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Climate change, food scarcity demand ‘transformation,’ economist warns
A challenging combination of food scarcity and climate change-related threats to agriculture are driving calls for a “transformation” in food…
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U.S. Supreme Court sets Dec. 1 oral arguments in major abortion case
WASHINGTON — The U.S. Supreme Court will hear oral arguments on Dec. 1 in a case that threatens to overturn decades…
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High staff vaccination rates help nursing homes ward off COVID
ST. LOUIS (AP) — Nursing homes in Missouri with the vast majority of staff vaccinated tend to have strikingly lower…
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Open container law diverts millions from Missouri roads
KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — Missouri’s decision to allow open containers of alcohol in vehicles forces the state to divert…
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Putting on pandemic pounds: State obesity rates hit all-time highs
WASHINGTON — The number of states with high obesity among residents has nearly doubled since 2018, according to new data Wednesday from…
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U.S. House Democrats want to expand both Medicare and Medicaid
WASHINGTON — New Medicare benefits,, such as dental care, for older Americans. An expansion of eligibility for Medicaid for low-income…
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World War II nurse leads Missouri bicentennial parade
JEFFERSON CITY (AP) — A crowd gathered Saturday in Jefferson City to celebrate the state’s bicentennial, with a World War…
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New state health director says ‘masks work’ as COVID cases rise, school in session
As the fight over mask mandates in schools continues, and the state’s attorney general wages lawsuits to block them, Missouri’s…
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Native American statue removed from Cherokee Street corner
ST. LOUIS (AP) — A statue of a Native American that served as a landmark at an intersection in the…
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St. Louis Blues to require COVID-19 vaccinations or negative test results
ST. LOUIS (AP) — The St. Louis Blues will require fans and visitors who are 12 and over to show…
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GOP Missouri lawmaker blasts Parson’s veto of funding to combat child sex abuse
Missouri Rep. Randy Pietzman nearly choked on his words as he tried Wednesday to explain why $300,000 means so much…
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Lottery reports record sales as Missouri officials push for sports wagering
The Missouri Lottery tallied records for ticket sales and transfers to education programs in the fiscal year that ended June…
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Spire STL Pipeline can keep operating for now despite court ruling on ‘self-dealing’
The embattled Spire STL Pipeline can keep operating for up to 90 days while federal regulators weigh its fate over the coming…
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Missouri to receive 1,200 Afghan evacuees from first group
KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — About 1,200 evacuees from Afghanistan are expected to settle in Missouri as part of the…
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Lawsuit alleges city corrections department is violating Missouri Sunshine Law
ST. LOUIS (AP) — A civil rights group sued the St. Louis City Department of Corrections Wednesday for allegedly violating…
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Sixth child dies of COVID in Missouri as official vows change
ST. LOUIS (AP) — Missouri’s new health czar lamented that the pandemic had become so embroiled in politics as another…
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LGBTQ history exhibit goes unmentioned by state official cited for its removal
When news broke that an LGBTQ history exhibit was suddenly and without warning removed from the Missouri Capitol, Gov. Mike Parson…
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Student removes nearly 3,000 US flags from Sept. 11 display
ST. LOUIS (AP) — A member of Washington University’s student government placed nearly 3,000 U.S. flags meant to commemorate victims…
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Study finds that SLU’s face mask policy reduced quarantines, COVID cases
Tying quarantine requirements to the Saint Louis University face mask requirement successfully reduced the number of students sent to isolation…
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Missouri lawmakers may consider copying Texas abortion law
ST. LOUIS (AP) — Missouri’s Republican-led Legislature could soon be considering legislation similar to a new Texas law that bans most…
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Town of Sikeston now at center of COVID surge in Missouri
ST. LOUIS (AP) — The epicenter of Missouri’s COVID-19 outbreak has shifted to the state’s southeast, and no place is…
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COVID-19 vaccines or weekly tests to be mandated for millions of workers
WASHINGTON — More than 80 million employees of private businesses in the U.S. will be required to get vaccinated against…
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Missouri River species recovery plan sees deep budget cuts
ST. CHARLES, Mo. (AP) — Beneath the swirling waters of the Missouri River, underwater microphones eavesdropped on fish. A boat…
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Judge orders no change – for now – in prisoner health care contractor
Work to bring a new contractor for prisoner health care services online in Missouri can continue; but the actual transition…
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Missouri Secretary of State Ashcroft wants to ban help for absentee ballot mistakes
JEFFERSON CITY (AP) — Missouri Secretary of State Jay Ashcroft, a Republican, is urging the Legislature to prohibit local election…
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Missouri launches Office of Childhood to expand services for children, families
Missouri’s new Office of Childhood officially launched Monday with a mission to transform the landscape of early childhood in the state for…
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Jobless Americans will have few options as benefits expire
NEW YORK (AP) — Millions of jobless Americans lost their unemployment benefits on Monday, leaving only a handful of economic…
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Pandemic hardship is about to get even worse for millions of out-of-work Americans
Millions of unemployed Americans are set to lose pandemic-related jobless benefits after Labor Day – just as surging cases of…
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Pre-modern Christian attitudes on marriage, reproductive rights were quite different
The U.S. Supreme Court has failed to rule on an emergency application to block SB8, a controversial Texas law that bans abortions…
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Concert venues bank on proof of vaccination, negative COVID tests to woo back fans
MARYLAND HEIGHTS — Fans of the band Wilco could have reasonably interpreted frontman Jeff Tweedy singing “I Am Trying to…
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