CITY HALL – After holding steady for a few weeks, coronavirus numbers are back on the rise in St. Louis. Right now, the city’s numbers “still look decent, but they…
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Trump goes after Fauci, tries to buck up campaign team
PRESCOTT, Ariz. (AP) — President Donald Trump came out swinging Monday at Dr. Anthony Fauci, at the press and at polls that show him trailing Democrat Joe Biden in key…
Twitter blocks tweet from Trump adviser downplaying masks
NEW YORK (AP) — Twitter blocked on Sunday a post from an adviser to President Donald Trump who suggested that masks do not work to stop the spread of the…
Rural Midwest hospitals struggling to handle virus surge
WESSINGTON SPRINGS, S.D. (AP) — Rural Jerauld County in South Dakota didn’t see a single case of the coronavirus for more than two months stretching from June to August. But…
Fact-checking shows Trump's unique view of pandemic, other issues
WASHINGTON (AP) — “I believe we’re rounding the corner.” “We’re a winner on the excess mortality.” “We have the vaccines coming and we have the therapies coming.” “We have done…
Missouri hospitalizations at new high, positivity rate up
(AP) — The number of people hospitalized for the coronavirus in Missouri reached another record Thursday, and the seven-day average positivity rate was more than triple the benchmark suggested by…
Trump takes drive outside hospital to wave to fans; doctor calls move 'insanity'
BETHESDA, Md. (AP) — Two days after being hospitalized with COVID-19, President Donald Trump declared, “I get it,” in a message to the nation Sunday before briefly leaving the hospital…
Parson tests positive for COVID-19
JEFFERSON CITY (AP) — Missouri Gov. Mike Parson, a Republican who has steadfastly refused to require residents to wear masks, has tested positive for the coronavirus, his office said Wednesday.…
CDC changes, then retracts, posting on how virus spreads
NEW YORK (AP) — The top U.S. public health agency stirred confusion by posting — and then taking down — an apparent change in its position on how easily the…
U.S. virus toll nears 200,000; Trump sees no need for regret
WASHINGTON (AP) — As the coronavirus pandemic began bearing down on the United States in March, President Donald Trump set out his expectations. If the U.S. could keep the death toll between…
Why masks are a religious issue
Seemingly everyone has an opinion on masks: when to wear them, how to wear them, which ones are best and even whether we should be wearing them at all. For…
Trump campaigns in battleground Michigan amid book fallout
FREELAND, Mich. (AP) — Amid a political crisis of his own making, President Donald Trump tried to refocus attention on the economy at a rally in Michigan Thursday as he…