Missouri
Missouri adopts IHRA’s antisemitism definition, boosts student protections
Missouri Governor Mike Kehoe signs a bill adopting the IHRA’s definition of antisemitism, strengthening protections against harassment in schools for Jewish students.
US moving B-2 stealth bombers toward Guam, American officials confirm
HB 937: Missouri bill seeks to enshrine IHRA antisemitism definition in state's schools
Transgender Jews fear for safety as Trump targets their rights
St. Louis couple who aimed guns at protesters had run-ins with synagogue
An extensive report about Patricia and Mark McCloskey’s previous clashes reveals that among their many targets has been the Reform synagogue next door.
St. Louis residents call to change name of town due to antisemitic history
King Louis IX, the first French king canonized by the Catholic Church, burned over 12,000 manuscript copies of the Talmud.
American Jewish Committee applauds passage of Missouri anti-BDS bill
The new bill will prohibit Missouri and its associate subdivisions from forming contracts worth over $100,000 with companies that employ more than 10 employees.
Missouri rabbis: Voting by mail is a religious imperative
Many rabbis in St. Louis cited Torah and rabbinical teachings in a letter encouraging Jewish Missourians to take advantage of a religious exemption clause.
Coronavirus: Missouri sues China over economic losses
The lawsuit also accuses the Chinese government of making the pandemic worse by "hoarding" masks and other personal protective equipment
Trump trolled for congratulating wrong state on Super Bowl win
Former Missiouri Senator Claire McCaskill took a screenshot of the president's incorrect tweet and responded, "It’s Missouri you stone cold idiot."
Missouri’s abortion clinic to challenge shutdown
The commission granted a stay in June allowing the clinic to continue providing abortion services until the hearing, which is scheduled to run several days.
Tornadoes kill three, hit U.S. Plains state capital
There were no immediate reports of fatalities in the city as of early Thursday, said Jared Maples, a meteorologist with the NWS St. Louis office.
More flood waters rising in storm damaged U.S. Midwest
The waters have already swamped a large swath of Missouri, Nebraska and Iowa along North America's longest river.
Missouri Republican who said ‘Hitler was right’ wins state House primary
“Jewish people can be beautiful people, but there’s ideologies associated with that that I don’t agree with...Jews today are a remnant of the tribe of Judah that rejected Christ.”