Missouri Republicans tried to end the congressional career of Emanuel Cleaver. Even with an old map back in place on Election Day, his political future remained unclear.

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Jacob Allen Morley, 28, was found hundreds of miles away, near Kansas City, Mo., after breaching a fence last week at a correctional facility where he was serving a life sentence.

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