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Politics

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Lawmaker urges Parson to finally appoint cybersecurity commission

A day after Missouri Gov. Mike Parson garnered national criticism for his push to prosecute a newspaper reporter who discovered a security…
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News

Staff7 days ago
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Second Amendment case now before Supreme Court could topple gun restrictions

The stakes in one of the most significant Second Amendment cases in U.S. history are high. The Supreme Court’s ruling…
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Religion

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Cherry-picking Bible verses has been done for centuries, before anti-vaxers

A devout evangelical Christian recently texted to explain why he was not getting the COVID-19 vaccine. “Jesus went around healing…
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Opinion

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Opinion: Being good stewards of Missouri lakes and rivers

Missouri’s waterways are some of our state’s greatest features. How many of us have spent part of the summer at…
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Coronavirus

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Four trends in public school enrollment due to COVID-19

When schools began the fall semester of 2020 – six months after the World Health Organization declared COVID-19 a pandemic – many…
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News

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City launches SiLVERS electric vehicle shuttle program for older adults

ST. LOUIS – Older city residents have a new way to get where they need to go: an electric vehicle…
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News

Staff2 weeks ago
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U.S. Supreme Court gets set to address abortion, guns and religion

The Supreme Court begins its annual term on Oct. 4, 2021, with a packed agenda highlighted by three claims of…
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Police Accountability

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Guns, pandemic, police use of force helped fuel 2020 homicide spike

Homicides in the U.S. spiked by almost 30% in 2020. That was the main takeaway from figures released on Sept. 27, 2021, by…
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Opinion

Staff3 weeks ago
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The checkup is in the mail? Letter carriers could help deliver health care

Two of America’s toughest problems can be tempered with one solution. The baby boom generation is graying, creating an ever-larger…
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Opinion

Staff3 weeks ago
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Opinion: Grievance envy discounts the oppressed while denying them justice

For decades, people have used the phrase “playing the race card” to shut down conversations about our nation’s racial caste…
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Opinion

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Opinion: Can you identify national values that unite us as Americans?

Just weeks ago, we paused to remember those who lost their lives on Sept. 11, 2001, as the unthinkable happened: America was…
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Opinion

Staff4 weeks ago
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Opinion: ‘Mild’ breakthrough case of COVID-19 can be unpleasant surprise

The test results that hot day in early August shouldn’t have surprised me — all the symptoms were there. A…
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Business

Staff4 weeks ago
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Climate change, food scarcity demand ‘transformation,’ economist warns

A challenging combination of food scarcity and climate change-related threats to agriculture are driving calls for a “transformation” in food…
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Police Accountability

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St. Louis professor has waged long crusade to end abuse from ‘wandering cops’

Professor Roger Goldman’s crusade against “wandering cops” began 41 years ago, when two bullets from Joseph Sorbello’s revolver tore through…
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Opinion

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Opinion: What was it all for? Looking back on military service in Afghanistan

I can still taste the sand, feel the heat on my skin. We were told to smell our water before…
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Health

Staff4 weeks ago
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Putting on pandemic pounds: State obesity rates hit all-time highs

WASHINGTON — The number of states with high obesity among residents has nearly doubled since 2018, according to new data Wednesday from…
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Opinion

Staff4 weeks ago
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Opinion: If vigilante justice spreads, who will be the next target?

Let’s set aside our views on abortion. Instead, let’s consider one aspect of the new Texas abortion law that took…
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Education

StaffSeptember 15, 2021
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Missouri schools with lower state funding had higher rates of gun violence

Christian Rich has seen more death and violence at age15 than many experience in a lifetime. His best friend, cousin,…
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Science

StaffSeptember 14, 2021
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Arctic warming can trigger extreme cold around the globe

In February 2021, in the midst of rapidly warming global temperatures, an exceptionally severe cold wave hit large parts of North…
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Opinion

StaffSeptember 11, 2021
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Opinion: The great silence after 9/11 offers lessons for pandemic era

On the day before the 20-year observance of the Sept. 11 attacks, I want to tell you a story. Two…
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Business

StaffSeptember 10, 2021
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COVID-19 vaccines or weekly tests to be mandated for millions of workers

WASHINGTON — More than 80 million employees of private businesses in the U.S. will be required to get vaccinated against…
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Business

StaffSeptember 9, 2021
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Drug middlemen fight to limit pharmacies insured patients can use

In the first test of a 2020 U.S. Supreme Court ruling, drug middlemen last week argued that federal law gives…
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Health

StaffSeptember 8, 2021
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VA sending mixed messages for vets about cannabis use to treat PTSD

Despite increasing legal access to medical and recreational cannabis in states across the U.S., veterans face unfair treatment and stigmatization…
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Coronavirus

StaffSeptember 5, 2021
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Pandemic hardship is about to get even worse for millions of out-of-work Americans

Millions of unemployed Americans are set to lose pandemic-related jobless benefits after Labor Day – just as surging cases of…
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Business

StaffSeptember 4, 2021
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Concert venues bank on proof of vaccination, negative COVID tests to woo back fans

MARYLAND HEIGHTS — Fans of the band Wilco could have reasonably interpreted frontman Jeff Tweedy singing “I Am Trying to…
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Business

StaffSeptember 3, 2021
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Purdue opioid settlement could help expose roots of drug crisis

There’s a long history of U.S. courts’ being called upon to fix large-scale public health crises. Lawyers and judges, for…
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Health

StaffSeptember 1, 2021
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Expert on infectious diseases to be city’s new health director

ST. LOUIS – Infectious disease expert Dr. Matifadza Hlatshwayo Davis is the new director of St. Louis’ Department of Health. …
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Business

StaffSeptember 1, 2021
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Lack of vaccine mandate gives some hospitals competitive edge in staffing wars

In the rural northeastern corner of Missouri, Scotland County Hospital has been so low on staff that it sometimes had…
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Education

StaffSeptember 1, 2021
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Federal Pell Grant program will now help prisoners work on college degrees

WASHINGTON — Prison inmates around the U.S. are getting the chance to do something that was almost unheard of a…
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Education

StaffAugust 30, 2021
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What Missouri learned the hard way about rapid COVID testing in schools

Early in the tumultuous 2020-21 school year, Missouri officials made a big gamble: set aside roughly 1 million rapid COVID…
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