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More than 73,000 people died of COVID in the U.S. in 2023, meaning the virus remains deadlier than car accidents and influenza.

WASHINGTON — President Joe Biden’s White House gathering with lawmakers to find a compromise on foreign aid and immigration was “productive,” U.S. House Speaker Mike Johnson said Wednesday, but a deal has still not been reached. Biden hosted congressional leaders and other lawmakers to discuss the administration’s stalled $106 billion national security supplemental request, which includes […]

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We’ve long established that U.S. broadband is expansive, patchy, and slow thanks to mindless consolidation, regulatory capture, regional monopolization, and limited competition. That’s resulted in a growing number of towns, cities, cooperatives, and city-owned utilities building their own, locally-owned and operated broadband networks in a bid for better, cheaper, faster broadband. Regional giants like Comcast, […]

A group will begin gathering signatures for an initiative petition to strike down the state’s ban on most abortions. It needs roughly 171,000 signatures to put the measure on the August or November ballot.

WASHINGTON — Passage of a multi-billion-dollar supplemental package hinges on curbing an executive authority used to grant immigration protection, South Carolina Sen. Lindsey Graham said during a Wednesday press conference. “If we don’t fix parole, there will be no deal,” Graham said alongside Senate Republican Whip John Thune of South Dakota. Graham said parole is […]

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The private company wanting to fly surveillance drones over St. Louis neighborhoods is moving forward with its plan. The company now is looking for drone pilots to get the job done. That company, SMS Novel Films, called the surveillance program launch a "work retreat" and is asking for drone pilots to come to St. Louis in February to start capturing footage of our streets. Residents said they are still very concerned. Residents say this all started when they found out SMS Novel Films was going…

Anti-communist doctor from St. Louis established jungle hospitals in southeast Asia.

Two people were injured in a single car crash overnight in the Central West End.

Daniel Schmitt for 30 years has operated a classic car dealership in St. Louis, growing the business to $30 million. His inventory over the years has included an array of vehicles, including several previously owned by celebrities.

The Donald Danforth Plant Science Center, the St. Louis-based nonprofit research institute, looked to one of the region's largest private companies for its new board chair.

The plan in St. Louis would have added dozens of jobs and a facility to train the next generation of tradespeople, says Clayco founder Bob Clark.

Lamar Johnson was freed last year after a judge vacated his conviction, ending a decadeslong fight to prove his innocence in a 1995 killing, beginning new struggle to start over.

A House committee heard three proposals that would allow charter schools to operate in St. Charles and St. Louis Counties and Columbia.

SMS Novel has posted on its website a call to drone operators from across the country to come to St. Louis to help launch its surveillance program early next month.

60 Missouri corrections officers are asking Governor Mike Parson to stop the execution of an inmate on death row at the Potosi Correctional Center.

Our server at Black Salt (1709 Clarkson Road, Chesterfield; 636-204-6441) did not equivocate. "Get the lamb chops," he said without hesitation.

The Clayton School Board is under fire from residents speaking out at a public forum against the district's potential purchase of the 'Calres Shoe Company's' headquarters in Clayton.

Get ready to start your engines at the 2024 St. Louis Auto Show.