Tag: Missouri

Best Trails Across the U.S. for Mudding

We take pride in our off-road trail roundups. The team does an amazing job of highlighting the best trails that have a little something for everyone, hitting specific regions such as the Central Midwest and Lower South. We’ve even dived into specific types of trails, like the best canyons along the way. Yet somehow, we’ve […]

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Missouri GOP Gubernatorial Candidate Exposed As ‘Honorary’ KKK Member

NewsOne Featured Video Source: Bettmann / Getty So, I’ve written about this before—a few times, actually—but once again, it’s time to talk about the demonstrable fact that while the Ku Klux Klan might have been started by Democrats, today’s Klan members identify politically with the GOP, and vice versa. Meet Darrell Leon McClanahan III Recently it was brought […]

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An “Honorary” KKK Member Is at the Top of Missouri’s GOP Ballot

It’s a smart point to bring up, and one that begs repeating as we get closer to November. Shortly after he left the White House, Jared Kushner, the son-in-law of former President Trump, accepted at least $2 billion from Saudi Arabia’s sovereign wealth fund, which is chaired by Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman. That money […]

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Missouri GOP Candidate: It’s OK, I’m Only an “Honorary” KKK Member

It’s a smart point to bring up, and one that begs repeating as we get closer to November. Shortly after he left the White House, Jared Kushner, the son-in-law of former President Trump, accepted at least $2 billion from Saudi Arabia’s sovereign wealth fund, which is chaired by Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman. That money […]

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Justice Alito Renews Criticism of Landmark Ruling on Same-Sex Marriage

Justice Samuel A. Alito Jr. on Tuesday renewed his criticisms of the Supreme Court’s landmark decision recognizing the right to same-sex marriage, saying that people who oppose homosexuality risk being unfairly “labeled as bigots and treated as such.” The justice included his warning in a five-page statement explaining why the court had rejected a request […]

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Missouri Republicans Have Come Up With a New Way to Blow Up Democracy

Other state senators have proposed a similar measure with an important twist: Instead of requiring the support of a majority of state legislative districts, it would require the support of a majority of the state’s congressional districts. That difference would be a troubling one. While state legislative maps are drawn by the bipartisan commissions, Missouri’s […]

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MAGA Republican Candidate Claims Dems Want Babies to Get an Abortion

“I think there are some Republicans who support Trump out there saying, ‘Oh, it’s, you know, it’s not a big deal. He’s not going to do it, so on and so forth.’ I’m telling you, I was there in Brussels when he damn near did it,” Bolton said, referring to the 2018 NATO summit. According […]

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MAGA Candidate Seems to Seriously Believe 1-Year-Olds Can Get an Abortion

“I think there are some Republicans who support Trump out there saying, ‘Oh, it’s, you know, it’s not a big deal. He’s not going to do it, so on and so forth.’ I’m telling you, I was there in Brussels when he damn near did it,” Bolton said, referring to the 2018 NATO summit. According […]

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GOP Candidate Seems to Really Believe 1-Year-Olds Can Get an Abortion

“I think there are some Republicans who support Trump out there saying, ‘Oh, it’s, you know, it’s not a big deal. He’s not going to do it, so on and so forth.’ I’m telling you, I was there in Brussels when he damn near did it,” Bolton said, referring to the 2018 NATO summit. According […]

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GOP Candidate Seems to Really Believe Babies Can Get an Abortion

“I think there are some Republicans who support Trump out there saying, ‘Oh, it’s, you know, it’s not a big deal. He’s not going to do it, so on and so forth.’ I’m telling you, I was there in Brussels when he damn near did it,” Bolton said, referring to the 2018 NATO summit. According […]

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MAGA Candidate Says He’s Worried About Babies Who Might Get an Abortion

“I think there are some Republicans who support Trump out there saying, ‘Oh, it’s, you know, it’s not a big deal. He’s not going to do it, so on and so forth.’ I’m telling you, I was there in Brussels when he damn near did it,” Bolton said, referring to the 2018 NATO summit. According […]

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Best Off-Road Trails in the Central Midwest

When it comes to serious adrenaline-punching off-road excursions, it’s probably not much of a stretch to say that your first choice isn’t likely to be the Central Midwest – but, hear us out. Venturing into the heartland’s off-road trails unveils a refreshing playground for adrenaline junkies and rugged explorers alike. Forget about the conventional allure […]

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The World Hasn’t Seen Cicadas Like This Since 1803

The cicadas are coming — and if you’re in the Midwest or the Southeast, they will be more plentiful than ever. Or at least since the Louisiana Purchase. This spring, for the first time since 1803, two cicada groups known as Brood XIX, or the Great Southern Brood, and Brood XIII, or the Northern Illinois […]

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Did a Group of Young Black Spiritual Seekers Vanish Due to an ‘Online Cult’?

The last time Mikayla Thompson’s aunt, “Ella,” saw her was over the summer. She arrived at Mikayla’s apartment in Berkeley, a suburb of St. Louis, to pick up the younger woman’s toddler daughter, who’d been staying with her some of the time, and caught a glimpse of a heavyset man in the hallway. “That’s my […]

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Missouri Voters Could Be Asked to Legalize Abortion

A coalition of reproductive-rights groups in Missouri kicked off a campaign on Thursday to establish a right to abortion in the state constitution, setting up the nation’s next big test of public support for legalized abortion. Missouri was the first state to officially outlaw abortion after the Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade 18 months […]

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Watch: GOP Official Panics When Asked for Reason to Remove Biden From Ballot

As the situation grew worse, Scavino said he printed out potential tweets Trump could post to urge the rioters not to get violent. At 2:38 p.m., after many protesters had already breached the Capitol, Trump finally let Scavino post a message on Trump’s Twitter (now called X) account telling the mob to “stay peaceful.” Minutes […]

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A Car and the Remains of a Man Missing Since 2013 Are Found

One morning in late December 2013, Donald L. Erwin, a 59-year-old disabled veteran, told his wife he was going to buy cigarettes. He often woke before dawn and was a heavy smoker. She went back to sleep. Sometime after 6 a.m., Mr. Erwin got into his silver Hyundai and left his mobile home in the […]

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Missouri School Board Reverses Decision To End Black History Classes, But With Stipulations

NewsOne Featured Video Source: 4nadia / Getty A Republican-led school board in Missouri has reversed a decision to drop Black History courses in their predominantly white district, but only if certain criteria are met.  According to AP, the Francis Howell School District will allow students to continue to take elective Black History courses, only if […]

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Why Are Nonprofit Hospitals Focused More on Dollars Than Patients?

Nonprofit hospitals have been caught doing some surprising things, given how they are supposed to serve the public good in exchange for being exempt from federal, state and local taxes — exemptions that added up to $28 billion in 2020. Detailed media reports show them hounding poor patients for money, cutting nurse staffing too aggressively […]

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Chief Executive of National Association of Realtors Resigns

The chief executive of the National Association of Realtors resigned from his post two days after a federal jury ruled that the powerful organization conspired to inflate home commissions. The resignation of Bob Goldberg was announced at a closed-door staff meeting, as leaders scrambled to address the outcry that has followed the fallout from the […]

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Two Families Got Fed Up With Their States’ Politics. So They Moved Out.

Steve Huckins, a native of Oregon, was preparing to move across the country when he went on Facebook to post a goodbye letter of sorts to his home state. “I had planned to die here,” Mr. Huckins, 59, wrote. “It’s a beautiful state. The mountains, the lakes, the rivers, the beaches. All are overshadowed by […]

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Northern Lights Are Seen Overnight in Parts of U.S.

People from Montana to Missouri reported sightings of the aurora borealis overnight, and forecasters said the phenomenon also known as the northern lights would be visible over parts of the West and Midwest until about dawn on Tuesday. The northern lights get their name for lighting up the sky at higher latitudes. On Monday night, […]

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U.A.W. Starts Strike Small, but Repercussions Could Prove Far-Reaching

Autoworkers walked off the job on Friday at three factories that produce some of the Detroit carmakers’ most popular vehicles, the opening salvos in what could become a protracted strike that hurts the U.S. economy and has an impact on the 2024 presidential election. Nearly 13,000 members of the United Auto Workers at plants in […]

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Kerri Rawson, BTK Killer’s Daughter, Helps Search for More Victims

Kerri Rawson sees her life in two parts: before and after she learned that her father was a serial killer. The before included camping and fishing vacations as a family; helping her father build a treehouse and working alongside him in the garden; going to church every Sunday. It also included verbal and emotional abuse, […]

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