Census, congressional seat data unready until February
The numbers used for deciding how many congressional seats each state gets wouldn’t be ready until mid-February at the earliest,…
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Danforth among GOP figures rejecting Trump’s bid to undo defeat
WASHINGTON (AP) — Former Sen. John Danforth, a three-term U.S. senator from St. Louis, is among a growing number of…
Market Street closes over soccer stadium site
DOWNTOWN WEST – The Market Street bridge over the site of the new MLS soccer stadium closed Monday, shutting off…
Pharmacist mistrusted, ruined vaccine, prosecutor says
MADISON, Wis. (AP) — A pharmacist in Wisconsin who was convinced the world was “crashing down” told police he tried…
Minority-owned companies waited months for loans
NEW YORK (AP) — Thousands of minority-owned small businesses were at the end of the line in the government’s coronavirus…
Senate race thrusts ‘Black America’s church’ into spotlight
ATLANTA (AP) — For decades, the red-bricked Gothic Revival church where the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. once preached…
Tornado damage risk tosses St. Louis into FEMA’s top ten dangerous places
St. Louis is one of the nation’s top 10 riskiest places when it comes to damage from natural disasters, the…
Local officials hope, worry as virus strains health system
ST. LOUIS – Officials entered 2021 with the hope that vaccines will eventually eliminate the scourge of COVID-19, but also…
Virus aid, police reform dominate new U.S. laws for 2021
Responses to the coronavirus pandemic and police brutality dominated legislative sessions in 2020, leading to scores of new laws that…
Revelries muted by virus as curtain draws on 2020
CANBERRA, Australia (AP) — This New Year’s Eve is being celebrated like no other in most of the world, with…
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…
Ex-official files reverse discrimination suit against Darlene Green
CITY HALL – A white male former top official in the office of black city Comptroller Darlene Green is suing…
Pandemic’s impact on U.S., by the numbers
Month after dismal month, Americans were inundated by an ever-rising tide of devastating numbers. Hundreds of thousands of deaths. Tens…
Census Bureau will miss deadline
The Census Bureau will miss a year-end deadline for handing in numbers used for divvying up congressional seats, a delay…
Hawley to contest Biden’s Electoral College win
WASHINGTON (AP) — Sen. Josh Hawley, R-Mo., said Wednesday that he would raise objections next week when Congress meets to…
The year that was: 2020 in St. Louis
ST. LOUIS – It looked as if St. Louis was starting just another year, when news came that a mysterious…