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Police have released the name of a man who fatally shot his ex-girlfriend at a medical center near St. Louis before he was killed by officers.

Ohio's unusually high number of provisional ballots — nearly 34 times Missouri's — is causing disagreement about their use in the state and holding up a congressional race.

James Adams, 23, of Overland Park, Kan., was crossing Belcher Branch Lake when his boat started taking on water.

Officials in Jackson, Clay and Platte counties say they will take the lead on a regional mass transit plan in wake of Kansas City's failed light-rail proposal.

Ronald Nelson Jr., 28, was pronounced dead at the scene after an early-morning car accident.

Washington University is phasing out almost all of its sales of bottled water because of its costs to society in energy and expense.