WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court sounded skeptical Monday that President Donald Trump could categorically exclude people living in the country illegally from the population count used to allot seats…
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Hospitals scramble to transfer patients for care
ST. LOUIS (AP) — Small rural hospitals in Kansas and Missouri are increasingly spending hours searching for facilities they can transfer patients to because they are struggling to cope with the…
China beat virus with science, public health priorities
People in China are able to move around freely right now. as COVID-19 ravages the United States. Americans may believe that the Chinese are able to enjoy this freedom in…
Fauci warns of 'surge upon surge' of virus
The nation’s top infectious disease expert said Sunday that the U.S. may see “surge upon a surge” of the coronavirus over the coming weeks, and he does not expect current…
Pope Francis' book explores George Floyd, virus skeptics
ROME (AP) — Pope Francis is supporting demands for racial justice in the wake of the U.S. police killing of George Floyd and is blasting COVID-19 skeptics and the media…
Wilton Gregory becomes first Black American Catholic cardinal
Wilton Gregory, archbishop of Washington and once the bishop of the Belleville diocese, is now the first African-American Catholic cardinal. Pope Francis raised 13 new cardinals to the highest rank…
New rule could allow gas, firing squads for executions
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Justice Department is quietly amending its execution protocols, no longer requiring federal death sentences to be carried out by lethal injection and clearing the way to…
Trump says he'll leave if Electoral College seats Biden
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump said Thursday that he would leave the White House if the Electoral College formalized President-elect Joe Biden’s victory — even as Trump insisted such…
More Missouri counties require masks
ST. LOUIS (AP) — More Missouri counties are adding mask orders as virus cases and hospitalizations surge. Among them is Jefferson County, which approved a mask order on Wednesday, the…
At home for the holidays, help block COVID-19
No over the river and through the woods to grandmother’s condo. No flying to a beach gathering with the family you choose. Americans are celebrating the first Thanksgiving in the…
Death penalty not on table for two Sweetie Pie's suspects
ST. LOUIS (AP) — Federal prosecutors said Wednesday they won’t seek the death penalty against two people tied to the 2016 killing of a man whose grandmother’s St. Louis-area soul…
Holiday shoppers go for grownup Play-Doh, pet toys, stores that ship
NEW YORK (AP) — The pandemic is turning this into a holiday shopping season like no other. Toy companies are targeting stuck-at-home grown-ups with latte-smelling Play-Doh and Legos that turn…