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A judge in St. Louis ruled Thursday that local municipalities can stack sales taxes on marijuana dispensaries, the first court ruling on a much-debated issue playing out around the state.  The lawsuit was filed by Robust Missouri 3 LLC. The company saw its Florissant dispensary’s tax rate on cannabis products rise to 14.988% after both […]

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A man accused of secretly filming victims as they undressed inside their homes now faces felony charges in a Chesterfield invasion of privacy case.

Tom Cotton suggests fascist suppression of political speech.

St. Louis staple Donut Drive-In is opening a sister location in Brentwood this month.

The new Midtown store is about 70,000 square feet, making it one of Target’s small-format stores.

Roxie weighed nearly 96 pounds at birth, and she's the first-ever animal to be born at the WildCare Park.

Cierra M. Wealleans, 21, pleaded guilty Thursday to lesser charges after an arrangement with prosecutors.

WATERLOO, Ill. - First responders were called to Gardner Elementary School after at least a dozen students got sick at around 9:30 a.m. while practicing for a spring play. Following a check by utility crews, the building has received the all-clear. The school says that the evacuation was precautionary. They were concerned with, "kids in [...]

The Saint Louis Zoo welcomes a new female Grevy’s zebra foal named Roxie.

A campaign to enshrine abortion rights in Missouri’s constitution said Friday that it collected more than 380,000 signatures in just three months, more than twice the likely total needed to qualify for this year’s statewide ballot.  The coalition, called Missourians for Constitutional Freedom, is hoping to put on the November ballot a measure that would […]

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"You see all this crap on Instagram that’s over-the-top; you’re watching a mom build a Mario Brothers-themed bento box for her kid’s lunch, and you just think, 'Can we just chill out for a second and remember what we ate as children?'"

"You see all this crap on Instagram that’s over-the-top; you’re watching a mom build a Mario Brothers-themed bento box for her kid’s lunch, and you just think, 'Can we just chill out for a second and remember what we ate as children?'"

The Rolling Stones had some surprises in store for fans during their set at Jazz Fest in New Orleans on Thursday, May 2. The rockers brought out two guests during the…

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The American economy gained 175,000 jobs last month. We need 90,000 new jobs just to keep up with population growth, which means that net job growth clocked in at 85,000 jobs. Yuck. The headline unemployment rate ticked up to 3.9%. Average weekly earnings dropped 1.1% in April on an annualized basis. Adjusted for inflation, that's ...continue reading "Job growth slows in April"

United States Steel Corp. said it and Nippon Steel are working to comply with a request for more information from the U.S. Department of Justice in an antitrust review of the $14.9 billion merger.