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A 16-year-old boy on Thursday afternoon was shot several times during a robbery.

The Education Department announced the latest round of cancellations Friday in an update on the progress of its SAVE Plan.

A first-of-its-kind survey of Medicaid enrollees found that nearly a quarter who were dropped from the program in the last year’s unwinding say they’re now uninsured.

ST. LOUIS – The FDA has approved the first daily contraceptive pill for over-the-counter sale, enhancing access to pregnancy prevention options. Dr. David Eisenberg, Chief Division of Complex Family Planning at Washington University and Barnes-Jewish Hospital, talks about new developments in over-the-counter birth control. Dr. Eisenberg says that the pill, containing an ingredient used in [...]

Jessica Clark's resignation will take effect May 17.

Rawlings Sporting Goods on Friday opened The Rawlings Experience, an immersive retail concept, which marks a significant step in the completion of the sporting good brand’s move to its new headquarters, as well as in Lodging Hospitality Management’s ongoing effort to breathe renewed life into Westport Plaza.

For the better part of the last decade, the FCC had been pondering the idea of requiring a sort of “nutrition label” for broadband access. The idea is to make ISPs — which routinely mislead consumers about pricing, speeds, restrictions, usage caps, and everything else — be more transparent with the end user at the […]

Nearly a quarter of adults disenrolled from Medicaid in the past year say they are now uninsured, according to a survey released Friday that details how tens of millions of Americans struggled to retain coverage in the government insurance program for low-income people after pandemic-era protections began expiring last spring. The first national survey of […]

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OVERLAND PARK, Kan. — High-fives, fist-bumps and hugs come with the ice cream at the Golden Scoop. Tucked into a shopping center in suburban Kansas City, the shop employs 15 people with developmental disabilities. While customers first come for the sweet treats, many are drawn in by the Golden Scoop’s mission and friendly environment. “It […]

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A Rockwood school board member who made headlines in recent years for mocking students with disabilities and calling a teachers' union "terrorists" is resigning from the school board.

WASHINGTON — As Congress gears up for negotiations ahead of the 2017 tax law’s expiration, economists and small business owners urged U.S. lawmakers Thursday to extend or make permanent the Trump-era tax cuts. Business owners from West Virginia and Wisconsin testified at a hearing before members of the House Committee on Ways and Means, advocating […]

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ST. LOUIS -- Metro Transit officials are optimistic that recent pay raises will help fill open positions in its paratransit service. The St. Louis Post-Dispatch reports that Bi-State Development is on the verge of finalizing a new three-year contract with the Amalgamated Transit Union. This agreement includes an increase in base pay of more than [...]

BRIDGETON, Mo.- - There is a special election to choose a new mayor in Bridgeton today. The late Terry Briggs, who passed away in February, left the position open, and this election is to fill it. Briggs had been elected to serve his fourth term as mayor in 2023. Now, Council Chair Randy Hein and [...]

It should be common sense: Criminal justice laws ought to make us safer. Currently, in Missouri, there are many pieces of legislation under consideration that would increase the use of mandatory minimums and roll back parole eligibility. The truth is, these bills won’t make us safer – but they will cost a lot. Mandatory minimum […]

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The father of Ron Goldman said Simpson's death is a reminder of the son he lost during a 1994 stabbing incident.

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Trailnet's fourth annual report on local crashes said the 28 pedestrian-vehicle fatalities in the county was up from 21 in 2022 and the most in more than two decades.

An Overland man is currently in the St. Louis County jail accused of stealing more than $1,500 worth of vibrators from the Hustler Hollywood store in Berkeley. Police say that Christopher Booth, 34, entered the store one Wednesday evening last month and took eight high-end vibrators from the shelves and shoved them in a white trash bag before fleeing. Booth allegedly stole vibrators made by Swedish sex toy company LELO that retail for a little less than $200 each.