At least three people drowned in Missouri, including two poll workers, from flooding caused by heavy rains that hit southern and eastern parts of the state and forced numerous road closures Monday and Tuesday, authorities said. The flooding resulted from a ...

Five people were killed in flash flooding in Missouri on Monday and Tuesday, including an elderly couple who served as poll workers. Around eight inches of rain fell in parts of southern Missouri across the two days, causing streams and rivers to overflow their banks and cover roadways in water.

Abortion-rights supporters announced a lawsuit Wednesday challenging Missouri abortion restrictions a day after voters enshrined abortion rights in the state constitution.

The losses are the first on statewide reproductive rights ballot measures anywhere in the U.S. since the Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade in 2022, a ruling that struck down the nearly 50-year nationwide right to abortion, proving that abortion opponents can win on ballot measures.

Voters narrowly approved Amendment 3 on Nov. 5, which adds a “fundamental right to reproductive freedom” to the state constitution, threatening to undo decades of pro-life gains.