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A Medicare pilot program will allow private companies to use artificial intelligence to review older Americans’ requests for certain medical care — and will reward the companies when they deny it. In January, the federal Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services will launch the Wasteful and Inappropriate Services Reduction (WISeR) Model to test AI-powered prior […]

COLLINSVILLE – Illinois State Police (ISP) Troop 8 Commander, Captain Casey Faro, announces the ISP will conduct Nighttime Enforcement (NITE) patrols in Madison and St. Clair counties during December. NITE patrols allow the ISP to focus on preventing, detecting, and taking enforcement action in response to impaired driving and occupant restraint violations especially between the hours of 9 p.m. and 6 a.m. The number of unrestrained drivers killed in traffic crashes is significantly higher

The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers announced Thursday that it is poised to accelerate cleanup efforts aimed at radioactive contamination issues along Coldwater Creek and at a site near downtown St. Louis.

The Missouri Loves Company podcast returns with Matt and friends, along with music from Rats & People Motion Picture Orchestra.

One person was injured in an early morning crash on I-64 in New Baden involving a tractor-trailer and two other vehicles, resulting in a fire and a temporary lane closure.

Not that long ago, John Oliver’s Last Week Tonight did a good bit on why public broadcasting is important. The segment features a lot of insight from UPenn media professor Victor Pickard, whose work on the (many) problems with modern consolidated U.S. corporate media has always been essential reading: But Oliver also walked the talk. […]

A firefighter and a resident were left injured early Friday morning after an overnight house fire in Spanish Lake.

Friday starts chilly with a high of 39 and a low around 28. Expect intermittent clouds and southern winds around 7 mph, gusting up to 14 mph. It will feel a bit colder, with a feels like temperature dropping to 24 in the morning, warming to about 37 in the afternoon. Friday morning brings a mix of sun and clouds, becoming partly sunny with mild wind in the afternoon. Overnight, skies stay partly cloudy with lows near 28. Winds shift to the west-southwest at about 7 mph with light gusts. Saturday

In January, hackers gained access to a cache of Cerner electronic health records stored on a legacy network. But some patients whose sensitive health and financial information may have been exposed are only now being notified — and many others still haven’t been told. NKC Health, formerly North Kansas City Hospital, is one of the […]

The holiday season is in full swing now as we approach the first weekend of December, and there's plenty to do in the Gateway City.

The irony is that the entire aim of higher education is to create the kind of thinker and scholar who cannot be replaced by AI.

Padlocks with fingerprint scans had been installed on the outside of each of the bedroom doors, authorities said, and the home's windows had been nailed or screwed close.

"There will be no greater punishment than losing the career I have worked for since I was in elementary school."

A person was killed in an early morning crash on I-270 in Maryland Heights involving a tractor-trailer and other vehicles, with one lane remaining open as crews investigate.

Crews are responding to an overnight fire in Rock Hill, with Spire requested to turn off the utilities in the home.

Crews responded to an overnight fire in south St. Louis that partially collapsed a commercial building, with no injuries reported and an investigation ongoing.