Kansas City police link Super Bowl rally shooting to dispute, not extremism
Reuters A quarrel among several people sparked the shooting spree in Kansas City, Missouri, that killed a woman and wounded 22 people after a celebration of the city’s NFL Super Bowl victory, police said on Thursday, discounting any apparent link to extremism. Two juveniles and an adult were being held as suspects, Police Chief Stacey […]
Breaking: Gunfire mars Kansas City Super Bowl victory rally, one killed, up to 15 wounded
Reuters A blast of gunfire killed one person and wounded as many as 15 outside a landmark railroad station in Kansas City, Missouri, where the NFL champion Chiefs were celebrating their Super Bowl victory, sending crowds of fans scurrying for safety. Police Chief Stacey Graves told a press conference that two suspects were in custody. […]
US Supreme Court won’t revive law targeting federal gun curbs
Washington DC, USReuters The US Supreme Court on Friday declined to revive a Missouri law that bars state and local officials from enforcing certain federal gun restrictions that the Republican-crafted law had claimed to nullify for violating firearms rights protected by the Constitution’s Second Amendment. Handing a victory to President Joe Biden’s administration, the justices […]
Nun whose body shows little decay since 2019 death draws hundreds to rural Missouri
United StatesAP/Report for America Hundreds of people flocked to a small town in Missouri this week and last to see a nun whose body has barely decomposed since 2019. Some say it’s a sign of holiness in Catholicism, while others say the lack of decomposition may not be as rare as people think. Sister Wilhelmina […]
Offering succour: Spiritual advisers offering final comfort in execution rooms
JIM SALTER, of Associated Press, reports from St Louis in the US…
In the US, clergy file suit over Missouri abortion ban, arguing it establishes a religion
United StatesRNS An interfaith group of clergy has filed a lawsuit challenging Missouri’s strict abortion ban, arguing the statute violates the state’s constitution by imposing one set of religious values on all residents. Advocates announced the lawsuit on Thursday from the sanctuary of Christ Church Cathedral, an Episcopal church in St Louis. Traci Blackmon speaks […]
Faith, flag and family: In Branson, God and country serve as red, white and blue comfort food
BOB SMIETANA, of Religion News Service, reports that patriotism and inspirational Christianity have long made the US city of Branson, Missouri, a hot spot of spiritual tourism, where weary pilgrims seek refuge from the troubles of modern life in a place that offers a nostalgic vision of America…
Forced relocation or safe haven?: US cities push the homeless to live in tent camps
CAREY L BIRON, of Thomson Reuters Foundation, reports on how some US cities tackling a surge of street homelessness are offering official camps while penalising people sleeping in public elsewhere…
In the US state of Missouri, Catholic bishops urge leaders to end executions
AP Leaders of the four Roman Catholic dioceses in Missouri are urging state leaders to end the use of the death penalty, after a convicted killer of three was executed despite a request for clemency from the Pope. Ernest Johnson was executed Tuesday evening, the first Missouri execution in 16 months and the seventh in the […]
In the US, Missouri man executed for killing three workers in ’94 robbery
Bonne Terre, Missouri, US AP A Missouri man was put to death Tuesday for killing three workers while robbing a convenience store nearly three decades ago, an execution performed over objections from racial justice activists, lawmakers and even the Pope. Ernest Johnson died from an injection of pentobarbital at the state prison in Bonne Terre. […]