The number of executions in the U.S. remained near historic lows in 2024 and was mostly carried out in a small group of states.

Missouri’s status as one of the most active death penalty states is about to change for one simple reason: The state is running out of inmates to execute.

UNLV is reaching into the Southeastern Conference to keep momentum going for its 24th-ranked football team by hiring former Florida and Mississippi State coach Dan Mullen on Thursday.

Tamar Bates had 29 points and five steals to help Missouri beat Hunter Dickinson and No. 1 Kansas 76-67.

Planned Parenthood wanted to resume offering abortions in several Missouri clinics on Friday, immediately after the state's new constitutional amendment rolling back a near total ban took effect.

Missouri’s governor has denied clemency for Christopher Collings, an inmate who is scheduled to be executed Tuesday for sexually assaulting and killing a 9-year-old girl.

Missouri's Republican attorney general says he still considers it illegal to provide abortions after fetal viability, despite a newly approved state abortion rights amendment.

A person familiar with the situation tells The Associated Press that the Kansas City Chiefs are putting kicker Harrison Butker on injured reserve with a knee injury.

Abortion rights advocates prevailed in ballot measures in seven states, but that doesn't resolve the issue.

Flash flooding in Missouri has claimed five lives, including a couple who served as poll workers.

Abortion rights advocates lost on Florida, Nebraska and South Dakota ballot measures but prevailed in seven other states, including Missouri, where an amendment clears the way to undo one of the nation's strictest bans.

Jamarion Miller rushed for two touchdowns and No. 15 Alabama’s defense had three interceptions in a 34-0 victory over No. 21 Missouri, which played much of the way without starting quarterback Brady Cook.

Health officials say there’s no evidence bird flu is spreading between people after investigating a mysterious Missouri infection.

Brady Cook returned from an injury to lead No. 19 Missouri to two fourth-quarter touchdowns, including the go-ahead run by Jamal Roberts with 46 seconds to go, as the Tigers rallied for a 21-17 victory over Auburn.

Many states have laws designed to keep children away from convicted sexual offenders on Halloween night, such as curfews for those on offender registries and requirements to keep their porch lights off.

A judge in Missouri temporarily blocked the Biden Administration’s student loan forgiveness plan for a second time, just one day after a federal judge green-lit the program to move forward.

Texas rarely grants clemency for death row inmates, but that's not stopping a group of bipartisan lawmakers from showing their support for a man scheduled to be executed in October.

A federal judge in Missouri put a temporary hold on President Joe Biden’s latest student loan cancellation plan on Thursday, slamming the door on hope it would move forward after another judge allowed a pause to expire.

The president of the NAACP is urging Missouri's governor to halt the execution of Marcellus Williams scheduled for Tuesday, writing that executing a Black man who says he was wrongfully convicted would amount to a “horrible miscarriage of justice.”.

The FBI says it is investigating suspicious packages that have been sent to or received by elections officials more than 15 states.

Brady Cook passed for a touchdown and ran for another TD, helping No. 6 Missouri top No. 24 Boston College 27-21.

Health officials say they don’t know how a Missouri person caught bird flu, but they believe it may be a rare instance of a “one-off,” stand-alone illness.

A judge has declined to vacate the conviction and death sentence of Missouri inmate Marcellus Williams, who is facing execution for killing of a woman in her home in 1998.

The U.S. is divided when it comes to state and federal marijuana policy, but recent political developments could move the country toward greater acceptance of cannabis.

With ballot deadlines approaching, Nebraska and Missouri courts are weighing whether amendments on abortion will go before voters.

Health officials say a hospitalized patient in Missouri was infected with bird flu, despite having no known contact with dairy cows or other animals.

A Missouri judge says an abortion-rights campaign didn't meet legal requirements to qualify for the November ballot.

A judge says an anti-abortion GOP official used misleading language to summarize a ballot question designed to restore abortion rights in the state.

Voters across the U.S. aren't just casting ballots this fall for president and other top offices.

A bald eagle is slowly recovering from surgeries after it was shot in Missouri.

Federal appellate judges have overturned a Missouri law that banned police from enforcing some federal gun laws.

Missouri and Tennessee typically aren’t confused for Georgia and Ohio State when it comes to college football’s powers.

Patrick Mahomes completed a behind-the-back pass to longtime tight end Travis Kelce on the Kansas City Chiefs’ second drive against the Detroit Lions on Saturday, injecting a little bit of life into the preseason game.

Police in Ferguson, Missouri, say an officer was critically injured outside the city's police station during protests on the 10th anniversary of the fatal shooting of Michael Brown, a pivotal moment in the national Black Lives Matter movement.

Missouri voters have narrowly passed a constitutional amendment requiring Kansas City to spend a quarter of its budget on police.

St. Louis County Prosecuting Attorney Wesley Bell has defeated U.S. Rep. Cori Bush in a Democratic primary in St. Louis.

A transgender woman’s use of the women’s locker room at a suburban St. Louis gym is prompting protests and calls for an investigation.

A Missouri man is free after 34 years behind bars since his murder conviction was overturned despite the state attorney general’s efforts to keep him there.

A Missouri judge has overturned the conviction of Christopher Dunn, who has spent more than 30 years in prison for a killing he has long contended he didn’t commit.

The Chiefs have set a deadline of six months from now to decide on a plan for the future of Arrowhead Stadium.

A federal appeals court has allowed the U.S. Education Department to move ahead with a plan to lower monthly payments for millions of student loan borrowers, putting on hold a ruling last week by a lower court.

Missouri Gov. Mike Parson says he expects the state to put together an aid plan by the end of the year to try to keep the Kansas City Chiefs and Royals in Missouri.

Federal judges in Kansas and Missouri have together blocked much of a Biden administration student loan repayment plan that provides a faster path to cancellation and lower monthly payments for millions of borrowers.

Kansas' governor has signed legislation enabling the state to lure the Super Bowl champion Kansas City Chiefs and Major League Baseball’s Royals away from neighboring Missouri.

It’s hot and getting hotter for workers and everyone else outdoors as the first significant heat wave of the year makes its way eastward across the United States.

A Missouri judge has rejected the argument that lawmakers intended to “impose their religious beliefs on everyone” in the state when they passed a restrictive abortion ban.

Major Republican campaign funders are investing millions in Missouri's GOP attorney general primary.

A spokesperson for the families of a young missionary couple from the U.S. says their bodies are going to be transported to Missouri this week.

A Missouri inmate who is weeks away from execution is in a hospital after suffering what a Missouri Department of Corrections spokeswoman described as a “medical emergency."

Persistently high interest rates have led Missouri lawmakers to significantly expand a state loan program for farmers and small businesses.

Strong storms have caused damage in parts of the middle U.S. and spawned tornadoes in Kansas and Iowa, including one that left two people hurt.

The maker of a popular weedkiller is turning to lawmakers in key states to try to squelch legal claims that it failed to warn about cancer risks.

Another group of Republican-led states is suing to block the Biden administration’s new student loan repayment plan, which offers a faster path to cancellation and has been used to forgive loans for more than 150,000 borrowers.

A Missouri man has been executed for killing his cousin and her husband nearly two decades ago in an attack that left the couple’s 4-year-old girl home alone and unharmed.

Attorneys for a condemned Missouri man say the state's execution protocol allows for “surgery without anesthesia” if the typical process of finding a suitable vein to inject the lethal drug doesn't work.

In the summer of 2022, days before the Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade, some 500 high school girls gathered in Missouri for a weeklong mock government camp in which they elected their own governor and seated an all-female Supreme Court that would rule on their own bodies.

The future of the Royals and Chiefs in Kansas City was thrown into question when residents of Jackson County, Missouri, voted against a sales tax to help to pay for a new downtown ballpark and renovations to Arrowhead Stadium.

Days after Missouri Attorney General Andrew Bailey blamed an after-school fight on a school district’s diversity programming, a lawyer for the majority Black district in suburban St. Louis says the state’s chief attorney is showing racial bias.

President Joe Biden and former President Donald Trump won Louisiana’s primary on Saturday, collecting more delegates after they already clinched their party nominations.

The memory of the deadly shooting at the last month's Super Bowl rally in Kansas City, Missouri, was still on the minds of many at the St. Patrick's Day parade on Sunday.

Severe storms with suspected tornadoes have damaged homes and businesses and killed at least three people in the central United States.

Massive chunks of hail has pelted parts of Kansas and Missouri and brought traffic to a standstill along Interstate 70.

Federal prosecutors have charged three men from Missouri with federal counts related to the illegal purchase of high-powered rifles and guns with extended magazines after last month’s shooting at the Kansas City Chiefs’ Super Bowl parade and rally left one person dead and roughly two dozen others injured.

As is the case with others around the country, Barham is gearing up to try and photograph a historic eclipse that is set to hit North America on April 8.

A Missouri hospital has confirmed that some of the people who attended the near-record cold Kansas City Chiefs playoff game in January had to undergo amputations after suffering frostbite.

The Senate has passed legislation that would compensate Americans exposed to radiation by the government by renewing a law initially passed more than three decades ago.

A federal agency is examining soil beneath homes in a small suburban St. Louis subdivision to determine if residents are living atop Cold War era nuclear contamination.

Authorities say a court employee and a police officer were fatally shot Thursday after the court process server tried to serve an eviction notice at a home in Missouri.

A warm front is sweeping springlike weather across a large swath of the country in what is usually one of the coldest months of the year.

Elected officials throughout modern American history have sworn oaths to uphold constitutions and pledged allegiance to the flag without much controversy.

Missouri prosecutors say two men have been charged with murder in last week’s shooting that killed one person and injured 22 others after the Kansas City Chiefs’ Super Bowl parade.

Authorities say two juveniles have been charged with crimes connected to the mass shooting at the Kansas City Chiefs’ Super Bowl rally.

Some Republican lawmakers are pushing back as the conservative Freedom Caucus Networks expands from Washington, D.

With many players NFL eligible and others following unhappy starting quarterback Kyle McCord into the transfer portal, Ohio State football looked to be in for an unhappy winter.

Missouri activists are throwing support behind a constitutional amendment to restore abortion rights while also allowing the procedure to be restricted in later stages of pregnancy.

States are seeing increased demand for their cash amid high interest rates.

South Carolina remained atop The Associated Press Top 25 women’s basketball poll after a chaotic week that saw half of the top 10 teams lose.

Missouri has rewarded coach Eliah Drinkwitz a contract extension through the 2028 season after he led the Tigers to an 11-2 record and a victory over Ohio State in the Cotton Bowl.

All-America running back Cody Schrader ran for 128 yards and bulled into the end zone for a 7-yard touchdown to open the fourth quarter with Missouri’s first score, and the ninth-ranked Tigers capped an 11-win season with a 14-3 win over No. 7 Ohio State in the Cotton Bowl.

More than five years ago, someone left a kitten with twisted back legs at a Missouri animal shelter.

Abortion is going to be a major issue in the U.S. again in 2024, the second full year after the nation's top court ended a right to abortion and making it largely a state issue.

Not many people picked Missouri to be playing in a New Year’s Six bowl game this season.

The SEC released schedules for its teams in 2024, with a first look where newcomers Oklahoma and Texas land on the schedules.

Heisman Trophy winner Jayden Daniels from LSU was one of seven players in either their fifth or sixth season of college football selected to The Associated Press All-America team.

Florida loses their sixth game of the season after a 33-31 loss to Missouri.

Harrison Mevis kicked a 30-yard field goal with five seconds remaining, and Brady Cook completed 20 of 34 passes for 326 yards and a touchdown to help No. 11 Missouri rally past Florida 33-31.

Lawyers for a group of religious leaders who support abortion rights said during a hearing that Missouri lawmakers intended to “impose their religious beliefs on everyone" in the state when they passed a restrictive abortion ban.

Georgia extended its streak of weeks being top-ranked in the AP Top 25 to 22, giving the Bulldogs the second-longest run of being No. 1 in the history of the college football poll.

No. 14 Tennessee visits No. 16 Missouri on Saturday for the first meeting between the SEC schools when both were ranked in the Top 25.

Top-ranked Georgia is set to host No. 10 Mississippi with a chance to clinch the SEC East title.

No. 21 Tennessee and Kentucky really need a lift right now.

The Supreme Court is keeping a Missouri law on hold that bars police from enforcing federal gun laws, rejecting an emergency appeal from the state.

Jayden Daniels threw for 259 yards and three touchdowns, ran for 139 yards and another score and led No. 23 LSU to a 49-39 win over No. 21 Missouri.

Republicans in two states will be using caucuses to make their presidential picks next year after GOP-led legislatures canceled presidential primary elections.

Yesterday’s NFL game of the Kansas City Chiefs versus the Chicago Bears soon became the most talked about game of the weekend, thanks to one certain special guess: Taylor Swift.

Hundreds of school systems around the country have adopted four-day weeks in recent years, mostly in rural and western parts of the U.S. Districts cite cost savings and advantages for teacher recruitment.

Missouri officials struck back at one of the clinics that unsuccessfully challenged new state restrictions on gender affirming care by filing a new lawsuit accusing the clinic of failing to provide proper care for transgender minors even before the new law took effect last month.

The number of unbeaten teams in the mighty SEC already is down to five with conference play beginning, and that number could be down to two by the end of the weekend.

Missouri quarterback Brady Cook experienced some redemption on Saturday by leading the Tigers to a 30-27 victory over then-No. 15 Kansas State.

Harrison Mevis kicked a 61-yard field goal with no time remaining, sending Missouri to a come-from-behind 30-27 victory over No. 15 Kansas State in a nonconference showdown of former Big 12 rivals.