Missouri

Lisa Montgomery's lawyers argued she was a mentally ill victim of abuse who deserved mercy, but her victim's community said otherwise.

The judge orders a mental competency hearing to be held - just hours before the scheduled execution.

A court has ruled that Lisa Montgomery can be executed on 12 January, despite appeals from lawyers.

The tactic is expected to change nothing, but will set the stage for what the Biden camp called "antics".

Lisa Montgomery is due to become the first woman to face federal execution in the US in 67 years.

Democrats complained that the object could intimidate black voters, just days before elections.

Mark and Patricia McCloskey were filmed pointing guns at racial justice demonstrators in June.

Cori Bush, a racial justice activist who was once homeless, wins Missouri's Democratic primary.

Protests are ongoing in Portland, where the mayor was among those tear-gassed by federal agents.

Mark and Patricia McCloskey are charged with unlawful use of a weapon over the incident in St Louis.

Cleo, a four-year-old labrador, walks from Kansas to Missouri, leaving her owner "speechless".

Jonathan Irons, 40, was behind bars for 20 years for a crime that occurred when he was just 16.

Missouri is suing China for economic losses it has suffered, a move Beijing derides as "frivolous".

The president faced questions about a top federal doctor who says he was ousted for political reasons.

The suspect wanted to bomb a facility treating coronavirus cases to cause severe harm, the FBI says.