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This report has been updated. WASHINGTON — Seven U.S. Senate Democrats and one independent joined Republicans on Sunday night in advancing legislation to reopen the government and temporarily keep it afloat until the end of January, after a record-breaking shutdown that began Oct. 1. Democratic Sens. Dick Durbin of Illinois, John Fetterman of Pennsylvania, Maggie Hassan […]

A group of shutdown-weary Democratic senators voted with Republicans on Sunday night to advance a legislative vehicle to reopen the federal government and end the 40-day shutdown that has left tens of thousands of workers furloughed and caused chaos at the nation’s airports. The Senate voted 60-40 to proceed to a House-passed continuing resolution to reopen the [...]

One week from Sunday will be the six-month anniversary of the EF3 tornado that ripped across the St. Louis area, leaving behind death and terrible destruction.

St. Louis Lambert International is not among the 10 hardest-hit hubs this weekend, but it is on the FAA’s list of 40 high-volume airports ordered to trim flights by as much as 10% during this government shutdown.

Homicide detectives with the St. Louis Metropolitan Police Department believe Dennis Maguire was fatally shot by someone he didn't know more than a year and a half ago.

The Senate now has enough Democratic votes to reopen the government after a 40-day shutdown, after a rare Saturday session yielded little progress despite mounting pressures. A group of centrist Democrats led by Sens. Angus King (Maine), an independent who caucuses with Democrats, and Jeanne Shaheen (D-N.H.). and Maggie Hassan (D-N.H.), negotiated the deal to [...]

With an arctic blast hitting the St. Louis area for the next few days, city officials and community organizations have partnered to open emergency shelters around town for unhoused St. Louisans and those whose homes remain uninhabitable due to the May 16 tornado.

ST. LOUIS – Ahead of the freezing temperatures anticipated in St. Louis until early Tuesday, the City of St. Louis and several organizations in the community have worked together to make emergency shelter available for St. Louisans who are unhoused or whose homes were damaged and are uninhabitable due to the May 16 tornado. Emergency shelter is available at several locations in St. Louis between the hours of 6 p.m. and 9 a.m., starting tonight, Nov. 9, and ending the morning of Tuesday,

An Overland, Missouri, man is charged with stealing a muscle car worth many tens of thousands of dollars from a dealership in Herculaneum.