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Parents who lose children to foster care often can’t afford a lawyer — and aren’t always given one — leaving them feeling baffled and helpless.

Content by Confluence Academies. Through this initiative, the CPA student ambassadors are working to foster open conversations about gun safety within their school community to advocate for meaningful change.

Simone Biles, the most decorated gymnast in history, spoke at Washington University in St. Louis as the university’s keynote commencement speaker on Monday.

The concert headliners will be Russell Dickerson and Gavin DeGraw.

Lindbergh Boulevard will close May 27 so that workers can build a new bridge over Deer Creek.

Some of the money will also go to a new regional Technical Excellence Center facility in Columbus, Ohio, and a new digital credentialing system to help veterans pursue manufacturing jobs.

Ohio Republican Bernie Moreno joins Hawley in speaking out against a U.S. House plan to cut $880 billion from Medicaid, saying it would hurt Americans in need.

Bill would create grant programs to support women through pregnancy and newborn stages, and improve access to pre- and post-natal telehealth appointments

The long-time St. Louis Post-Dispatch photojournalist, who chronicled historic events including iconic Ferguson protests, retires.

The all-girls school, which opened in 1932, is the only Catholic high school left in North County.

Heather Stiles says she was fired by Auditor Scott Fitzpatrick after she alleged the office had failed to follow state and federal laws and guidelines. Fitzpatrick denies the allegations.

The state is requiring St. Louis to spend more on police. Most of the new money this year is set to pay the city back for services.

Florissant police have asked St. Louis County detectives to investigate the death.

Missouri’s 1st District congressman announced last week that St. Louis will get $4.9 million through a federal grant to designing a new de-icing pad and containment facility at Lambert.

Jorre Hadley, 24, was shot more than once in the 4200 block of Maffitt Avenue.

Stephen Snofke was shot Saturday after officers say he pointed a gun at them.

The new MetroLink fare system that will automatically open gates when customers present their tickets won’t be online until early next year.

Construction company Builder's Bloc says in court documents that McBride Homes fraudulently filed dozens of false real estate records over the past year in St. Charles, Jefferson and Franklin counties.

Republican bills to repeal sick leave requirements in last year’s Proposition A and the abortion-rights Amendment 3 are still pending. The deadline is 6 p.m. Friday.

U.S. and China are expected to hold trade talks Saturday through Monday in Switzerland.