Michelle Obama: Vote like your lives depend on it
Michelle Obama warned Americans to “vote for Joe Biden like our lives depend on it” in her speech at the…
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Guard at downtown gas station shoots man after being beaten over face masks
DOWNTOWN WEST (AP) — A security guard who was beaten in a confrontation over face masks opened fire early Saturday and…
Postal Service warns states about mail voting
WASHINGTON (AP) — The U.S. Postal Service is warning states coast to coast that it cannot guarantee that all ballots…
Virus infection rates up in rural Missouri
BRANSON, Mo. (AP) — Coronavirus infections increased at a higher rate in several rural Missouri counties over the past two…
City orders pullback on venue capacities
CITY HALL – St. Louis is blinking in the standoff with the COVID-19 coronavirus. Cases continue to rise, so business…
Missouri health chief balks at mandates despite ‘red zone’
KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — Missouri’s top health official has insisted that a statewide mandate for masks and social distancing…
In virus talks, Pelosi holds firm; Mnuchin wants a deal
WASHINGTON (AP) — Speaker Nancy Pelosi is not about to blink. The House leader, D-Calif., has been here before, negotiating…
Postal Service is flash point as election nears
WASHINGTON (AP) — Mail piling up. Constant attacks from the president. Cuts to overtime as record numbers of ballots are expected to pass through post offices this…
States on hook for billions under Trump jobless plan
FALLS CHURCH, Va. (AP) — Whether President Donald Trump has the constitutional authority to extend federal unemployment benefits by executive…
No parties, no trips: Colleges set COVID-19 rules for fall
As they struggle to salvage some semblance of a campus experience this fall, U.S. colleges are requiring promises from students…
Trump allows $400 jobless aid, defers payroll tax
BEDMINSTER, N.J. (AP) — Seizing the power of his podium and his pen, President Donald Trump bypassed the nation’s lawmakers…
Judge slaps down bars’ suit over COVID-19 closures
ST. LOUIS – Two of the bars forced to close after being found in violation of the city’s public health…
Last-ditch virus aid talks collapse; no new help for jobless
WASHINGTON (AP) — A last-ditch effort by Democrats to revive Capitol Hill talks on vital COVID-19 rescue money collapsed in…
Judge halts St. Louis evictions through end of August
ST. LOUIS (AP) — A judge has ordered a halt to evictions in St. Louis through the end of August,…
‘Worst nightmare’: Laid-off workers endure loss of $600 aid
An unemployed makeup artist with two toddlers and a disabled husband needs help with food and rent. A hotel manager…
Virus aid talks at impasse as McConnell, Trump huddle
WASHINGTON (AP) — Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., huddled at the White House Thursday with President Donald Trump, searching for…