Coroner: At least 5 dead in crashes on Missouri interstate

  CHARLESTON, Mo. (AP) — Chain-reaction collisions Thursday involving dozens of vehicles on a foggy interstate in southeast Missouri caused at least five deaths and multiple injuries, and part of the highway will likely be closed for

Kentucky Senate passes bill banning abortions after 15 weeks

  FRANKFORT, Ky. (AP) — Kentucky lawmakers took another step Wednesday toward banning abortions after 15 weeks of pregnancy with an eye toward a looming U.S. Supreme Court decision on abortion rights. The bill, which won Senate passage 31-6,

Missouri could make it harder to get out-of-state abortions

  By SUMMER BALLENTINE and JOHN HANNA for the Associated Press JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) — First-of-its-kind Missouri legislation shows that anti-abortion lawmakers in Republican-led states aren’t likely to stop at banning most abortions within their borders but