KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — The FBI says a man’s body found in charred ruins of a Kansas motel room after a shootout that injured three federal agents is that of the robbery suspect they were trying to arrest.

The FBI said Tuesday the body was identified as 28-year-old Orlando Collins, and the coroner’s preliminary conclusion is that Collins fatally shot himself.

The Saturday night shootout at the Country Club Motel in Topeka injured two deputy federal marshals and an FBI agent.

They were part of a fugitive task force. The FBI says its agent remained hospitalized Tuesday in good condition.

Authorities trying to arrest Collins came under fire as they approached a motel room, from which a fire then erupted.

Topeka’s fire marshal says investigators believe the room’s occupant set the blaze.

JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) — The Missouri Supreme Court is wrestling with whether to invalidate a law cutting jobless benefits because of the way it was enacted.

In an unusual move, the Supreme Court on Tuesday held a second round of arguments in a case that it first heard in January.

The Missouri law cuts the maximum duration of unemployment benefits from 20 weeks to 13, which is the second shortest period nationally behind Florida’s 12 weeks.

More than 2,700 people already have lost benefits since the shortened time period began expiring in April.

At issue before the court is whether the Senate violated the state constitution by waiting until September to override Gov. Jay Nixon’s veto of the bill, instead of voting before the regular session ended last May.

JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) — Missouri’s Republican-controlled House has voted to increase women’s access to birth control by allowing pharmacists to prescribe oral contraceptives.

Tuesday’s 97-50 vote in the House sends the measure to the Senate.

Under Republican Rep. Sheila Solon’s bill, those under 18 would have to show pharmacists a doctor’s previous prescription.

The bill would allow women to receive birth control prescriptions in one-year increments after their first three-month prescription. Women would need to visit a doctor within three years of their pharmacists’ first prescription to continue receiving contraception.

Solon says greater access to birth control will reduce abortions, adding that women should be trusted to weigh the risks of birth control.

JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) — A bill designed to ease limits on the concealed carry of weapons is advancing in the Missouri Legislature after House members voted 112-37 to send the measure to the Senate.

The legislation House members approved Tuesday would allow people to carry concealed guns without a permit anywhere they now can carry openly, something that doesn’t require a permit.

The bill also would expand the state’s castle doctrine law by giving people the right to use deadly force to defend themselves and their property against intruders. House guests given permission, such as a baby sitter, also would be covered.

Republican Rep. Eric Burlison says the goal is to reduce restrictions on how people can legally carry guns. Democratic opponents have cited concerns about gun violence.

HUNTSVILLE, Mo. (AP) — Authorities say central Missouri deputies have shot and wounded a fleeing motorist during an exchange of gunfire.

The Missouri State Highway Patrol said in a news release that the chase started Monday morning when a Randolph County deputy tried to pull a sport utility vehicle over for careless driving. The Columbia Daily Tribune reports that the highway patrol eventually stopped the SUV with a tire deflation device.

The patrol says the driver took off running and shot at the deputies who chased him.

The release said the deputies returned fire and hit the fleeing suspect at least two times. He was taken to a hospital with serious injuries. His name wasn’t immediately released.

No officers were injured. The patrol says a female passenger was detained for questioning.

COLUMBIA, Mo. (AP) — Authorities are investigating a deadly shooting in Columbia.

The shooting happened Monday night in the northern part of the city.

Columbia Police Department spokeswoman Bryana Larimer said the shooting victim was pronounced dead at the scene. Larimer did not give the victim’s age, and said police have no suspect or description of the shooter.

ST. LOUIS (AP) — The director of national intelligence says he doesn’t plan to overturn a subordinate’s preliminary decision to build a federal spy agency’s new regional headquarters in St. Louis rather than relocate to Illinois.

James Clapper said Monday that he has “no basis” to reject the recommendation by the National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency’s director.

Illinois officials continue to lobby for a reversal of NGA director Robert Cardillo’s choice. A final decision is expected by early June.

The agency plans to move from its current location near the Anheuser-Busch brewery south of downtown St. Louis to a site on the city’s impoverished north side.

CAPE GIRARDEAU, Mo. (AP) — The Catholic Diocese of Springfield-Cape Girardeau is getting a new bishop.

Pope Francis announced Tuesday that Edward Rice, auxiliary bishop of St. Louis, will take over as head of the diocese that covers southern Missouri. Rice has spent the last 29 years in St. Louis.

He fills the position vacated when James Johnston Jr. left in November to take over as bishop for the Diocese of Kansas City-St. Joseph.

Rice was appointed auxiliary bishop in December 2010. Since his ordination in 1987 he has served as a pastor, director of Cardinal Glennon College Seminary, and other roles.

CLAYTON, Mo. (AP) — The NAACP chapter in St. Louis County called for an independent committee to investigate ballot problems in the county.

Ballot shortages impacted more than 60 precincts during the April 5 municipal election. The county is already conducting its own investigation, as is the Missouri Secretary of State’s office and a Missouri House committee.

But in a letter to County Executive Steve Stenger dated Sunday, NAACP chapter president Esther Haywood requested a bipartisan group investigate and make recommendations for improvement.

WICHITA, Kan. (AP) — Officials have removed aircraft from a Kansas military base to prevent them from being damaged during expected heavy storms.

McConnell Air Force Base spokesman Colby Hardin says the aircraft are being sent to Fairchild Air Force Base in Spokane, Washington, and Grand Forks Air Force Base in North Dakota.

The Storm Prediction Center in Norman, Oklahoma, is forecasting severe storms with the possibility of tornadoes and large hail Tuesday, including in the Wichita area. McConnell is about 9 mile southeast of Wichita.

The aircraft and support personnel will return when conditions are safe. The air base was open for business Tuesday.

McConnell currently houses mostly 1950s-era KC-135 refueling tanks. That fleet is being replaced by new KC-46A tankers, which are scheduled to begin arriving next year.