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Crime
Assistant city police chief gets $162K to settle discrimination lawsuit
ST. LOUIS (AP) — The city of St. Louis will pay a St. Louis assistant police chief nearly $162,000 to…
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Politics
Parson is wary of one-time tax credit bill, he says
JEFFERSON CITY (AP) — Missouri Gov. Mike Parson is concerned about a one-time tax credit bill awaiting his approval, he…
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Coronavirus
FDA clears COVID booster shot for healthy children ages 5-11
U.S. regulators have authorized a COVID-19 booster shot for healthy 5- to 11-year-olds, hoping an extra vaccine dose will enhance…
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Politics
Missouri renews call for national convention on term limits
JEFFERSON CITY (AP) — The GOP-led Missouri Legislature renewed on Tuesday a call for a national convention to add congressional…
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Health
Parents hunting for baby formula as shortage spans U.S.
(AP) — Parents across the U.S. are scrambling to find baby formula as supply disruptions and a massive safety recall…
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News
Missouri House passes new congressional redistricting plan
JEFFERSON CITY (AP) — With time running short, the Missouri House passed on Monday a newly proposed map for the…
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News
St. Louis seeking to boost population with Afghan refugees
ST. LOUIS (AP) — Inamullah Niazai sits on the front porch step of his red-brick St. Louis home and smiles…
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Religion
Pope decries divisions caused by old-school liturgy fans
ROME (AP) — Pope Francis on Saturday blasted Catholics who, hewing to old-school versions of liturgy such as the Latin…
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Crime
Grand jurors label Gardner’s actions ‘reprehensible’
ST. LOUIS (AP) — Members of a grand jury that indicted an investigator in the criminal case against former Missouri…
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Politics
Missouri Senate on track to pass voter photo ID requirement
JEFFERSON CITY (AP) — Missouri senators took another step toward requiring photo identification at the polls as the deadline for…
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News
VP Harris blasts draft Supreme Court decision
WASHINGTON — Vice President Kamala Harris is blasting the draft U.S. Supreme Court decision that would overturn federal abortion rights.…
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Health
Supreme Court draft suggests Roe v. Wade could be overturned
WASHINGTON (AP) — A draft opinion suggests the U.S. Supreme Court could be poised to overturn the landmark 1973 Roe…
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Health
Pediatricians group moves to abandon race-based guidance
For years, pediatricians have followed flawed guidelines linking race to risks for urinary infections and newborn jaundice. In a new…
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Religion
Black catholic nuns have compelling, long-overlooked history
Even as a young adult, Shannen Dee Williams – who grew up Black and Catholic in Memphis, Tenn. – knew…
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Coronavirus
CDC estimates 3 in 4 children have had coronavirus infections
Three out of every four U.S. children have been infected with the coronavirus and more than half of all Americans…
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Coronavirus
CDC launches new forecasting center for infectious diseases
A new U.S. government center aims to become the National Weather Service for infectious diseases — an early warning system…
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Business
Small businesses face IRS delays on top of tax headaches, pandemic woes
NEW YORK (AP) — Small businesses that have been buffeted by the pandemic, inflation and shipping woes have another challenge…
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Business
Natural gas pipeline’s future in doubt after SCOTUS rejection
The U.S. Supreme Court declined on Monday to hear Spire Inc.’s appeal of a lower court’s decision that could close…
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Business
Efforts to make protective medical gear in U.S. falling flat
UNIVERSITY CITY (AP) — When the coronavirus pandemic first hit the U.S., sales of window coverings at Halcyon Shades quickly…
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Crime
Murder, robbery charges dismissed for lack of data; circuit attorney’s office blames federal agency
ST. LOUIS (AP) — A St. Louis judge dismissed on Wednesday murder and robbery charges against two women because the…
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News
National Urban League finds State of Black America is grim
ATLANTA (AP) — The National Urban League released its annual report on the State of Black America on Tuesday, and its findings…
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Politics
Missouri House GOP pitches $500 tax breaks for individuals
COLUMBIA, Mo. (AP) — Missouri residents who file income taxes would be eligible for a $500 tax credit under a…
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Business
St. Louis man gets 10 years in prison for coronavirus aid fraud scheme
ST. LOUIS (AP) — A St. Louis man with a long history of stealing and fraud convictions was sentenced Tuesday…
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Crime
Missouri trio gets jail for roles in Capitol insurrection
ST. LOUIS (AP) — A federal judge in Washington sentenced on Monday two men and a woman from Missouri to…
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Politics
Sotomayor visits Washington U.; sees good in colleagues despite differences, she says
ST. LOUIS (AP) — Supreme Court Justice Sonia Sotomayor said Tuesday that even though her views often differ from her…
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Politics
State Sen. Roberts to challenge Cori Bush in 1st District primary
ST. LOUIS (AP) — Democratic U.S. Rep. Cori Bush is now facing a challenge from a state senator from St.…
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Coronavirus
Second COVID boosters now open to people 50 and up, others at risk
Americans 50 and older can get a second COVID-19 booster if it’s been at least four months since their last…
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Religion
All-year Daylight Saving Time push threatens Jews’ morning prayer
American Jews say they were blindsided by the U.S. Senate’s lightning-fast passage of a bill to make daylight saving time…
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Religion
Pope’s peace prayer for Ukraine recalls Fatima prophecy
ROME (AP) — Pope Francis prayed for peace in Ukraine in a ceremony Friday that harked back to a century-old…
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Health
U.S. adult smoking rate fell during first year of pandemic
NEW YORK (AP) — The first year of the COVID-19 pandemic saw more Americans drinking heavily or using illicit drugs…
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