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The Latest Breaking News from Missouri

Missing Missouri Mother's Body Found In Wooded Area

The body of missing Missouri mother Emily Strite has been found in a wooded area. Investigation ongoing.

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Men Allegedly Caught Driving Sweltering U-Haul Full of Children Plead Ignorance: 'I Have No Idea Why We Took the Kids'

Two men were stopped on a Missouri highway hauling a moving truck with several young children in the poorly-ventilated back compartment.

Latin Times

Ken Page death: Nightmare Before Christmas star dies at 70

Missouri-born actor was also a Broadway star known for his performances in ‘Ain't Misbehavin' and ‘Cats’

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Missing 6-Month-Old Texas Girl Found Safe After Nationwide Manhunt; Parents Face Pending Charges

Amber alert canceled after Missouri Highway Patrol locates child and parents hours after abduction.

Latin Times

Six days of horror: America’s thirst for executions returns with a vengeance

Five executions, five states: a glut of judicial killing not seen in 20 years took place last week – and there was nothing random about it

The Guardian - US

Missouri Didn't Start Distributing Summer Food Aid to Needy Kids Until the Last Day of Summer

The aid, which was intended to help feed vulnerable families over summer break, was not distributed for the first time until Sept. 19.

Latin Times

Prof: Politics behind Missouri execution

Missouri executed Williams despite questions about his conviction and protests from prosecutors and victim's family

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Oklahoma executes man despite parole board recommending life be spared

US execution comes days after that of Marcellus Williams in Missouri, where victim’s family also asked for clemency.

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Bird flu casts a wider net as U.S. health officials keep drip-feeding information on Fridays

Researchers are urging the CDC to get ahead of the H5N1 virus 'before it’s too late.'

Fortune

Where will abortion be on the ballot in the 2024 US election?

Ten states will vote on abortion in November, with most seeking to protect abortion up until fetal viability

The Guardian - US

Debate Surrounds Missouri Execution Of Marcellus Williams

Marcellus Williams' execution raises doubts about his guilt, fueling the debate on the death penalty in the U.S.

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A Missouri man has been executed for a 1998 murder. Was he guilty or innocent?

Questions are still swirling around the execution of a Missouri man convicted of fatally stabbing a woman in 1998

The Independent UK

Did Missouri execute an innocent man? Marcellus Williams’s furious supporters decry ‘injustice system’

’How can you execute a man when there is reasonable doubt?’ Obie Alexander, who spent nearly two decades in prison on a wrongful murder conviction, toldThe Independent

The Independent UK

Missouri "lynched" Marcellus Williams

The NAACP said Tuesday night's execution was "murder," not justice

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The Guardian - UK

First Thing: Fresh Israeli airstrikes on Lebanon as UN chief says it cannot ‘become another Gaza’

Lebanese minister says only Washington can help end the fighting. Plus, Missouri executes Marcellus ‘Khaliifah’ Williams

Evening Standard

Man executed in Missouri after 20 years despite victim's family thinking he was innocent

Marcellus Williams was convicted of murdering a former journalist, but concerns had been raised that key evidence had been contaminated

France 24

Missouri death row inmate Marcellus Williams executed despite prosecutor's objection

The US state of Missouri on Tuesday executed death row inmate Marcellus Williams for the 1998 murder of a woman, even though the prosecutor's office that secured his murder conviction 21 years ago expressed doubts about the integrity of the case. The victim's family had pleaded with authorities to spare…

International Business Times UK

Marcellus Williams Finally Executed By Lethal Injection: Why Did Victim's Family Want Life Imprisonment, Not Death Penalty?

Marcellus Williams was executed by lethal injection in Missouri, despite new DNA evidence and pleas from the victim's family for clemency, raising serious concerns about potential wrongful convictions in capital punishment cases.

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The Independent UK

Missouri death row inmate Marcellus Williams executed despite even the prosecution thinking he was innocent

Death row inmate’s final words were ‘All praise be to Allah in every situation!!!’

The Guardian - US

Missouri executes Marcellus Williams despite prosecutors’ push to overturn conviction

Williams long maintained his innocence and the killing was opposed by victim’s family, jurors and office that tried him

Latin Times

Instagram Removes MAGA Republican Who Spent Months Violating Company Policy Posting Homophobic Slurs

Meta has removed the Instagram account of a former far-right Missouri political candidate whose content featured hate speech and violent rhetoric against the LBBTQ+ community.

The Independent UK

Lawyers seek Supreme Court intervention hours before a Missouri inmate's planned execution

Lawyers for a Missouri man have filed a late appeal with the U.S. Supreme Court alleging there were racial bias and constitutional errors at his trial

The Independent UK

Missouri death row inmate Marcellus Williams faces execution today. Prosecutors argue he’s ‘likely innocent’

Williams, 55, is scheduled to die by lethal injection at 6pm CT on Tuesday for the murder of Lisha Gayle, a social worker and former newspaper reporter