Missouri

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Workers at far-right site Gateway Pundit feared credibility issues, filing shows
Lawyers for Ruby Freeman and Shaye Moss, election workers suing website for defamation, made disclosure in April court filing

Sam Levine in New York

01, May, 2024 @10:00 AM

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Revealed: Tyson Foods dumps millions of pounds of toxic pollutants into US rivers and lakes
Nitrogen, phosphorus, chloride, oil and cyanide among the 371m lb of pollutants released by just 41 plants in five years

Nina Lakhani in Dakota City and Lexington, Nebraska. Graphics by Alvin Chang

30, Apr, 2024 @10:00 AM

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Prison officers traumatized by rate of executions in US death penalty states
Pursuit of ‘non-stop executions’ causing psychological distress to corrections staff as states urged to widen gap between executions

Ed Pilkington

28, Apr, 2024 @11:00 AM

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Former St Louis undercover officer gets $23m after beating by police colleagues
Luther Hall was severely injured by his own colleagues while undercover at a 2017 protest in Missouri

Gloria Oladipo and agency

17, Apr, 2024 @2:10 PM

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Rise in US executions masks deep divide between states on use of death penalty
Some of the 27 states that have the death penalty have not executed anyone in years but others still do – and the divide is rooted in history

Adam Gabbatt

13, Apr, 2024 @11:00 AM

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Missouri death row inmate executed despite widespread calls for clemency
Brian Dorsey, convicted of murdering his cousin and her husband, put to death amid efforts by many to have his sentence commuted

Edward Helmore and agencies

09, Apr, 2024 @11:34 PM

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Missouri death row inmate’s attorneys ask supreme court to block execution
Petition argues that Brian Dorsey is fully rehabilitated and that execution would violate eighth amendment

Edward Helmore

08, Apr, 2024 @2:52 PM

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More than 150 people call on Missouri governor to forgive Brian Dorsey’s death penalty
Prison guards, judges, jurors and prison workers have beseeched Mike Parson to commute capital punishment to life without parole

Edward Helmore

03, Apr, 2024 @9:39 PM

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Missouri AG sues Media Matters as Republicans take on critics of Musk’s X
Move follows similar lawsuit by Texas attorney general, raising fear that news outlets could be next targets

Ava Sasani

30, Mar, 2024 @3:00 PM

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US congressman sued for wrongly identifying Kansas man as mass shooter
Republican Tim Burchett called Denton Loudermill Jr a ‘shooter’ and ‘illegal’ alien after shooting at Kansas City parade

Gloria Oladipo

27, Mar, 2024 @2:28 PM

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Are progressive politics the real reason why US lawmakers are spooked by Tiktok? | Arwa Mahdawi
Lawmakers say they’re on the warpath because TikTok’s owner is a national security threat. Some users think the app has become a hub for progressive activism

Arwa Mahdawi

16, Mar, 2024 @1:00 PM

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Missouri law prevents divorce during pregnancy – even in cases of violence
The statute, which can lead to reproductive coercion in a state that has banned abortion, has recently gained nationwide attention

Lizzie Tribone

15, Mar, 2024 @10:00 AM

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