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50-year war on drugs imprisoned millions of Black Americans
Landscaping was hardly his lifelong dream. As a teenager, Alton Lucas believed basketball or music would pluck him out of…
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Health official calls COVID vaccine falsehoods ‘a bunch of baloney’
Missouri Gov. Mike Parson’s top adviser on COVID-19 is lashing out at vaccine falsehoods on social media, adding to the…
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Church leaders across state implore congregants: Get vaccinated
(AP) — As lead pastor of one of Missouri’s largest churches, Jeremy Johnson has heard all the reasons congregants don’t…
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St. Louis city and county to require masks again in some places
(AP) — St. Louis city and county officials say they will again require masks in some public places starting Monday,…
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Educational pioneer Dr. Henry Givens Jr. dies at 90
ST. LOUIS – When Dr. Henry Givens Jr. became president of Harris-Stowe Teachers College in 1979, many thought his main…
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Missouri DNR calls allegations it committed civil rights violations ‘unsubstantiated’
Missouri’s Department of Natural Resources called claims that it violated residents’ civil rights “unsubstantiated and conclusory” even as it quietly addressed several…
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Missouri Supreme Court validates voter-approved Medicaid expansion
Missouri must expand Medicaid to 275,000 eligible people who were expecting coverage under a constitutional amendment that took effect July 1, the…
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Children need their own clinical trials for a COVID-19 vaccine
Now that two-thirds of all adults in the United States have received at least one dose of a SARS-CoV-2 vaccine as of…
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Parson announces vaccine incentive lottery with $10,000 prizes
In a bid to increase vaccination rates to combat the Delta variant’s growing spread, Gov. Mike Parson announced Wednesday an…
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Federal appeals court will review decision in Missouri abortion ban lawsuit
In a move long-time legal observers say is unusual, the Eighth U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals will, on its own motion, review a…
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Jones reflects on successes, challenges of first 100 days as mayor
It’s been nearly 100 days since St. Louis Mayor Tishaura Jones stood on the white marble staircase of City Hall’s…
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Can Biden’s plan to remove urban highways improve cities’ health?
Mandela Parkway, a four-lane boulevard enhanced by a median with trees and a curving footpath, stretches along a 24-block section…
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Jobs and community resource fair will be held in Greater Ville
ST. LOUIS – More than 60 employers looking to hire will be at a fair in the Greater Ville on…
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State officials urge CDC to waive $25 limit for vaccine incentives
Missouri requested Friday that the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention reconsider its rejection of the state’s vaccine incentive plan.…
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Take recycling to drop-off sites, city asks residents
ST. LOUIS – The city is asking people to gather up their recyclable items and take them to collection sites,…
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Betty Thompson, Hazel Erby were matriarchs of Black politics in St. Louis
The neighborhood children would affectionately call them “Mama Erby” and “Mama Thompson.” For decades, Former St. Louis County Councilwoman Hazel…
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Belleville bishop talks of Catholic church’s ‘racial divide’
BELLEVILLE, Ill. (AP) — The Most Rev. Edward K. Braxton, one of the few African American bishops in the Roman…
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Missouri reports 1,771 newly confirmed COVID-19 cases
ST. LOUIS (AP) — The summer surge in COVID-19 cases continued Saturday in Missouri, with the state health department reporting…
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SLPS student wins top honors in global robotics competition
ST. LOUIS – Gateway STEM High School student Obike Anwisye has been selected as a 2021 FIRST Robotics Competition Dean’s List Award…
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$168 million for COVID-19 relief stalls over wording
CITY HALL – Two key city officials failed to reach agreement Friday on changes that would have allowed distribution of…
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Ex-SLMPD officer gets probation in colleague’s beating
ST. LOUIS (AP) — A former St. Louis police officer has been sentenced to three years of probation for her…
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Many in Missouri, Kansas are at risk from lead pipes, report finds
People in Missouri and Kansas risk lead exposure from their drinking water at greater rates than almost any other state,…
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New school voucher law offers tax credits to donors for private education
COLUMBIA, Mo. (AP) — Missouri students could have access as soon as next year to scholarships for private schools through…
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Bipartisan push seeks to expand veterans’ free access to national parks
WASHINGTON — The U.S. House Natural Resources Committee held a hearing Tuesday on bipartisan legislation that would give veterans and…
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Biden calls for concerted effort to fight assaults on voting rights
PHILADELPHIA — Returning to the state that handed him the White House, President Joe Biden made a passionate plea Tuesday for Americans…
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Fate of Missouri Medicaid expansion in hands of state Supreme Court
After an eight-year fight over Medicaid expansion, the arguments are over. The question of whether 275,000 people will receive state-paid health care…
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Ex-St. Louis officer sentenced in beating of undercover colleague
ST. LOUIS (AP) — A former St. Louis police officer was sentenced Tuesday to more than four years in prison…
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Missouri hospital opens sixth virus ward as variant rages
SPRINGFIELD, Mo. (AP) — A hospital in Springfield has opened its sixth COVID-19 ward as the delta virus variant rages…
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Direct payments, homeless encampments spark controversy
CITY HALL – The issues of $5 million in direct payments to individuals and of encampments for the homeless brought…
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Pfizer to discuss vaccine booster with U.S. officials
WASHINGTON (AP) — Pfizer says it plans to meet with top U.S. health officials Monday to discuss the drugmaker’s request…
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