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Stage winner Slovenia's Tadej Pogacar, wearing the overall leader's yellow jersey, bows when crossing the finish line of the nineteenth stage of the Tour de France cycling race over 144.6 kilometers (89.9 miles) with start in Embrun and finish in Isola 2000, France, Friday, July 19, 2024. (AP Photo/Daniel Cole)

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7/19/24

FILE - This undated booking photo provided by the Missouri Department of Corrections shows Sandra Hemme. A ruling by the Missouri Supreme Court on Thursday, July 18, 2024, has opened the way for Hemme, whose murder conviction was overturned, to be released from prison after serving 43 years. (Missouri Department of Corrections via AP, File)

Three courts agree that a woman deemed wrongfully convicted should be freed. She still isn't.

A circuit judge, an appellate court and the Missouri Supreme Court agree that a woman whose murder conviction was overturned should be free after 43 years in prison. Yet Sandra Hemme is still behind … more

By HEATHER HOLLINGSWORTH and JIM SALTER | 7/19/24

Jim, left, and Tamara Hamilton watch former President Donald Trump speak on television on Thursday, July 18, 2024, in Milwaukee. (AP Photo/Mike Stewart)

Some GOP voters welcome Trump's somewhat softened tone at Republican National Convention

For those conservative voters long turned off by former President Donald Trump’s rhetoric, his somewhat softened tone in accepting the Republican nomination is a welcome relief. Iowa farmer Dave … more

By GENE JOHNSON | 7/19/24

Belgium's Victor Campenaerts celebrates as he crosses the finish line ahead of France's Matteo Vercher, hidden behind Campenaerts, and Poland's Michal Kwiatkowski, left, to win during the eighteenth stage of the Tour de France cycling race over 179.5 kilometers (111.5 miles) with start in Gap and finish in Barcelonette, France, Thursday, July 18, 2024. (AP Photo/Jerome Delay)

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7/18/24

MO--Missouri Digest, 1pm update, MO

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7/18/24

Missouri high court clears the way for a woman's release after 43 years in prison

The Missouri Supreme Court has cleared the way for a Missouri woman whose murder conviction was overturned to be freed after 43 years in prison. A circuit court judge ruled last month that Sandra … more

By HEATHER HOLLINGSWORTH | 7/18/24

U.S. Secret Service agents rush to the stage as Republican presidential candidate former President Donald Trump is surrounded by U.S. Secret Service agents at a campaign rally, Saturday, July 13, 2024, in Butler, Pa. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)

LOCALIZE IT: Trump rally shooting draws attention to political violence in a deeply divided US

EDITORS/NEWS DIRECTORS: The assassination attempt against former President Donald Trump has drawn new attention to political violence in a deeply divided U.S. about four months before the next … more

By DAVID A. LIEB | 7/16/24

Court voids last conviction of Kansas researcher in case that started as Chinese espionage probe

A federal appeals court has reversed the conviction of a researcher who was accused of hiding work he did in China while employed at the University of Kansas. Feng “Franklin” Tao was convicted in … more

By STEVE KARNOWSKI | 7/13/24

FILE - This undated booking photo provided by Clay County, Mo., Sheriff's Office shows Timothy Haslett, of Excelsior Springs, Mo. Haslett was already in custody on kidnapping and rape charges, when on Tuesday, July 9, 2024, prosecutors charged him with the murder of another woman whose remains were found in a barrel in the Missouri River. (Clay County Sheriff's Office via AP, File)

One woman escaped a 'dungeon’ beneath a Missouri home, another was killed. Here's a look at the case

A Missouri man is facing trial on kidnapping and sexual assault charges after a woman said she escaped weeks in his captivity. He has now been arraigned on a new charge of murder. Authorities say … more

By SUMMER BALLENTINE and HEATHER HOLLINGSWORTH | 7/12/24

Missouri execution plans move forward despite prosecutor trying to overturn murder conviction

The Missouri Supreme Court is moving forward with execution plans for Marcellus Williams, even as a prosecutor tries to overturn his murder conviction. Judges on Friday decided against halting … more

7/12/24

MO--Missouri Digest, 1pm update, MO

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7/12/24

Editorial Roundup: United States

Excerpts from recent editorials in the United States and abroad: July 6 The Washington Post on SCOTUS and how government works The Supreme Court’s 2024 term might have been defined, to … more

By The Associated Press | 7/11/24

MO--Missouri Digest, 12pm update, MO

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7/11/24

Missouri man accused of imprisoning and torturing a woman for weeks indicted for murder

A Missouri man accused of keeping a woman hidden in his basement while repeatedly raping her has been indicted for murdering another woman. The local prosecutor on Tuesday said the latest indictment … more

By SUMMER BALLENTINE | 7/9/24

Gypsy Rose Blanchard pregnant soon after release from prison for conspiring to kill abusive mother

Gypsy Rose Blanchard is pregnant. Blanchard is the woman who recruited her former boyfriend to kill her mother after years of being forced to pretend she was gravely ill. She said in a YouTube video … more

By HEATHER HOLLINGSWORTH | 7/9/24

2 former Missouri police officers accused of federal civil rights violations

Two former police officers in a small St. Louis suburb are facing a federal indictment alleging that a man was beaten with a police baton while handcuffed. Federal prosecutors on Tuesday announced … more

7/9/24

Kansas Digest

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7/9/24

Appeals court orders release of woman whose murder conviction was reversed after 43 years in prison

An appellate court has ordered the release of a Missouri woman whose murder conviction was overturned after 43 years in prison. But the state attorney general is still trying to keep her behind bars. … more

By HEATHER HOLLINGSWORTH | 7/9/24

Awwww! Four endangered American red wolf pups 'thriving' since birth at Missouri wildlife reserve

The world’s most endangered wolf species got a big boost at a Missouri wildlife reserve — four little puppies born this spring. The April 26 birth of a female American red wolf pup named Otter … more

By JIM SALTER | 7/9/24

Missouri Digest

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7/8/24