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Police are investigating after a string of robberies and violent attacks overnight in the Dutchtown neighborhood in St. Louis.

The highway patrol said a driver was heading west just before Convention Center Boulevard when someone inside a black Dodge Journey SUV fired shots at their car.

More than a decade ago, the NYPD was sued successfully over its stop-and-frisk program. A federal court found the program routinely violated rights and disproportionately targeted minorities. Judge Shira Sheindlin ordered a number of reforms to the program and it was placed under federal oversight. Since then, the NYPD hasn’t changed much about how it […]

Smoke engulfing the Twin Towers is an image seared in minds all over the world. Americans are still deeply grieving the loss of thousands of lives and supporting those who survived the horrific 9/11 attacks 23 years later.

The MTV Video Music Awards went down in New York Wednesday night, with Lenny Kravitz and Benson Boone this year’s rock winners.Kravitz nabbed the Best Rock award for “Human” from…

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With election day now less than eight weeks away, the campaign over one of the biggest issues on the November ballot in Missouri is starting to heat up: Amendment 2, or legalized sports betting.

St. Louis Sheriff Vernon Betts has dismissed the case after the request of a manual recount earlier this week.

Amvets Post 48 in De Soto was packed Wednesday afternoon with family and friends of James McAnally. The 55-year-old father and tree service operator was killed last week. 

“It started a few weeks ago with a phone call to the corporate security team. We had a job seeker that had one of those too good to be true opportunities and wanted to validate whether the opportunity and the job offer were legit,” Spire’s Patrick Christie said.

The hotel's general manager cited the pull of the new brand's loyalty program as one advantage of the switch.

ALTON - The Alton City Council on Wednesday approved a resolution to provide 350 free laptops to “low-income, unconnected households within the Alton School District.” Under the resolution, the city would allocate $68,250 in American Rescue Plan Act (ARPA) funds to the nonprofit organization Alton Forward , who would then provide the laptops to the households in need. For 350 laptops in total, the cost comes out to $195 per laptop. The question of who exactly would be eligible for the free devices prompted some discussion at the Committee of the Whole meeting earlier this week . Alderwoman Carolyn MacAfee questioned what qualifies as “low-income” and said she opposed the inclusion of four households technically located in Godfrey, some of whom she claimed were “Godfrey taxpayers.” Alderman Raymond Strebel reiterated that the children in these households attend schools in the Alton School District, as stated in the resolution. Alderma

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Geoffrey Cooney is used to Missouri summers. But this time around, he has had to bear it with no air conditioning.

Jon Bon Jovi helped talk a distraught woman off the ledge of a Nashville bridge, police said.The incident occurred Tuesday night on the John Seigenthaler Pedestrian Bridge and was captured…

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A new buffet restaurant has brought a different cuisine to a buffet chain's former space.

One man is reconnecting with the teacher who inspired him to enlist in the military on Sept. 11, 2001.

The Missouri Gaming Commission named a Republican from south St. Louis County who served eight years in the state House of Representatives as its new executive director, effective Oct. 1.