Virus rebounds around world; deaths top 600,000
BERLIN (AP) — The coronavirus pandemic has found fresh legs around the world, as confirmed deaths pass 600,000 and countries…
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Schools make flexible reopening plans for fall
MANCHESTER, Mo. (AP) — Administrators in the Parkway school district in suburban St. Louis spent the summer break crafting a…
Parson says pardon likely if St. Louis couple charged
(AP) — Missouri Gov. Mike Parson, a Republican, told a radio host that based on the information he had received,…
MLS delays St. Louis, other expansions due to pandemic
NEW YORK (AP) — Major League Soccer has delayed the first seasons of expansion teams in St. Louis as well…
John Lewis, civil rights icon and Congressman, dies at 80
ATLANTA (AP) — Rep. John Lewis, D-Ga., a lion of the civil rights movement whose bloody beating by Alabama state…
Branson mask debate wades into Nazis, conspiracy theories
KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — The tourist town of Branson postponed a vote on whether to impose a mask ordinance…
Police accused of arresting woman for filming other arrests
ST. LOUIS (AP) — A federal lawsuit filed Friday accuses two St. Louis police officers of slamming a woman to…
Trump struggles to outline second term plan
NEW YORK (AP) — President Donald Trump is adamant that he wants another four years in office. It’s less clear…
Hawley seeks civil rights probe in case of St. Louis couple
O’FALLON, Mo. (AP) — U.S. Sen. Josh Hawley, R-Mo., urged Attorney General William Barr on Thursday to launch a federal…
Committee chair shouts at aldermen, hits mute button
CITY HALL – In one more indication of tension, First Ward Alderwoman Sharon Tyus spent more than five minutes yelling…
Billboards near Black cemetery to come down
Billboards towering over an African American cemetery in suburban St. Louis will be removed in the coming months after a…
Parson calls special session to address violence
(AP) — Missouri lawmakers will reconvene later this month to consider ways to stem the escalating violence that has become…
Trump bristles at question about police killing Blacks
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump bristled at a reporter’s question about police killing African Americans and defended the right…
Trump ‘focused’ on situation with St. Louis couple, Parson says
(AP) — Missouri Gov. Mike Parson says President Donald Trump is focused on and concerned about the possibility that a…
First COVID-19 vaccine tested in U.S. poised for final testing
The first COVID-19 vaccine tested in the U.S. revved up people’s immune systems just the way scientists had hoped, researchers…
Trump administration rescinds rule on foreign students
BOSTON (AP) — Facing eight federal lawsuits and opposition from hundreds of universities, the administration of President Donald Trump rescinded…