Missouri

Spate of high-profile US death penalty cases fuels public outrage and anger

Concerns rise over whether executions can be done ‘fairly and accurately’ as condemned prisoners make credible claims of innocence

Ed Pilkington

19, Dec, 2024 @5:00 PM

Missouri abortion rights in legal limbo after constitutional protections take effect

Planned Parenthood affiliates ask for strike down of near-total abortion ban and other limiting statutes in lawsuit

Carter Sherman

06, Dec, 2024 @6:52 PM

‘We are not defeated’: US labor unions react to Harris election loss

AFL-CIO said unions spoke to most voters in federation history and saw gains such as minimum wage raises

Michael Sainato

06, Nov, 2024 @6:57 PM

Tracking abortion ballot measures: Missouri and Arizona expand rights as Florida vote falls short

Several states including Montana and Nevada pass measures in favor of reproductive rights – follow our tracker as voters decide on access to abortion

Carter Sherman, Noa Yachot and Andrew Witherspoon

06, Nov, 2024 @11:04 AM

US army soldier charged with murder of female sergeant found dead in trash bin

Wooster Rancy, 21, accused in death of Sgt Sarah Roque, 23, whose body was found at Fort Leonard Wood in Missouri

Guardian staff and agencies

01, Nov, 2024 @9:57 PM

‘This is too serious to drown out’: six US voters on what they’re most anxious about

From abortion to international issues, people share what issues and outcome worries them as election day nears

Jedidajah Otte and Caroline Bannock

31, Oct, 2024 @9:00 AM

Missouri Republican says he is investigating Google for ‘censoring conservative speech’

State attorney general alleges without providing evidence that Google is manipulating search results, as tech firm says claim ‘totally false’

Lorenzo Tondo and agencies

25, Oct, 2024 @9:15 AM

Limits on testing for bird flu in humans could pose difficulty for containing spread

Tests will soon be available by prescription, but they are only recommended for people in close contact with animals

Melody Schreiber

24, Oct, 2024 @8:43 PM

Onions are likely source of deadly McDonald’s E Coli outbreak, USDA says

Batches of the vegetable produced in Colorado, where many people fell ill after eating quarter pounders, were recalled

Guardian staff and agency

24, Oct, 2024 @7:47 PM

‘I’m a Christian for trans rights’: pro-LGBTQ+ Missouri pastor runs for office

As she campaigns in a deep red state, Rev Susan Shumway says its her job to ‘kick open the doors’ for queer youth

Sam Levin in O'Fallon, Missouri

19, Oct, 2024 @1:00 PM

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

Ed Pilkington in New York

29, Sep, 2024 @10:00 AM

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