Social issues are a priority for cardinal-to-be Wilton Gregory
Washington Archbishop Wilton Gregory, soon to become the Roman Catholic Church’s first Black cardinal from the United States, hopes the…
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Black churches have been getting ‘souls to the polls’ for more than 60 years
At Black churches up and down the U.S., religious slogans have been supplanted with another message in the runup to…
Expert turns back time with work on vintage clocks
This weekend, those who turn analog clocks back to Standard Time for the winter may think themselves old-fashioned. Fancy that!…
Moonlight and masks to keep Halloween cool this year
ST. LOUIS – Halloween 2020 promises a nip in the air, clouds trailing across a full moon, and the usual…
Newborn at Zoo is healthy chimpanzee after mother’s 2019 loss
FOREST PARK – The St. Louis Zoo has a new resident: a female chimpanzee born about 3:30 a.m. Wednesday at…
Arch invites public to help celebrate 55th birthday
DOWNTOWN – Happy Birthday to the Gateway Arch! Wednesday marks the 55th year since construction was completed on the iconic…
Firewood will be free for the taking at three city parks
CITY HALL – The warmth, light, cheerful crackle and woodsy scent of burning logs bring comfort on a dark winter’s…
Archbishop Gregory’s rise marks a historic moment
WASHINGTON (AP) — Wilton Gregory, once bishop of the Belleville archdiocese and later archbishop for the Atlanta and Washington areas,…
Barrett confirmed as Supreme Court justice in partisan vote
WASHINGTON (AP) — Amy Coney Barrett was confirmed to the Supreme Court late Monday by a deeply divided Senate, Republicans overpowering Democrats…
Missouri virus hospitalizations rising as data problem fixed
JEFFERSON CITY (AP) — A data-entry problem that skewed hospitalization numbers in Missouri for more than a week was fixed…
Stressed freshmen missing quintessential college experience
It’s a major life milestone, the first time many U.S. teens have ever been on their own. Even in normal…
Trump aide says ‘we’re not going to control the pandemic’
LONDONDERRY, N.H. (AP) — The coronavirus has reached into the heart of the White House once more, less than a…
400 years on, Mayflower’s legacy is mix of achievement, injustice
PLYMOUTH, Mass. (AP) — Four centuries after white Europeans stepped off the Mayflower and onto America’s shores, some descendants of…
Cuts in unemployment staff left Missouri unready for COVID-19 surge
ST. LOUIS (AP) — The Missouri agency that handles unemployment claims saw its staffing slashed by nearly 40% in recent…
As Trump casts doubt on election, new agency contradicts him
WASHINGTON (AP) — Earlier this month, President Donald Trump was predicting on Twitter that this election would be “the most…
Hospitalization data flawed in Missouri, perhaps elsewhere
(AP) — With the number of coronavirus patients requiring hospitalization rising at alarming levels, Missouri and perhaps a handful of…