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(AP) — Two suicide bombers and gunmen attacked crowds of Afghans flocking to Kabul’s airport Thursday, transforming a scene of desperation into one of horror in the waning days of an airlift for those fleeing the Taliban takeover. At least 60 Afghans and 13 U.S. troops were killed. U.S. officials …

The woman charged in 2018 death of a little boy in her care is now looking at first – degree murder charges. A Cole County grand jury upgraded the murder charges against Quatavia Givens this week. She is accused of killing 4 – year old Darnell Gray and hiding his …

The chairman of the Missouri House Elementary and Secondary Education Committee says the House will pass critical race theory (CRT) legislation in 2022. Rocheport GOP State Representative Chuck Basye says its on their agenda. Seven CRT supporters testified this week at the Statehouse in Jefferson City. Civil rights leaders say …

You might remember how Jefferson City leaders turned thumbs down years ago on Capitol Plaza Hotel developer John Q. Hammonds’ proposal to put in a convention center along with the hotel. But Mayor Carrie Tergin says the latest plan to put in a center at the old MSP prison site …

KMIZ — A “long-term” boyfriend has been charged in the killing a Fulton Public Schools teacher and her daughter at their Boone County home. Boone County prosecutors charged JT McLean with two counts of first-degree murder Wednesday. The release said McLean was the last person to be in contact with …

A woman and an employee of a rehab clinic are recovering after the woman drives her car into a Jefferson City building. The elderly woman crashed into Outbound Physical Therapy and Rehab on East Elm yesterday morning. Both the driver and a staffer had minor cuts.

A woman is found dead in her cell in the Cole County Jail. Staffers found 35 – year old Tiffany McCormack dead Tuesday morning. There were no signs on injury on her and Sheriff John Wheeler says she was alone in the cell. He is asking Callaway County Sheriff Clay …

No arrests have been made yet in Sunday’s double homicide involving a teacher and her daughter, just south of Columbia. Boone County Sheriff’s Captain Brian Leer says that deputies from his department were in neighboring Callaway County Monday night, as part of the investigation. While he could not elaborate, Leer …

Is the COVID vaccine saving lives? The numbers seem to bear that out locally. Capital Region Medical Center’s Dr. Randall Haight says it’s mostly those who haven’t had the shot who are dying …      Height says the (Jefferson City) hospital has seen 31 – patients die of COVID since May …

Missouri’s Senate Majority Leader doesn’t think a special session will be necessary this fall, on the topic of funding voter-approved Medicaid expansion. The state Supreme Court issued a unanimous July decision, ruling that Missouri’s 2020 Medicaid expansion ballot measure was constitutional. GOP Senate Majority Leader Caleb Rowden says it will …