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Illinois releases playbook for future public health emergencies

2 hours 5 minutes ago
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (NEXSTAR) -- Dr. Sameer Vohra is coming up on 18 months as the director of the Illinois department of public health. He joined the department at the tail end of the worst parts of the pandemic. His first year and a half has been defined by getting it ready for the next disaster. [...]
Cole Henke

Homeowner shoots intruder in north St. Louis County

2 hours 19 minutes ago
CASTLE POINT, Mo. -- St. Louis County Police are in the 2200 block of Empress Drive for a report of a home intruder at around 4:30 a.m. One of the homeowners shot at the suspect, who was trying to break in. The suspect was shot in the side. After being injured during the shooting, the [...]
Joe Millitzer

Tuesday, May 14 - Remembering David Sanborn

2 hours 21 minutes ago
Six-time Grammy winner David Sanborn has died at the age of 78. He grew up in Kirkwood and built a career playing with giants of many different musical styles. St. Louis Public Radio’s Jeremy Goodwin spoke with Sanborn in February about the key to his eclectic output.

Yemanja Brasil Reopens With a New Casual Approach in Benton Park

2 hours 39 minutes ago
Yemanja Brasil Restaurante, the once-fine-dining Brazilian restaurant at 2900 Missouri Avenue in Benton Park, didn’t know if it was going to make it. In January and February of this year, owners Lemya Sidki and chef Raul Uribe (Sidki’s husband) took drastic measures and, for the first time in 29 years, closed their doors unsure when, or if, they would reopen. But, after securing a loan and lowering prices to create a more casual dining experience to lure new customers, business may be picking up.
Alexa Beattie

Clementine's Will Reopen in Lafayette Square on Wednesday

2 hours 43 minutes ago
After a pipe burst at Clementine’s Naughty & Nice Ice Cream in Lafayette Square six months ago, the storefront at 1637 South 18th Street is finally set to reopen on Wednesday, May 15. “This is my flagship shop, and we have been working around the clock to reopen as quickly as possible,” owner Tamara Keefe said in a release. “We hope everyone loves the updates just as much as we do.
Lauren Healey

Tariffs to be sharply hiked by Biden administration on Chinese-made products

2 hours 43 minutes ago

WASHINGTON — The Biden administration is doubling and in some cases tripling tariffs on Chinese-made products, like steel and electric vehicles, in a move aimed at easing economic pain in battleground states, though senior administration officials say it isn’t political. National Economic Advisor Lael Brainard told reporters on a call Monday ahead of the announcement […]

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Jennifer Shutt

Now Monsanto's Legal Woes Are Going to Be a Hollywood Movie

2 hours 59 minutes ago
When the Missouri legislature brought back tax credits for film productions, there was hope it would lead to a boom in big-budget movies being made locally even beyond On Fire, the adaptation of John O'Leary's memoir that filmed in and around St. Louis last fall. But whether state lawmakers would excitedly welcome the new film that really should be filmed in St. Louis is not yet clear. The film is currently titled Monsanto, and it comes from Adam McKay and Kevin Messick, the guys who brought you the Dick Cheney biopic Vice and the climate change flick Don't Look Up.
Sarah Fenske

Opera Theatre of St. Louis Is Ready for Its Biggest Season Since 2018

2 hours 59 minutes ago
For Opera Theatre of St. Louis, the past few years were tough. The pandemic upended the viewing habits of many of its biggest fans, who stopped attending live theater as COVID-19 ravaged the nation — and even when life returned to normal for most Americans, they didn't come back. That's what makes Anh Le, the opera company's director of marketing and PR, downright stoked as she looks at the ticket sales for the festival season that kicks off later this month.
Sarah Fenske

Scattered showers, storms impact St. Louis through Tuesday

3 hours ago
ST. LOUIS -- Scattered showers and thunderstorms will continue to impact the St. Louis region through Tuesday as a slow moving storm system drifts east across the region. The lingering moisture in the lower atmosphere may also lead to some fog this Tuesday morning. Scattered showers and some thunderstorms Tuesday, lighter and spottier around daybreak [...]
Angela Hutti

Democrats pull all-night filibuster of bill making it harder to amend Missouri Constitution

3 hours 3 minutes ago

A Democratic filibuster of legislation making it harder for Missourians to amend the state constitution through citizen-led initiatives stretched through the night and into its 15th hour Tuesday morning.  Though Democrats oppose the changes to the initiative petition process, their filibuster was focused on GOP efforts to include “ballot candy” that would add unrelated issues […]

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Anna Spoerre

Missouri attorney general opposes St. Louis prosecutor’s push to free Christopher Dunn

3 hours 8 minutes ago

Missouri Attorney General Andrew Bailey will oppose efforts by St. Louis Circuit Attorney Gabe Gore to vacate the murder conviction of Christopher Dunn, who Gore believes has spent 33 years in prison for a crime he didn’t commit. In February, St.  Louis Circuit Attorney Gabe Gore announced he filed a motion with the court to […]

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Debra Chandler Landis

Search continues for person who shot four teens, killing one

3 hours 11 minutes ago
RIVERVIEW, Mo. -- A quadruple shooting on Sunday night left 15-year-old Corian Edwards dead and three other teens injured. The violence occurred near an apartment complex on Toelle Lane, where at least 30 gunshots were reported. All victims, aged between 15 and 17, were in their car at the time of the shooting. Investigators report [...]
Chris Regnier