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There were 12 St. Louis area athletes who journeyed to Paris to compete on the world stage. Here's where they placed in each of their events.

The long-distance runner returns to the Olympic stage after competing in Tokyo 2020.

Michael Brown, Jr., an unarmed black male, was killed by a white officer in Ferguson, MO, prompting difficult conversations about racial inequities.

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Prosecutors with the St. Louis Circuit Attorney's Office said a jury convicted a man from Arnold, Illinois, of murder after a violent break-in and kidnapping in November 2017.

BETHALTO - Civic Memorial High School ninth graders prepared for the school year with a freshmen orientation. Throughout the day on Friday, Aug. 9, 2024, students could walk through the building, practice opening their lockers, and learn more about the teachers and expectations in the high school. Teacher Phil Schneider oversees the FreshMentor program, which connects freshmen students with upperclassmen mentors. He explained that the orientation and the FreshMentor program eases the transition to ninth grade. “It helps the freshmen and it helps the upperclassmen,” Schneider said. “The first day of school, no matter what grade, you always get kind of anxious, especially freshman year. We want to make it as easy as possible and kind of set them on the right path from the very beginning.” Justin Newell, Civic Memorial principal, echoed Schneider and noted that programs like the FreshMentors help students feel more comfortable. Students are able to learn

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When the "Crosstown Traffic" gets too heavy in New York City, drivers can now turn onto Jimi Hendrix Way.A block in Greenwich Village that includes 52 West 8th St. — the…

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Today on TAP: The right’s pathetic effort to find some smear that will damage Gov. Walz

The Missouri Department of Elementary and Secondary Education revealed preliminary scores in the Missouri Assessment Program to the State Board of Education.

The founding executive director of Delmar Divine, the mixed-use redevelopment of the former St. Luke’s Hospital built on the “Delmar Divide,” is stepping down this fall.

An entity seeking to buy a 247-unit apartment complex just south of Forest Park has filed suit against the builder’s owner, alleging a $70 million sale of the building is unfairly being nixed.

Former Mizzou runner Karissa Schweizer is competing in not one but two Olympic events in Paris.

The Society of Family Planning released its latest abortion estimates a couple of days ago, and they show that the number of abortions continues to increase. Here is the abortion rate in states where abortion is permitted: However, not all of these abortions are performed in states where abortion is permitted. Check this out: Shield ...continue reading "Abortions continue to rise in wake of Dobbs"

BADEN, Mo. -- A woman was sentenced to five years of probation on Friday after admitting to driving while intoxicated in a 2020 crash that killed two passengers. Evelyn Wiley, 63, received a suspended seven-year prison sentence, meaning she could face prison time if she violates probation. Wiley pleaded guilty to one count of driving [...]

Midland States Bank historically has been a commercial real estate lender in the St. Louis area, but Regional Market President Tom Lally said a five-year plan calls for “broadening and diversifying” the base to work with more family-owned businesses manufacturers and wholesalers.

WASHINGTON — Special counsel Jack Smith was granted more time on Friday before having to give an outline on the next steps his office is taking in the 2020 election interference case against former President Donald Trump, the GOP presidential nominee. The delay pushes the case proceedings further into the thick of the presidential race, […]

The Ferguson uprising 10 years ago reminded us that we can conquer divisions of race, geography, politics, and economic status and embrace our shared humanity, writes David Proctor, president and CEO of the Missouri Foundation for Health and chair of the NAACP Foundation.

The Community Curation Program, spearheaded by the National Museum of African American History and Culture, will take shape this September.

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Sexual assault is not health care, and it isn’t covered by Utah’s medical malpractice law, the state’s Supreme Court ruled on Thursday. The decision revives a lawsuit filed by 94 women who allege their OB-GYN sexually abused them during exams or while he delivered their babies.

In 2022, the group of women sued Dr. David Broadbent and two hospitals where he had worked, wanting to seek civil damages. But a judge dismissed their case because he decided they had filed it incorrectly as a civil sexual assault claim rather than a medical malpractice case. The women had all been seeking health care, Judge Robert Lunnen wrote, and Broadbent was providing that when the alleged assaults happened.

The Salt Lake Tribune and ProPublica covered the decision, speaking with women about the lower court ruling that made it harder for them to sue the doctor for his alleged actions. After that story ran, the state Legislature voted to reform medical malpractice law to exclude sexual assault. But the new law didn’t apply retroactively; the women still had no way to sue.

So they took their case to the Utah Supreme Court, where their attorneys argued that the lower court judge had made an error in his decision. The high court agreed. Broadbent’s alleged conduct, it found, was not a part of the women’s health care — and therefore, not covered by Utah’s medical malpractice laws.

“Here, the [women] do not allege they were injured by any health care that Broadbent may have provided them,” Justice Paige Petersen wrote in the unanimous ruling. “Rather, they allege that he abused his position as their doctor to sexually assault them under the pretense of providing health care.”

“The point of their claims is that his actions were not really health care at all,” Petersen added.

Stephanie Mateer was the first woman who spoke out publicly about Broadbent, detailing her experience on the “Mormon Stories” podcast in 2021. In the episode, she described what she said was the painful way the doctor examined her, how it left her feeling traumatized and how she discovered online reviews that echoed her experience.

She said on Thursday that she cried “tears of relief” when she read the Utah Supreme Court’s ruling, and that she hopes it gives other alleged victims the courage to speak up and to seek their own justice.

Adam Sorenson, an attorney for the women who sued, noted on Thursday that it’s been almost two years since Lunnen threw out their case — which he said was a “sad and disappointing day.”

“But the Utah Supreme Court’s decision today affirms everything these women have said from the beginning, and tells every person in Utah that sexual abuse by a health care provider never has been, and never will be, ‘health care,’” he said.

“It is difficult to describe how good it is to hear that from our highest court,” he continued, “but any joy I feel is nothing compared to the women who suffered sexual abuse, [who] were told it was just health care, have fought for three years, and can now say that the law in Utah is on their side on this important issue.”

For the women who sued, having their case characterized as malpractice reduced the time they had to sue to two years and limited the amount of money they could receive for pain and suffering.

With the Utah Supreme Court’s decision, the case now returns to Lunnen’s courtroom. Their suit alleges that Broadbent inappropriately touched their breasts, vaginas and rectums, without warning or explanation, and hurt them. Some said he used his bare hand — instead of using a speculum or wearing gloves — during exams. One alleged that he had an erection while he was touching her.

An attorney for Broadbent has denied these women’s allegations, saying they are “without merit.” The OB-GYN agreed last year to stop practicing medicine while police and prosecutors investigate.

He was charged in June in 4th District Court with one count of forcible sexual abuse, and prosecutors say their investigation is continuing. Broadbent is expected to make his first court appearance Monday.

Broadbent’s attorney did not respond to a request for comment on Thursday. Neither Utah Valley Hospital nor Mountainstar Health, which owns Timpanogos Hospital, reacted to the ruling in statements released Thursday. Both hospitals are named as defendants in the lawsuit, and both emphasized that Broadbent had privileges to practice at their facilities but was not an employee.