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Sir Paul McCartney has once again made The Sunday Times' Rich List — and passed a new milestone in the process. McCartney is one of 350 individuals and families to make the list,…

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Missouri lawmakers on Thursday passed legislation that a preservation official and developer described as key to aiding redevelopment of two of downtown St. Louis' giant vacant buildings, while other priorities for the area failed to advance.

Cicada season is well underway in St. Louis. Maybe you've seen them. Maybe you've even eaten them. One thing for certain: They're hard to ignore.

From ChatGPT to AI image generators, companies and individuals are getting more comfortable with using AI for both work and personal purposes.

Dana Gan, of High Ridge, found them. She looked through a window and saw them on the couch dead. Police haven't said if they found a suicide note.

Kirkwood-raised musician David Sanborn died earlier this week after an extended battle with prostate cancer. He won six Grammy awards and sold millions of albums across a more than 50-year career. Known for his warm sound on alto saxophone, Sanborn won acclaim as a solo artist and as a collaborator with a long list of stars in the worlds of jazz, rock and pop. Earlier this year, Jazz St. Louis honored Sanborn with its first lifetime achievement award. We listen back to his conversation with STLPR’s Jeremy D. Goodwin.

Arguments over the validity of banning non-citizen voting in Missouri, which is already illegal, were part of what ultimately killed an initiative petition bill prioritized by Republicans this session. But in the final hours of the legislative session on Friday, the House approved a non-citizen voting provision as part of a Senate bill which will […]

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St. Louis’ juvenile justice system is supposed to rehabilitate youth but it often makes things worse. That’s the topic of a recently published article written by Taylor Tiamoyo Harris and commissioned by the River City Journalism Fund. Taylor is a St. Louis-based journalist and recently began a job as investigative fellow for the New York Times. Harris discusses her recent reporting on juvenile justice.

Effort to ban child marriage in Missouri also fails as time runs out.

Business chamber Greater St. Louis Inc. will work with the city's development agency to address deteriorating conditions at the Railway Exchange building and the Millennium Hotel.

The proposal would raise penalties for celebratory gunfire.

Voters in both Colorado and South Dakota will have a say on abortion rights this fall after supporters collected enough valid signatures to put measures on the ballot, part of a national push to pose abortion rights questions to voters since the U.S. Supreme Court removed the nationwide right to abortion. South Dakota's top election [...]

The U.S. job market and life itself have proved challenging for young adults in recent years, a tale of two economies according to a study by the Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis.

Every cop with a dog swears it can detect all sorts of contraband. Literally swears. In court. On the stand. But are drug dogs miraculous wonders of law enforcement due to their training? Or is it due to the domesticated dog’s innate desire to please, especially when it knows it will be rewarded for doing […]

Bills sent to the governor include an education package expanding Missouri’s school voucher program and a prohibition on Medicaid reimbursements to Planned Parenthood.

The proposal was approved last year, but counties said the plan needed more work.

Soundgarden has shared a Facebook post marking the anniversary of frontman Chris Cornell's death."We remember and honor the life and legacy of Chris Cornell, a voice that defined a generation…

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Award-winning actress Jennifer Coolidge shopped and dined her way through St. Louis this week after receiving an honorary Doctor of Fine Arts degree at Washington University on Monday.