Crime
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Missouri Republicans renew push to change how judges are selected
Fed up with “Boss Tom” Pendergast’s political machine abusing the state’s judicial system, Missourians changed the constitution in 1940 to…
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Gardner loses bid to stay on McCloskey case
ST. LOUIS (AP) — The Missouri Supreme Court denied on Tuesday St. Louis Circuit Attorney Kim Gardner’s request to be…
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Homicide rate among challenges awaiting next mayor
ST. LOUIS (AP) — Whichever candidate voters pick in Tuesday’s mayoral election will face daunting tasks, including a declining population…
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Frustration, anger spark another riot at Justice Center
ST. LOUIS — Another inmate riot at the St. Louis Justice Center on Sunday night brought chaos and further damages…
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Guns are on Supreme Court’s agenda days after mass shootings
WASHINGTON (AP) — A potential expansion of gun rights is on the Supreme Court’s agenda, days after mass shootings in…
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Ex-officer killed at pawn shop to be honored
ST. LOUIS (AP) — A retired St. Louis police officer who died during a night of violent protests last year…
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Oversight Board sought for correctional facilities
CITY HALL – A panel that investigated disturbances at the City Justice Center is recommending the establishment of an independent…
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Chokehold ban, repeal of KC police residency rule advance
A bill banning police chokeholds and repealing a requirement that Kansas City police officers reside within the city received initial…
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Groups decry Missouri bill against roadway protests
COLUMBIA, Mo. (AP) — Racial justice advocates and others decried on Monday a Missouri bill that would crack down on…
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Trial for officers accused of beating Black colleague begins
ST. LOUIS (AP) — The federal trial for St. Louis police officers accused of beating a Black undercover colleague during…
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Task force urges independent oversight of Justice Center
ST. LOUIS (AP) — A task force appointed to examine concerns about the troubled St. Louis City Justice Center is…
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Stolen figure of homeless Jesus found smashed
DOWNTOWN WEST (AP) — A 400-pound Homeless Jesus statue stolen from in front of the closed New Life Evangelistic Center…
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Another dead child, another spasm of thoughts and prayers
The 9-mm bullet, made of lead encased in a alloy of copper and zinc and weighing about half an ounce…
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Facial recognition company sued by activists
ALAMEDA, Calif. (AP) — Civil liberties activists are suing a company that provides facial recognition services to law enforcement agencies…
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Missouri House passes bill for guns on public transit
JEFFERSON CITY (AP) — Missouri’s House has passed a bill to allow guns on St. Louis buses and other forms…
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Jury selection is first battleground at trial in Floyd’s death
MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — The fate of a former Minneapolis police officer who pressed his knee into George Floyd’s neck as…
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Homeless Jesus is stolen from New Life Evangelistic Center
DOWNTOWN WEST (AP) — Some persistent thieves stole a statue of Jesus as a homeless man sleeping on a bench.…
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In blow for reform prosecutors, no new trial in 1995 murder case
Nearly two years ago, St. Louis Circuit Attorney Kim Gardner filed a motion for a new trial for Lamar Johnson,…
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Gardner seeks to take back McCloskey case
ST. LOUIS (AP) — St. Louis Circuit Attorney Kim Gardner has asked the Missouri Supreme Court to restore her authority…
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New mayor will inherit an old city death spiral
At the current rate of population loss and decay, St. Louis will cease to exist except as a collection of…
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St. Louis NAACP files complaint on lack of prisoner vaccines
ST. LOUIS (AP) — The St. Louis NAACP has filed federal civil rights complaints against Missouri over the lack of…
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Jail tension ‘boiled over’ amid COVID-19 worries
ST. LOUIS (AP) — Detainees have complained for decades about conditions inside St. Louis’ jails, but when COVID-19 worries were…
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As gun deaths climb, Missouri lawmakers push to loosen laws
While Missouri continues to struggle with one of the highest rates of gun deaths in the country, Republican lawmakers are…
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On Parkland anniversary, Biden calls for tougher gun laws
TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (AP) — Sorrow reverberated across the country Sunday as Americans, including President Joe Biden, joined a Florida city…
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Religion, death penalty collide at U.S. Supreme Court
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court is sending a message to states that want to continue to carry out the…
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‘I am a child!’ Pepper spray reflects policing of Black children
The 9-year-old Black girl sat handcuffed in the backseat of a police car, distraught and crying for her father as…
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‘It’s up to Black men to teach Black boys,’ panel says
ST. LOUIS – If members of an online panel who spoke up Thursday night are right, the best way to…
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Neighbors, friends and co-workers turn on St. Louis seditionists
From an antiques store owner on Cherokee Street and a realtor from Holly Hills to a tech recruiter from Lake…
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U.S. jail populations dropped, rose slightly in pandemic
(AP) — Jail populations across the U.S. dropped by nearly a quarter at the onset of the coronavirus pandemic, before…
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Corrections task force will scrutinize jail concerns
CITY HALL – A new corrections task force will examine conditions and operations at the City Justice Center and will…
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