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Coronavirus
Some aren’t ready to give up masks despite new CDC guidance
Like more than 120 million other Americans, Jan Massie is fully vaccinated against COVID-19 and can pretty much give up…
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Page, Jones announce relaxed COVID-19 guidelines
CITY HALL – The day after the federal government significantly eased mask guidelines, county and city officials announced they were…
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News
Public Library expands hours, time for patrons
ST. LOUIS – The city’s public library system is finally able to expand its hours and services, after having to…
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Politics
Emergency health rules for businesses would be barred under Missouri House vote
COLUMBIA, Mo. (AP) — The Missouri House voted Tuesday in favor of barring state and local officials from putting any…
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County, city announce eased COVID-19 health rules
CLAYTON – In a significant loosening of COVID-19 health guidelines, St. Louis nd St. Louis County are lifting their capacity…
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Many Americans can now go outside without a mask, CDC says
NEW YORK (AP) — The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention eased its guidelines Tuesday on the wearing of masks…
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Average new U.S. virus cases drop below 100,000
ATLANTA (AP) — Average daily new coronavirus cases in the United States dipped below 100,000 in recent days for the…
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City clamps down on bars cited for flouting COVID-19 rules
ST. LOUIS – The city is cracking down on establishments accused of violating restrictions aimed at slowing the spread of…
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COVID cases force shutdown of Missouri House
The Missouri House of Representatives will not meet next week because of an outbreak of COVID-19 in the Capitol Building,…
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Coronavirus
COVID fear grows in Capitol as lawmakers test positive
WASHINGTON (AP) — Within a span of about 24 hours, three House Democrats have announced they tested positive for COVID-19,…
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News
Get lost, 2020: Some things to leave behind
NEW YORK (AP) — Zoom, Zoom and Zoom. Masks, masks and masks. Sourdough starter and short-order cooking. In these “troubled…
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Coronavirus
Tech-averse Missouri Senate makes changes because of virus
JEFFERSON CITY (AP) — Missouri’s tradition-bound Senate is installing an audio monitoring system in its committee hearing rooms so employees,…
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Business
‘Time of war’: Hospitals short of staff, ICU beds
St. Louis-area hospitals are seeing 20 patients die every day. “That is 20 people a day who won’t be going…
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Coronavirus
Why not wear a mask, save a life?
I volunteered to work on Election Day in Cole County, and took training as an election judge. At 54, I’m…
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Coronavirus
Trump lawyer Giuliani hospitalized with coronavirus
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump said Sunday that his personal attorney Rudy Giuliani had tested positive for the coronavirus,…
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Business
Krewson leans against tightening occupancy for restaurants, bars
CITY HALL – Mayor Lyda Krewson is pondering a recommendation by a city health advisory panel that the allowable occupancy…
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Coronavirus
Hospital workers beg public to help stop virus’ spread
ST. LOUIS – Health professionals spoke out Friday at the daily press briefing of the St. Louis Metropolitan Pandemic Task…
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Coronavirus
CDC pleads with Americans to avoid Thanksgiving travel
NEW YORK (AP) — With the coronavirus surging out of control, the nation’s top public health agency pleaded with Americans…
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Coronavirus
State of emergency extended as virus hits Missouri hospitals
COLUMBIA, Mo. (AP) — Gov. Mike Parson, a Republican, has extended Missouri’s state of emergency through next March as hospitals…
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Coronavirus
Mask mandates cut virus’ spread here, SLU study shows
ST. LOUIS (AP) — Mask mandates in St. Louis and St. Louis County slowed the spread of the coronavirus this…
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Coronavirus
GOP Missouri lawmakers test positive for virus, delay work
COLUMBIA, Mo. (AP) — Republican leaders in the Missouri Senate postponed work on coronavirus aid funding Monday after numerous senators…
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Coronavirus
Surging virus cases get a shrug in many Midwestern towns
ELMWOOD, Neb. (AP) — Danny Rice has a good sense of how dangerous the coronavirus can be. What puzzles him…
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Coronavirus
Missouri reports record COVID-19 hospitalizations
ST. LOUIS (AP) — Missouri health officials reported on Saturday the state’s biggest one-day increase in COVID-19 cases amid record…
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Educators balk at Parson’s push to ease school quarantines
(AP) — Gov. Mike Parson announced on Thursday new guidance aimed at keeping more children, teachers and staff in school,…
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U.S. hits record COVID-19 hospitalizations
NEW YORK (AP) — The U.S. hit a record number of coronavirus hospitalizations Tuesday and surpassed 1 million new confirmed…
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Coronavirus surge may bring new restrictions here
(AP) — Leaders of St. Louis city and county warned Monday that new restrictions may be necessary unless the coronavirus…
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Coronavirus
One week in an America riven by politics and the plague
On Nov. 1, as election week dawned, Dr. Juan Fitz lay dying in the same Lubbock, Texas, hospital where he…
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Coronavirus
St. Charles County election judge worked despite COVID-19, later died
(AP) — An election official in St. Charles County who worked at a polling place on Election Day despite a…
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Featured
St. Louisans OK nonpartisan elections as Wagner, Parson, Trump carry Missouri
ST. LOUIS (AP) — Starting with the primary election in March, St. Louis voters will pick their mayor and other…
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Coronavirus
Virus claims Missouri boy, 13; hospital CEOs raise concerns
(AP) — Missouri hospital leaders are raising alarms about bed capacity as coronavirus cases continue to spike, with some urging…
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