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Meet the American who invented sliced bread: Otto Rohwedder, hard-luck hawkeye

Otto Rohwedder gave the world an innovation by which all others are compared. Rohwedder, a native of Davenport, Iowa, invented sliced bread. It’s the greatest thing since … Well, it’s the greatest thing, according to popular acclaim. “Sliced bread is the standard of all innovation, past, present and future,” said Ed Douglas, a businessman, local historian and county commissioner from …

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City of Kansas City apologizes after doxing Chiefs' Harrison Butker following faith-based commencement speech

The city of Kansas City, Missouri, has apologized after posting a message on social media revealing the residence of Kansas City Chiefs kicker Harrison Butker after the Super Bowl champion came under attack following his faith-based commencement speech at Benedictine College over the weekend. The official social media account of Kansas City on Wednesday issued a brief apology on X …

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Missouri AG calls for 'accountability' after Chiefs' Harrison Butker gets doxxed over 'religious beliefs'

Missouri Attorney General Andrew Bailey said he is “demanding accountability” after the city of Kansas City posted a message on social media revealing the residence of Kansas City Chiefs kicker Harrison Butker following his commencement speech at Benedictine College over the weekend. Bailey said Thursday that he plans to enforce the Missouri Human Rights Act after the city of Kansas …

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Missourians head to Washington to call for a House vote on the Radiation Exposure Compensation Act

The Radiation Exposure Compensation Act expires this summer. The initial bill passed the Senate earlier this year but has yet to be considered in the House. Sen. Josh Hawley, R-Mo., has been pushing to expand and extend the initiative and has tried to add it as an amendment to the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) bill. “If we’re not going to …

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Missouri AG working to crack down on businesses hiring illegal immigrants

Missouri Attorney General Andrew Bailey is moving to crack down on businesses that hire illegal immigrants, vowing to “fill the vacuum created by the federal government’s ineptitude” when it comes to illegal immigration. Bailey’s office recently began investigating a complaint that a state business was employing illegal immigrants. The AG’s office has given the business 15 days to provide appropriate …

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Missouri lawmakers vote to renew Medicaid program held hostage by monthslong filibuster

Missouri’s GOP-led Legislature on Wednesday renewed a more than $4 billion Medicaid program that had been blocked for months by a Republican faction that used it as a bargaining tool. The bill which now heads to Gov. Mike Parson will renew a longstanding tax on hospitals and other medical providers. Money from the tax is used to draw down $2.9 …

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Ex-University of Missouri frat member pleads guilty in hazing case that left pledge blind, paralyzed

A former member of a University of Missouri fraternity has pleaded guilty in the hazing of another student that caused blindness and significant brain damage. Ryan P. Delanty of Manchester, Missouri, pleaded guilty Friday in Boone County to supplying liquor to a minor and misdemeanor hazing, the St. Louis Post-Dispatch reported. As part of a plea agreement, prosecutors will recommend …

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GOP AG launches new probe into communications from DOJ and Trump prosecutors

FIRST ON FOX: A Republican state attorney general is probing the Biden Justice Department for documents related to any communications with prosecutors connected to the indictments of former President Donald Trump. In a Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) request filed Thursday, Missouri Attorney General Andrew Bailey asked the DOJ to hand over “activity and/or communications between Manhattan District Attorney Alvin …

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The cicada invasion has begun! Find out where the flying insects are emerging

The historic cicada invasion is upon us! Noisy flying insects known as cicadas have begun emerging from the ground and have been spotted buzzing around North Carolina and South Carolina before they will eventually appear across 15 other states. The one to two-inch-longbugs are rising from the soil and growing wings before they then start a frantic mating frenzy lasting …

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Missouri man admits to strangling hospitalized wife to death because he couldn't afford her medical bills

A Missouri man is facing a second degree murder charge for strangling his wife to death as she was lying in a hospital bed over the weekend, Jackson County Prosecutor Jean Peters Baker announced. According to court records, Ronnie Wiggs admitted to police that he killed his wife, who had come to the hospital for a new port for dialysis. …

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