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Missouri Senate votes to limit police use of chokeholds By SUMMER BALLENTINEMay 12, 2021 GMT JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) — The Missouri Senate on Wednesday voted to limit when police can use chokeholds in a rare step by state lawmakers to take action in response to police violence. The bill’s 31-2 bipartisan passage in the GOP-led Senate came just days before lawmakers’ Friday deadline to send legislation to Republican Gov. Mike Parson, a former sheriff. Little has been done by the Republi...

KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — Kansas City Mayor Quinton Lucas says a Missouri law that prevents cities from enacting their own gun control measures hamstrings his efforts to address the city's shootings and killings...

Workers protest racial inequality on day of national strike By AARON MORRISONJuly 21, 2020 GMT NEW YORK (AP) — Workers from the service industry, fast-food chains and the gig economy rallied with organized labor Monday to protest systemic racism and economic inequality, staging demonstrations across the U.S. and around the world seeking better treatment of Black Americans in the workplace. Organizers said at least 20,000 workers in 160 cities walked off the job, inspired by the racial reckoni...