U.S. Supreme Court gets set to address abortion, guns and religion
The Supreme Court begins its annual term on Oct. 4, 2021, with a packed agenda highlighted by three claims of…
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Reign nightclub is shut down for a year
DOWNTOWN (AP) — A downtown St. Louis nightclub that has been at the center of several shooting investigations is being…
More than 80% of Missouri children have lead in their blood, study finds
Children in Missouri had elevated levels of lead in their blood at a greater rate than almost any other state,…
Bush, other Congressional members share own abortion stories at hearing
Three Democratic members of Congress offered deeply personal testimony about their own abortions as a congressional committee examined on Thursday…
Missouri schools adapt as labor shortages upend meal supply chain
Shawndra Taylor had just 12 hours’ notice when the first truck canceled. It was to have contained food to help…
COVID-related attacks prompt Missouri hospital to issue panic buttons
Nurses and hundreds of other staff members will soon begin wearing panic buttons at a Missouri hospital where assaults on…
Missouri abortion law leads to court battle over referendums
JEFFERSON CITY (AP) — A Missouri law seeking to ban most abortions after eight weeks of pregnancy led to a…
Pfizer vaccine for children ages 5-11 may be available in November
WASHINGTON (AP) — Pfizer has submitted research to the U.S. Food and Drug Administration on the effectiveness of its COVID-19…
Guns, pandemic, police use of force helped fuel 2020 homicide spike
Homicides in the U.S. spiked by almost 30% in 2020. That was the main takeaway from figures released on Sept. 27, 2021, by…
Missouri HBCUs use federal relief funds to clear pandemic-related student debt
Harris-Stowe State University junior De’Ketra Tatum remembers listening to a lecture in February 2020 about what could happen if the…
Nonprofit grants help fund prosecutors’ push against racial injustice
PHILADELPHIA (AP) — When Deborah Gonzalez took office in January as the district attorney for the Western Judicial District of…
Keeping city clean is year-round job with some cool perks
ST. LOUIS – Who wouldn’t love wading in a river, fishing, on a sunny day? Some city employees get to…
Famed cathedral names artist to replace Confederate windows
Washington National Cathedral announced Thursday it has chosen contemporary artist Kerry James Marshall, renowned for his wide-ranging works depicting African…
Missouri is exploring a ‘test to stay’ school quarantine option
With thousands of students quarantined in the first weeks of the new school year, Missouri’s health director says the state…
Missouri AG’s push to sue every school with mask mandate heads to court next week
Orders requiring school children to wear masks in class will be tested in court next week, when a Boone County…
High court suspends law license of St. Louis County municipal judge
ST. LOUIS COUNTY (AP) — A St. Louis County municipal judge has seen her law license suspended for at least…