FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. (AP) — Four U.S. states — Arizona, California, Florida and Texas — reported a combined 25,000 new confirmed coronavirus cases Thursday as the infection curve rose in…
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Black activists plan virtual national convention in August
NEW YORK (AP) — Spurred by broad public support for the Black Lives Matter movement, thousands of Black activists from across the U.S. will hold a virtual convention in August…
Masks will now be mandatory in city, county
ST. LOUIS – Wear a mask! That’s an upcoming order in St. Louis and St. Louis County, to fight the spread of the COVID-19 coronavirus. As of 7 a.m. Friday,…
Confederate flag losing prominence 155 years after Civil War
BIRMINGHAM, Ala. (AP) — Long a symbol of pride to some and hatred to others, the Confederate battle flag is losing its place of official prominence 155 years after rebellious…
Missouri high court orders state to pay Planned Parenthood
COLUMBIA, Mo. (AP) — The Missouri Supreme Court ruled Tuesday that lawmakers violated the state constitution when they tried to end all government funding of Planned Parenthood. The 6-1 ruling…
Top court strikes down Louisiana abortion law; critics blast ruling
NEW YORK (AP) — Abortion opponents vented their disappointment and fury on Monday after the Supreme Court issued a 5-4 decision to strike down a Louisiana law that would have…
Black candidates push race debate into GOP-held districts
COLUMBUS, Ind. (AP) — It was a scene Jeannine Lee Lake never would have imagined when she first ran against Greg Pence, Vice President Mike Pence’s brother, for a rural…
1,000 federal jobs will boost Downtown activity, energy
CITY HALL – A deal with the federal government will enable about 1,000 U.S. Department of Agriculture workers to stay within St. Louis, city officials announced this week. The workers…
Missouri health officials replacing outdated computer system
JEFFERSON CITY (AP) — It took a global pandemic to convince Missouri health officials to abandon a more than two-decade-old, homemade computer system used for tracking disease outbreaks. And, even…
Young novice protest leaders help drive U.S. wave of dissent
Before George Floyd stopped pleading for air beneath a police officer’s knee, 19-year-old Weidmayer Pierre was planning to work at Wal-Mart during his summer break from Palm Beach State College.…
Rapper Huey killed in shooting in Kinloch
KINLOCH (AP) — A St. Louis rapper who went by the stage name Huey was killed in a shooting that also wounded another man, authorities say. St. Louis County police…
City's Black population continues to decline
ST. LOUIS (AP) — New census estimates show that St. Louis is continuing to lose Black residents while the white population holds steady. The St. Louis Post-Dispatch reported that estimates…