouri Senate candidate

Read full article: Biden suits get mixed results for Missouri Senate candidate

Missouri Attorney General Eric Schmitt has filed 25 lawsuits against President Joe Biden's administration in the past 20 months.

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Missouri gets new health chief after backlash over last one

Read full article: Missouri gets new health chief after backlash over last one

Missouri Gov. Mike Parson has named a longtime state health official as the new acting director of the Department of Health and Senior Services.

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Senate hopeful flexes power of AG's office through lawsuits

Read full article: Senate hopeful flexes power of AG's office through lawsuits

A U.S. Senate candidate in Missouri, Republican state Attorney General Eric Schmitt, is flexing the power of his office by filing a slew of lawsuits, including against Democratic cities and schools to stop mask mandates.

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Jim Bakker, his church settle lawsuit over COVID-19 claims

Read full article: Jim Bakker, his church settle lawsuit over COVID-19 claims

Jim Bakker and his southwestern Missouri church will pay restitution of $156,000 to settle a lawsuit that accused the TV pastor of falsely claiming that a health supplement could cure COVID-19.

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Jim Bakker gets PPP loans during legal fight on fraud claims

Read full article: Jim Bakker gets PPP loans during legal fight on fraud claims

FILE - In this Friday, March 2, 2018 file photo, televangelist Jim Bakker leaves a funeral service for the Rev. Applicants seeking PPP loans were asked to certify they werent engaged in any activity that is illegal under federal, state or local law. Bakkers co-counsel is Jay Nixon, a former four-term Missouri attorney general and two-term Democratic governor. Arkansas Attorney General Leslie Rutledge pushes back on framing the lawsuit as a religious freedom infringement. Dont let me have to file for bankruptcy.A week later, Arvest Bank, as the lender, released three PPP loans to Bakkers church management, production and retreat entities.

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