ST. LOUIS – Schools hoping to reopen soon for the fall semester even as the COVID-19 coronavirus pandemic continues have their assignment: “Establish and maintain safe and healthy environments for…
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Two city employees allege assault by protesters
ST. LOUIS (AP) — St. Louis police are investigating after two city employees said they were attacked early Thursday by people involved in a protest outside City Hall. A statement…
St. Louis takes new look at surveillance planes to fight crime
(AP) — With 2020 shaping to be an especially violent year in one of the nation’s most violent cities, St. Louis leaders are considering a new tool — surveillance planes…
Monuments and statues are falling; now what?
TIERRA AMARILLA, N.M. (AP) — The dusty town of Tierra Amarilla perches in the shadows of the Sangre de Cristo Mountains. Here, five decades ago, this poor northern New Mexico…
'Strike for Black Lives' to highlight racism
NEW YORK (AP) — A national coalition of labor unions, along with racial and social justice organizations, will stage a mass walkout from work this month, as part of an…
St. Louis name change? Not happening, governor tells Trump
ST. LOUIS (AP) — Despite some calls to change the name of St. Louis, Missouri’s governor has told President Donald Trump that it’s not going to happen. The issue came…
Trump stokes racial rancor to motivate voters
NEW YORK (AP) — President Donald Trump is wielding America’s racial tension as a re-election weapon, fiercely denouncing the racial justice movement on a near-daily basis with language stoking white…
Summer camp virus outbreak raises safety questions
Missouri leaders knew the risk of convening thousands of children at summer camps across the state during a pandemic, the state’s top health official said, and insisted that camp organizers…
Missouri officials cite reporting delay as virus cases spike
JEFFERSON CITY (AP) — Missouri reported Tuesday the state’s highest daily increase in confirmed cases of the coronavirus, which health officials said was partly due to delayed reporting because of…
McConnell eyes virus aid as evictions, benefits cuts loom
WASHINGTON (AP) — An eviction moratorium is lifting. Extra unemployment benefits are ending. Parents are being called to work, but schools are struggling to reopen for fall as the COVID-19 crisis shows…
Facebook groups pivot to attacks on Black Lives Matter
CHICAGO (AP) — A loose network of Facebook groups that took root across the country in April to organize protests over coronavirus stay-at-home orders has become a hub of misinformation…
'Lift Every Voice and Sing' ignites hope
LOS ANGELES (AP) — The Black national anthem was born more than a century ago, but the popular hymn among African Americans called “Lift Every Voice and Sing” has resurrected…