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Doctors fear vague emergency exception to Missouri abortion ban puts patients at risk
Some Missouri medical providers are fearful that patients with high-risk pregnancies will face delayed care in life-threatening situations because doctors…
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Some medical debt is being removed from credit reports
Help has arrived for many people with medical debt on their credit reports. Starting Friday, the three major U.S. credit…
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COVID visitor restrictions curbed under new Missouri laws ensuring access to patients
Borne out of frustrations over health care facilities’ visitor restrictions during the pandemic, a pair of bills signed by Gov.…
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Charter schools will get millions in state funds, not from traditional public schools’ budgets
Gov. Mike Parson has signed into law a bill to infuse more than $60 million in state funding into charter…
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High court rules for inmates seeking reduced prison terms
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court has made it easier for certain prison inmates to seek shorter sentences under a bipartisan…
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U.S. grapples with whether to modify COVID vaccine for fall
U.S. health authorities are facing a critical decision: whether to offer new COVID-19 booster shots this fall that are modified…
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Ameren Missouri to add more renewable energy — and fracked gas — in updated plan
Ameren Missouri plans to add more renewable energy and speed its transition to net-zero carbon emissions, the company announced Thursday. But…
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Biden signs landmark gun measure, says ‘lives will be saved’
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden signed on Saturday the most sweeping gun violence bill in decades, a bipartisan compromise that…
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Amazon’s Alexa could soon mimic voices of dead relatives
Amazon’s Alexa might soon replicate the voice of family members – even if they’re dead. The capability, presented at Amazon’s…
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Sheena Greitens documented abuse allegations against ex-husband in 2018
It was 10 days since her husband, Eric Greitens, resigned as governor and Sheena Greitens was terrified. In that period, she wrote…
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U.S. Supreme Court overturns right to abortion in landmark decision
WASHINGTON — The U.S. Supreme Court on Friday overturned the 1973 Roe v. Wade ruling that established abortion as a constitutional right.…
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Greitens’ ‘RINO-hunting’ video incited threats to his ex-wife, her lawyer says
COLUMBIA, Mo. — Sheena Greitens’ attorney asked a judge Thursday to direct her ex-husband Eric Greitens to issue a public…
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Title IX turns 50; men, women split on equity gains
Title IX of the Civil Rights Act was signed into law on June 23, 1972, by President Richard M. Nixon. Ask a…
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U.S. Senate moves forward on gun safety legislation
WASHINGTON — The U.S. Senate is poised to pass a bipartisan bill later this week that could become the most…
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Officials find first probable case of monkeypox in Missouri
KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — Health officials say they’ve identified what is likely to be the first case of monkeypox…
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Greitens ad touts ‘hunting permit’ for GOP rivals in Missouri U.S Senate race
In a video posted Monday of a fake no-knock home raid, former Gov. Eric Greitens — flanked by extras in body armor,…
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#ChurchToo revelations growing, years after movement began
You might call it #ChurchToo 2.0: a withering report on sexual abuse and cover-up in the Southern Baptist Convention, the largest Protestant…
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Mobile food pantry expands free food program at 5 Metro Transit centers
ST. LOUIS – Metro Transit and the St. Louis Area Foodbank are expanding the free Food on the Move program…
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If Roe falls, some district attorneys won’t enforce anti-abortion laws
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — As the Supreme Court appears on track to overturn the constitutional right to abortion, progressive prosecutors…
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Judge rules against Schmitt in Columbia schools mask case
Attorney General Eric Schmitt lost on Thursday on almost every point raised to prevent dismissal of his office’s lawsuit against Columbia Public…
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FDA outside advisers recommend Pfizer, Moderna COVID vaccines for children under 5
WASHINGTON — Parents of children under 5 are one step closer to protecting them against COVID-19 after the U.S. Food…
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Lesser-known candidates struggle for spotlight in Missouri Senate primaries
ou know Eric and Eric and David and Billy, Mark and Lucas and Trudy and Vicky. But do you recall…
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Compromise on eminent domain gets Parson’s OK after efforts to stymie Grain Belt Express
Gov. Mike Parson has signed legislation requiring electrical transmission line developers to pay farmers more for easements on their land. Parson, a Republican, was…
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Mortality gap is widening across the political aisle
Politics may be a matter of life or death. A study published June 7 by the British Medical Journal examined mortality rates…
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Pope establishes, staffs new committee to guide Vatican’s future investments
VATICAN CITY (AP) — Pope Francis announced the first appointments Tuesday under his newly reformed Vatican bureaucracy, tapping a trusted…
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Legal aid agencies receive $126M windfall from Johnson & Johnson talc liability judgment
A fund Missouri legislators set up 20 years ago to provide low-income residents with civil legal services received an unprecedented…
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U.S. House passes ‘red flag’ gun control bill with only five Republicans in support
WASHINGTON — The U.S. House on Thursday passed a “red flag” gun control bill that would allow federal courts to…
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30 cases in a month: Abortion, guns top justices’ to-do list
WASHINGTON (AP) — Curbing abortion rights and expanding the right to be armed in public are long-sought goals of the conservative legal movement that…
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First Jan. 6 hearing to reveal new evidence of Trump conspiracy, panel aides say
The U.S. House committee investigating the Jan. 6, 202,1 attack on the Capitol will use its first public hearing to…
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Appeals court finds Greitens’ use of self-destructing text message app wasn’t illegal
Though the use of self-destructing text-messaging apps has the practical effect of “side-stepping the reach of Missouri’s Sunshine Law,” their…
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