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Tornado tore through a Missouri city, children claimed people with ‘butterfly wings’ saved them. But reality might be far more gruesome

The butterfly wing people of Joplin have remained a mystery for the past 15 years.

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The Kansas City mayor on housing England at World Cup 2026, ICE fears and Trump’s ‘bluster’

INTERVIEW: Ahead of a World Cup fraught with controversy, Democrat mayor Lucas tells Richard Jolly about how he’s striving to put Kansas City - England’s base for the tournament - on the map for the right reasons

The Independent UK

Missouri Budget Plan Would Cut $51 Million From Child Care Subsidies, Raising Concerns for Working Families and Providers

Missouri's proposed budget would cut $51 million from child care subsidies, sparking fears of higher costs, reduced access, and financial strain for working families and providers.

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Missouri Bill Would Waive Public College Tuition for Veteran Families

You dedicated years to serving your country and made sacrifices that most civilians will never fully understand. Now, you are looking at the rising cost of higher education and wondering how you will ever afford to send your children to college. It feels like an impossible burden when you have…

Budget and the Bees

Former Missouri House speaker sentenced to prison for COVID relief fraud

A former top Missouri lawmaker has been sentenced to 21 months in prison for misusing pandemic relief funds

The Independent UK

When the dance floor turned deadly: The engineering mistake behind America’s worst structural disaster at the Hyatt Skywalk

While dancing on a floor with full energy and excitement, completely carefree, suddenly a structural failure causes a fatal fall that claims your partner’s life or leaves you heavily injured can be an unimaginable tragedy. But, this has happened in reality on the evening of 17 July 1981 at the…

The Times of India

Travel resumes at Kansas City airport after unspecified threat

‘The threat was reviewed and determined not to be credible,’ FBI Director Kash Patel said

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Men’s Basketball Bracket Watch: UCLA, TCU, Georgia Get Massive NCAA Tournament Boosts

Watch for March Madness bid stealers this weekend in the Missouri Valley tournament, while BYU desperately needs to stop its spiral.

Sports Illustrated

Jesse Tyler Ferguson reveals why he didn’t want Mitch and Cam-focused Modern Family spinoff

Actor played environmental lawyer Mitchell Pritchett on sitcom for 11 years

The Independent UK

Nebius' 1.2 GW Win: A $20B Bet on AI Infrastructure

Nebius secured approval for a 1.2 GW AI data center in Missouri. With capacity sold out and revenue targets set, here's why investors are paying attention.

MarketBeat

As Nebius Gets the Green Light for a Massive AI Factory, Should You Buy NBIS Stock?

Nebius shares rally as the company secured approval to set up an AI factory in Missouri. But is it too late to invest in NBIS shares that are now trading at 43x sales?

Barchart

Two children get stuck inside claw machine game after climbing inside to ‘get ball’

Two toddlers got stuck in the same machine in Missouri several weeks apart

The Independent UK

Winston Churchill delivers his ‘iron curtain’ speech – archive, 1946

On 5 March 1946, in Fulton, Missouri, the former prime minister sounded a warning about Soviet expansion, saying that an ‘iron curtain’ had descended across Europe. See how the Guardian reported events

The Guardian - UK

Applebee’s is closing restaurants across three states: Full list of closures

The fast casual restaurant still has around 1,500 locations

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Somali truck driver pulled off road after driving wrong way in Missouri, fails English proficiency test

A Somali truck driver, driving an 80-ton vehicle the wrong way on a Missouri highway, was taken out of service after failing an English proficiency test. Authorities confirmed the driver, licensed in Minnesota, could not read basic road signs. Investigations are underway into how he obtained his commercial driver's license.

The Times of India

‘Foreign truck driver’ seen speeding wrong way on Missouri highway for miles: 'Couldn't read basic road signs'

A viral video shows a truck going the wrong way on a Missouri highway, nearly hitting other vehicles and triggering an investigation by state and federal transportation officials

Reason

Brickbat: Paid To Go Away

In nine years as a police officer in Kansas City, Missouri, Blayne Newton fatally shot three people and injured others,… The post Brickbat: Paid To Go Away appeared first on Reason.com.

The Independent UK

2 Missouri sheriff's deputies fatally shot, 2 others wounded, authorities say

A man with a long criminal history fatally shot one Missouri sheriff’s deputy during a traffic stop and then killed a second deputy in a gunbattle hours later as the Army veteran tried to save two wounded officers

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Routine traffic stop turns deadly: Two Missouri deputies killed in massive manhunt, suspect captured

A routine traffic stop in southwest Missouri escalated into a massive multi-agency manhunt that left two sheriff’s deputies dead and two others injured before the suspect was captured early Tuesday, authorities said.

International Business Times UK

Two Missouri Deputies Killed in Traffic Stop Ambush as Suspect Richard Dean Bird Shot Dead After 12-Hour Manhunt

A routine traffic stop in Missouri escalated into a deadly incident, resulting in the deaths of two deputies and the suspect after a 12-hour manhunt.

Reason

Brickbat: No Forwarding Address

In Missouri, Pariss Brown keeps getting surprise visits from law enforcement because her home was the last known address for… The post Brickbat: No Forwarding Address appeared first on Reason.com.

The Texas Tribune

A federal tool to check voter citizenship keeps making mistakes. It led to confusion in Texas.

DHS rolled out the revamped tool while it was still adding data. That led to widespread misidentification, particularly for citizens born outside the U.S.

Sports Illustrated

Men’s Basketball State of the Bubble: Two ACC Teams Strengthen Tournament Hopes With Critical Victories

With March just around the corner, here's the state of the men's NCAA tournament bubble.

Sports Illustrated

Men’s Basketball Bracket Watch: Three New Teams Enter, Top Seed Check After Losses

Arizona dropped its first game of the season on Monday, but remains the No. 1 overall seed because of its body of work, while North Carolina and Kentucky are rising.

The Independent UK

Mystery grows nearly three years after six members of the ‘University of Cosmic Intelligence’ vanish

The six people were last seen in August 2023 at a Quality Inn in Florissant, Missouri

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