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Missouri Prosecutor Ignores Governor’s Call to Go After Journalist for ‘Hacking’

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Missouri Gov. Mike Parson’s wacky but chilling public persecution of a journalist he accused of “hacking” a state education website has thankfully been put to an end. Despite all the ruckus, apparently Parson still does not know what hacking actually means. Read more.

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Missouri Ditches Covid-19 Measures After Court Ruling, Cease-And-Desist from Attorney General

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Multiple health departments in Missouri have abandoned most or all of their covid-19 tracking and prevention work after a recent court ruling stripped state and local public health agencies of their powers to establish disease prevention measures. Read more.

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Missouri Governor Ramps Up Attack on Newspaper Over 'Hacking' Scandal

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Missouri’s Republican Gov. Mike Parson has escalated his conflict with a local newspaper after the outlet revealed a gaping cybersecurity hole in one of the state’s websites. Read more.

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Virtual Aquarium Brings Children’s Aquatic Art To Life

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Missouri's Governor Says Kids Will Get Coronavirus In School, Deal With It

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While school districts across the nation are deciding if they want to return to in-person or distance learning in the fall, it seems like politicians remain decidedly split on the matter. While California Democratic Governor Gavin Newsom recently announced certain districts would not be allowed to re-open their… Read more.

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Wannabe Assassin Gets 12 Years on Chemical Weapon Charges for Trying to Buy Dimethylmercury

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A federal court has sentenced a Missouri man who tried to buy the deadly poison dimethylmercury, a notoriously toxic substance that can kill in just a few drops on the skin, on the dark web to 12 years in prison. Read more.

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Johnson & Johnson Forced to Pay $2.1 Billion in Baby Powder Cancer Case After Supreme Court Denial

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billion verdict from a 2018 trial in Missouri involving women who… Read more. Johnson & Johnson will not be getting out of its obligation to pay up for losing a civil court case over its baby powder products that allegedly contained asbestos. On Tuesday, the Supreme Court announced it would not hear the company’s appeal of a $2.1