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Partners Sam Collins and Cricket Osborn met in Chicago and have been together for about three years. They spoke about the somewhat chaotic start to their relationship and their decision to choose love over fear.
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The USDA's Rural Development agency has provided billions of dollars each year to small towns, farmers and businesses. Now staffing upheaval and budget cuts brought on by the Trump administration may be eating into the agency’s effectiveness. -
Property tax freeze for residents 62-plus likely to hit local education funding. -
The Twister: Caught in the Storm premiered on Netflix on March 19. It tells a story of how a tight-knit community responded to the devastating 2011 tornado. -
Kansas City Manager Brian Platt was removed from his position after his previous suspension. -
Initiative petitions filed Friday would require Tesla to use independent franchises to market its cars or shutdown St. Louis and Kansas City showrooms. -
The law, which would penalize police for enforcing federal gun laws, was ruled unconstitutional by a federal judge in 2023.
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Russia launched a deadly strike on the Ukrainian capital of Kyiv. Trump says he wants peace quickly. And, NPR looks inside Sudan's capital city of Khartoum after two years of war. -
Scientists have a new clue in the mystery of why younger people are getting more colon cancer. It may have to do with a toxin produced by a common gut microbe. -
Researchers using data from the James Webb Space Telescope recently announced they had detected biosignature gases on planet K2-18b. A new analysis of the same data casts doubt on the earlier findings
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Reports for three school districts in southeast Missouri indicate most school buildings aren't earthquake-resistant. Some districts are doing more than others to fix that. -
The Supreme Court of Missouri will listen to oral arguments after organizations filed a lawsuit calling for the invalidation of Proposition A. -
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During the drill, residents can expect to hear Boone County test its outdoor warning siren, KOMU8 reports.The National Weather Service will test its emergency alert procedures and the University of Missouri will test its emergency notification system. -
One bill would make members of a local library board subject to misdemeanor charges if a child accesses material that was deemed inappropriate -
An outbreak of H5 avian influenza was confirmed by United States health agencies in mid-2024. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention says the public health risk is currently low - but states are still monitoring the progression.
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In this episode, hosts Eric Fey and Brianna Lennon speak with married election officials Akyn and Noah Beck in Georgia. Akyn is the Elections Supervisor in Floyd County, and husband Noah is the Elections Director in neighboring Polk County. They spoke about how the couple met and fell in love – over poll books and precinct population data, and about how they have seen the landscape of Georgia election administration change in the last few years.
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