82 infected at Missouri summer camp as COVID-19 cases surge across US

An overnight summer camp in rural southwestern Missouri has seen scores of campers, counselors and staff infected with the novel coronavirus.

Summer camp virus outbreak raises safety questions

Missouri leaders knew the risk of convening thousands of kids at summer camps across the state during a pandemic, the state's top health official said, and insisted that camp organizers have plans in place to keep an outbreak from happening.

Couple draw guns at crowd heading to St. Louis mayor's home

A white couple pointed guns at protesters in St. Louis, Missouri, as the group marched toward the mayor’s home, demanding her resignation.

Rapper Huey dead at 32 from a gunshot wound

Rapper Huey, best known for the track “Pop, Lock & Drop It,” was fatally shot Thursday in Missouri. He was 32.

Officers give final pat to Missouri Highway Patrol K-9 diagnosed with terminal illness

Law enforcement officers from across Missouri joined state troopers to pat K-9 officer Cuba’s head one final time before Cuba’s partner took him on his final walk before being put down at the Animal Care Clinic in Branson, Missouri.

State trooper pulls man from burning car

A state trooper cleared glass from a back window and pulled out the driver.

Man charged in killing of retired St. Louis police captain

Stephan Cannon was being held without bond on a first-degree murder charge in the death of David Dorn, 77, who was killed Tuesday on the sidewalk outside Lee’s Pawn and Jewelry.

Gov. Walz makes unannounced visit to George Floyd memorial in Minneapolis

Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz made an unannounced visit to the memorial for George Floyd in south Minneapolis on Wednesday morning, his first time seeing the site where Floyd died.

Missouri brothers, ages 6 and 7, die in fiery wreck after taking grandparents' car for joy ride: reports

A pair of young brothers, ages 6 and 7, died in a fiery wreck in Missouri over the weekend after stealing their grandparents’ car and sneakily driving it off their property, according to reports.

Investigators: Missouri woman gave birth at work, left baby to drown

A woman who gave birth in a bathroom at a Missouri meatpacking plant was charged with murder for allegedly leaving her newborn to drown in a toilet.

China calls virus lawsuit 'very absurd'

China on Wednesday slammed a lawsuit brought against it by the U.S. state of Missouri over the coronavirus pandemic as “very absurd."

Missouri man plotting coronavirus hospital bombing killed in shooting, FBI says

A Missouri man who was plotting to bomb a hospital was killed in a shooting this week after he “decided to accelerate his plan” due to the coronavirus pandemic, federal authorities said Wednesday.

Woman gives birth in toilet paper aisle of Walmart store

Customers cheered at a Walmart in Missouri after a woman gave birth to a baby girl in the store's toilet paper aisle.