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The 140-hospital health system, based in St. Louis, has restored some of its electronic health records that were impacted by a ransomware attack early this month.

The big news in the EV world is the announcement of a new hybrid car from Chinese automaker BYD. They claim it has a range of 1,300 miles, but that may be conservative. A couple of Chinese journalists took one out for a test and drove it until it literally coughed and died. It lasted ...continue reading "New Chinese car has an 81 mpg gasoline engine"

Reactions by Missouri politicians to the felony conviction Thursday of former President Donald Trump fell predictably along partisan lines, with Republicans condemning the verdict and Democrats expressing satisfaction or trolling their partisan foes. Secretary of State Jay Ashcroft, a candidate for the GOP nomination for governor, blamed President Joe Biden for the state of New […]

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The 26-year-old Jefferson County mother, who told police she killed her two children Tuesday, was expected to appear in court Thursday afternoon. Now, she has a public defender representing her and waived her formal arraignment.

St. Louis Circuit Attorney Gabe Gore has made significant progress in his first year in office, reducing the warrant office backlog by 60 percent and hiring 33 new hires.

Reactions poured in Thursday afternoon from St. Louis-area leaders on both sides of the political aisle.

More bad news for ShotSpotter, which recently re-branded to “SoundThinking” to distance itself from exactly this sort of negative press. Four legislators (three senators, one congressperson) are asking the DHS Inspector General to take a closer look at the tech the DHS is funding via one of its grant programs. The problem with Spotshotter is […]

HOK plans to keep its St. Louis office in downtown once its lease expires next August (2025). The design firm and its 170 St. Louis-based staff currently work out of a 39,000-sq.-ft. workplace on the first and second floors of the Equitable Building at 10 S. Broadway. HOK is now exploring other downtown office locations […]

NWS survey crews are surveying damage from Sunday evening's storms. Here's how many tornadoes they've confirmed so far.

Two lawyers, a journalism review publisher and Missouri's association of broadcast journalists say a state law requiring sweeping redactions in court documents is unconstitutional.

S. M. Wilson & Co. stood next to Northwest R-I School District officials earlier this month as they kicked off Phase 1 of Proposition S, the 2023 bond issue projects with a groundbreaking ceremony at High Ridge Elementary School. The passage of the zero-tax increase bond issue for $28 million is funding district-wide improvements in […]

The jury in Donald Trump’s criminal hush money trial has found the former president guilty of all 34 felony counts against him.

Two teenage boys were shot Wednesday evening in the city's College Hill neighborhood.

WASHINGTON — Taxpayers across the United States could be guaranteed a free public option to file federal tax returns online as the Internal Revenue Service announced plans Thursday to make its Direct File program permanent. The pilot program offered in 12 states from March to April drew roughly 140,000 accepted returns this filing season and […]

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Infrastructure investment is vital to support a thriving region and is critical for moving freight to, from and through regions like St. Louis, the nation, and around the world. It also is a proven catalyst for additional economic impact, with every dollar invested in transportation infrastructure improvements delivering a return on investment of $4 in […]

It appears as though Queen's catalog is still up for grabs.There have been multiple reports that the beloved British rockers' catalog of hits was being offered for sale, and Bloomberg reports…

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WASHINGTON — Jurors in New York state court on Thursday found Donald Trump guilty on all 34 felony counts of falsifying business records to cover up hush money payments to a porn star ultimately to influence the outcome of the 2016 presidential election. The first-ever criminal trial of a former U.S. president wrapped up in […]

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St. Louis University officials announced Thursday that they have recruited a longtime Washington University professor to serve as dean of the business school.