Pandemic stress weighs heavily on Gen Z, poll shows
Isolation. Anxiety. Uncertainty. The stresses of the coronavirus pandemic have taken a toll on Americans of all ages, but a new poll…
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Missouri woman convicted of killing snake breeder husband
COLUMBIA, Mo. (AP) — A woman shot and killed her husband at his snake-breeding business in Missouri, a jury decided…
St. Louis-based Medicaid giant Centene settles fraud allegations with Kansas for $27.6M
St. Louis-based Centene, the nation’s largest Medicaid managed care provider, has settled fraud allegations with a fifth state, Kansas Attorney…
COVID-19 hospitalizations up dramatically in Missouri
(AP) — COVID-19 cases are rising sharply again across Missouri, prompting renewed concerns about overcrowding at hospitals and long waits…
Women would sign up for the military draft under defense bill in Congress
WASHINGTON — As the Senate works to finalize a major annual defense measure, there is a bipartisan push to include…
Missouri Attorney General tells schools, health departments to end COVID orders
Attorney General Eric Schmitt instructed school districts and local public health departments to immediately stop enforcing health orders a judge…
Zoo wants gun activist who fought its ban to pay legal bills
ST. LOUIS (AP) — After successfully defending its weapons ban in court, the St. Louis Zoo is now trying to…
CDC confirms St. Louisan as Missouri’s first Omicron coronavirus case
ST. LOUIS (AP) — Health officials have confirmed that a resident of St. Louis has the first case of the…
Victims of domestic abuse find no haven in family courts
The #MeToo movement may have shifted the balance of credibility on sexual abuse and harassment at work more toward victims and away…
Conflict over abortion laws won’t abate if Roe v. Wade falls
On both sides of America’s abortion debate, activists are convinced that Roe v. Wade — the 1973 Supreme Court ruling…
Bill seeks to forgive state’s mistakenly overpaid unemployment benefits
The state saw a historic number of Missourians apply for unemployment benefits in 2020. About 639,000 Missourians filed in the…
More children being diagnosed with autism, study finds
New autism numbers released Thursday suggest more U.S. children are being diagnosed with the developmental condition and at younger ages.…
Spire STL pipeline can keep operating through the winter, regulators decide
The embattled Spire STL Pipeline serving St. Louis-area natural gas customers will be allowed to keep operating through the winter, federal regulators decided…
Lawmakers scrutinize Missouri social studies standards, school boards
Missouri lawmakers trained their focus this week on how school boards interact with the public and the ways in which…
Justices signal they may toss Roe, allow new abortion limits
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court’s six conservative justices, hearing the biggest challenge to abortion rights in decades, have indicated…
Group hopes to amend Missouri constitution to enact ranked-choice voting
An effort to do away with partisan primaries in Missouri and replace them with a “ranked choice” method got a…