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This booking photo provided by the Clay County, Mo., Sheriff's Office shows Andrew Lester. Lester, a Kansas City man accused of shooting a Black teenager who mistakenly came to his door April 2023, is scheduled to be back in court Thursday, June 1, days after a judge ruled that court documents in the case will be sealed and kept from the public. (Clay County Sheriff's Office via AP, File)

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Family, attorneys criticize prosecutor's handling of case in Ralph Yarl's shooting
By MARGARET STAFFORD - Associated Press
Wed,05/31/23-11:54PM , 91 Reads
LIBERTY, Mo. (AP) — The family of a Black Kansas City teenager who was shot by a white man after he mistakenly knocked on the man's door are frustrated with the prosecutor's handling of the case, attorneys for the family said Thursday.
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A pair of ruby slippers once worn by actress Judy Garland in the "The Wizard of Oz" sit on display at a news conference on Sept. 4, 2018, at the FBI office in Brooklyn Center, Minn. Federal prosecutors say a man has been indicted by a grand jury on Tuesday, May 16, 2023, on charges of stealing a pair of ruby red slippers worn by Judy Garland in “The Wizard of Oz.” The FBI recovered the slippers in 2018. (AP Photo/Jeff Baenen, File)

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Man indicted in theft of 'Wizard of Oz' ruby slippers worn by Judy Garland
By MARGARET STAFFORD - Associated Press
Wed,05/17/23-1:38PM , 187 Reads
A man has been indicted by a grand jury on charges of stealing a pair of ruby red slippers worn by Judy Garland in “The Wizard of Oz,” federal prosecutors in North Dakota say.
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Missouri Attorney General Andrew Bailey speaks to reporters after taking the oath of office in Jefferson City, Mo., Jan. 3, 2023. On Tuesday, May 16, 2023, Missouri officials abruptly terminated an unusual emergency rule proposed by the Republican attorney general that would have placed limits on transgender care for minors and some adults. The move was announced without explanation on the Missouri Secretary of State’s website, which said “This emergency rule terminated effective May 16, 2023.” (AP Photo/David A. Lieb, File)

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Missouri terminates emergency rule to limit trans care for minors, some adults
By MARGARET STAFFORD - Associated Press
Tue,05/16/23-6:44PM , 151 Reads
KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — Missouri officials on Tuesday abruptly terminated an unusual emergency rule proposed by the Republican attorney general that would have placed limits on transgender care for minors and some adults.
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Amin Aaser prays before going live on his nightly "Ramadan Camp" livestream, Thursday, April 13, 2023, in Brooklyn Park, Minn. Aaser has worked nearly every night of Ramadan to present a free online interactive program called Noor Kids Ramadan Camp for Muslim children ages 5-12 from countries around the world. (AP Photo/Abbie Parr)

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'Ramadan Camp' reaches Muslim children across the globe
By MARGARET STAFFORD - Associated Press
Sun,04/16/23-10:13AM , 155 Reads
Amin Aaser remembers as a child growing up in Minnesota that his Muslim faith often made him feel like an outsider, and being required to follow its practices and tenets “sometimes felt like going to the dentist.”
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