Missouri

Deadly tornado rips through southeast Missouri, destroys homes, businesses

The storm comes days after violent tornadoes tore through parts of the South and Midwest, and as far east as Delaware, killing at least 32 people and leaving damaged and destroyed homes and businesses in their wake.

Widespread damage as deadly tornado moves through Mississippi

Extreme weather moves through several southern US states after causing widespread destruction in the southern US state, officials say.

Multiple casualties as US train derails in Missouri state

Several cars of a long-distance Amtrak train derail in midwest state, with officials reporting three deaths and several injuries among the nearly 250 passengers aboard.

Black man who spent 43 years in US prison found innocent

Court in midwestern state of Missouri orders immediate release of Kevin Strickland, 62, who spent more than four decades for a triple murder he did not commit.

US states sue Biden administration over Covid-19 vaccine rule

Several US states asked a federal judge to block Biden’s requirement that all employees of federal contractors be vaccinated against the coronavirus by December 8.

US carries out 2nd federal execution this week after Supreme Court nod

The vote to allow the execution of Wesley Purkey to go forward was 5-4 with the four liberal justices dissenting, as they had for the first case earlier this week, citing grave questions regarding the defendant's mental competency.

In Corporate America, Black is the new green

Companies are less concerned with being on the wrong side of history than hurting their bottom line.

Nationwide anti-racism protests force US states to consider reforms

Anti-racism protests continue in the US as statues, monuments and buildings of US historical leaders who carried out policies viewed as racist are being removed, following last month's police killing of unarmed black man George Floyd.

Why police brutality persists in the US

Policing in America is broken. Is it time to rethink the role of the police?

American history shows civil unrest is the only way black voices are heard

The gratuitous fixation on rioting won't kill the elephant in the room.

Unrest overshadows peaceful US protests for another night

City and state officials deployed thousands of National Guard troops, enacted strict curfews and shut down mass transit systems to slow protest movements, but demonstrators pushed on in many cities.

'We're sick of it': Anger over police killings shatters US

Cars and businesses were torched, the words "I can't breathe" were spray-painted all over buildings, a fire in a trash bin burned near the gates of the White House, and thousands marched through city streets to protest the death of George Floyd.