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Month: May 2020

Michael Brown Sr. joins Minneapolis demonstrators as protests sweep nation
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Michael Brown Sr. joins Minneapolis demonstrators as protests sweep nation
The Associated Press8 months ago0

MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — Protests formed across America again Sunday, even as glass and graffiti from the previous night’s unrest were still being cleaned up, with some violence and crime flaring…

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Protests' violence overnight leaves damage, tension
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Protests' violence overnight leaves damage, tension
The Associated Press8 months ago0

LIBERTY, Mo. (AP) — Business owners in Ferguson as well as Kansas City were assessing damage and cleaning up Sunday after protests over the death of George Floyd in Minneapolis…

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Gov. Parson activates National Guard to respond to protests
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Gov. Parson activates National Guard to respond to protests
The Associated Press8 months ago0

ST. LOUIS (AP) — Gov. Mike Parson activated the Missouri National Guard on Saturday evening to help respond to protests around the state that he described as creating hazards to…

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Parking enforcement resuming along city curbs
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Parking enforcement resuming along city curbs
Staff8 months ago0

ST. LOUIS — Drivers will again have to pay attention to where they leave their cars along the city’s streets, or face paying a penalty for illegal parking. The city’s…

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Protesters block I-44 downtown; demonstrator dies in accident
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Protesters block I-44 downtown; demonstrator dies in accident
The Associated Press8 months ago0

ST. LOUIS (AP) — Protesters blocked a downtown St. Louis interstate, set a fire in the road and broke into trucks in a demonstration over the death of a black…

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Protests continue across nation after police killing in Minneapolis
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Protests continue across nation after police killing in Minneapolis
The Associated Press8 months ago0

ATLANTA (AP) — Protesters burned businesses in Minneapolis. They smashed police cars and windows in Atlanta, broke into police headquarters in Portland, Ore., and chanted curses at President Donald Trump…

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Black drivers in Missouri still targeted, report shows
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Black drivers in Missouri still targeted, report shows
The Associated Press8 months ago0

JEFFERSON CITY (AP) — Black drivers were 95 percent more likely to be pulled over by Missouri police than white drivers last year, according to a report released Friday by…

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City marks gains against virus, Krewson reports; aid plan in works
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City marks gains against virus, Krewson reports; aid plan in works
Staff8 months ago0

CITY HALL – The city appears to be winning its first bout with the coronavirus, if by slim margins. St. Louis had tallied 1,917 confirmed cases of the coronavirus as…

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As virus cases, deaths spike, Missouri delays Phase 2 of reopening
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As virus cases, deaths spike, Missouri delays Phase 2 of reopening
The Associated Press8 months ago0

(AP) — Missouri’s health department cited on Friday 31 additional coronavirus deaths, among the highest one-day increases reported since the pandemic began. The website for the Missouri Department of Health…

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Planned Parenthood wins fight, gets OK to continue abortions here
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Planned Parenthood wins fight, gets OK to continue abortions here
The Associated Press8 months ago0

(AP) — Missouri’s only abortion clinic will be able to keep operating. A state government administrator decided Friday that the health department was wrong not to renew the license of…

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Panel studies city health director's qualifications
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Panel studies city health director's qualifications
Jim Merkel8 months ago0

CITY HALL – For more than three months, St. Louis Director of Health and Hospitals Dr. Fredrick Echols has been the city’s chief point man in the fight against COVID-19.…

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Trump Press Conference 5/29/20
Staff8 months ago0

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump added fuel to racial fires Friday as he threatened to take action to bring the city of Minneapolis “under control,” calling violent protesters outraged…

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