WASHINGTON (AP) — The Senate on Thursday confirmed Robert F. Kennedy Jr. as President Donald Trump’s health secretary, putting the prominent vaccine skeptic in control of $1.7 trillion in federal spending, vaccine recommendations and food safety as well as health insurance programs for roughly half the country. Nearly all Republicans fell in line behind Trump [...]
Egg prices are soaring nationwide, driven by relentless demand and a supply squeeze linked to the ongoing bird flu outbreak. As a result, grocers are scrambling to rethink how they stock and sell the everyday staple.
The precautionary boil water advisory in north St. Louis County has been lifted after a 30-inch water main rupture caused a temporary drop in water system pressure, affecting 23,000 residents.
Six bronze mausoleum doors were stolen from New Mount Sinai Cemetery in Affton, St. Louis County, Missouri, weighing between 200 and 500 pounds and are considered "priceless."
ST. LOUIS - Police are investigating a smash-and-grab robbery overnight Thursday morning in north St. Louis County. The robbery took place at the St. Louis Tax Pros Office on Natural Bridge in North St. Louis County. A witness told our Nissan Rogue Runner that a pickup truck driver backed into the building and stole an [...]
ST. LOUIS - A vacant house caught fire overnight Thursday morning in north St. Louis. The fire happened a little after 1 a.m. on Arlington Avenue in north St. Louis' Hamilton Heights neighborhood. According to firefighters, the house was vacant at the time the fire started and no one was left injured.
The St. Louis Public Schools have approved a new transportation partner, Zum Services Inc., to help solve the ongoing transportation issues, which include bus driver shortages and last-minute cancellations.
ST. LOUIS - The snow has moved out and our skies are beginning to slowly clear Thursday. Breezy and cold out the door Thursday, with temperatures in the teens and wind chills in the single digits. We will see a nice amount of sunshine Thursday afternoon and clear skies into this evening. Highs only in [...]
ST. LOUIS - Billions of dollars for medical research remain up in the air for institutions like Washington University. This week, a judge temporarily blocked the Trump administration's plan to cut billions of dollars in funding for medical research through the National Institutes of Health—which could have a huge impact on local institutions like WashU [...]
The owner of Zoey’s Attic in Webster Groves says she woke up on Jan. 27 to find her Etsy shop in “vacation mode.” The problem is, she wasn’t traveling and didn’t select that setting.
CHICAGO (AP) — A Chicago Democrat who once set much of Illinois’ political agenda as the longest-serving legislative leader in U.S. history was convicted of conspiracy, bribery and wire fraud Wednesday in a split verdict in his high-profile corruption trial. In a packed courtroom, jurors convicted former Illinois House Speaker Michael Madigan of 10 counts [...]
Illinois Gov. JB Pritzker has decided to delay work on a $1.2 billion project meant to prevent invasive carp from reaching the Great Lakes out of concerns that the Trump administration won't pay the federal government's share of the costs. Illinois, Michigan and the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers have been planning to install a gauntlet of technologies in the Des Plaines River near Joliet, Illinois, to deter approaching fish.
Spring training has arrived for the St. Louis Cardinals, but despite the spoken word of an organizational "reset" focused on cutting costs and embracing a youth movement, the projected big-league roster looks largely unchanged from last year.