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Via the New York Times, here's a chart from Child Trends that shows how much the social safety net has reduced child poverty over the past 35 years: Before 1986 the social safety net was almost nonexistent for children. Altogether, it reduced child poverty by only 1%. In 1986, Ronald Reagan's Tax Reform Act increased ...continue reading "Raw data: Child poverty, 1986-2019"

One day after tying Alex Rodriguez on the all-time home run list, Albert Pujols belted number 697, taking sole ownership of fourth place on the list. Cardinals fans at Ballpark Village were jubilant.

Ground beef that was sold between 10:15 a.m. and 2:30 p.m. on Sunday, Sept. 11 is being recalled.

The Schnucks store at 577 Mid Rivers Mall Drive in St. Peters is recalling ground beef products over concerns about metal shavings in the food.

Schnucks issued a voluntary recall for fresh ground beef products sold Sunday at its Mid Rivers store in St. Peters.

City Hope St. Louis has operated multiple night-by-night shelters in the St. Louis metro region for the past three years. Now, funding by the city is gone.

Pujols trails Barry Bonds (762), Hank Aaron (755) and Babe Ruth (714) on the all-time homer list with 21 games remaining in his final season.

History lovers and architecture admirers will indeed find themselves drawn to a particular home in south St. Louis County; one that draws inspiration from 16th-century England but was constructed in Depression-era America.

Albert Pujols... No. 5 wearing the Birds on the Bat, now No. 4 all-time among MLB's home run kings.  

Two people are dead after an early morning head-on collision just south of Liberal.

St. Louis police are still trying to piece together how the 2:30 a.m. deadly crash occurred and have not identified the woman who died.

The Accident Reconstruction Unit is investigating the crash, police said.