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The United States Congress is mysterious as hell: Speaker Mike Johnson told Politico that he expects to pass a future Ukraine assistance bill with Democratic votes, an acknowledgment of the persistent resistance to any new aid within the GOP.... “I think it is a stand-alone, and I suspect it will need to be on suspension,” ...continue reading "Mike Johnson says he’ll allow vote on Ukraine"

Students across Missouri could have access to scholarships for private schooling through an expanded tax credit program passed Thursday in the GOP-led state Senate.

Build-A-Bear Workshop will open 50 new stores by the end of the year, company leaders shared during a Thursday earnings call with investors.

Isolated tornadoes remain possible Thursday evening, with the entire 5 On Your Side viewing area under a Tornado Watch until 9 p.m.

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While countless lawmakers looking to get on cable TV spent much of the last few years freaking out about TikTok privacy issues, none of those same folks seem bothered by the parade of nasty vulnerabilities in the nation’s telecom networks. Hackers are still happily exploiting the SS7 flaw that lets governments and bad actors spy on […]

Lynyrd Skynyrd will be heading to Nashville this summer for CMA Fest, which is happening June 6-9. The Southern rockers are booked to play Nissan Stadium on June 6, joining a…

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A state spending plan for fiscal 2025 delivered Thursday in the Missouri House cuts $2 billion from the proposal Gov. Mike Parson made in January, largely through adjustments for the depletion of pandemic-era federal funding and the decline in Medicaid enrollment.  The proposal from House Budget Committee Chairman Cody Smith achieves those cuts despite several […]

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Mary Bartlett Bunge, a former Washington U. faculty member and a pioneer in researching cell transplants to aid spinal injury patients, has died. She was 92.

Storms are passing through the area Thursday afternoon after several tornado watches and warnings have been issued.

Junior Robinson, detained in the St. Louis jail in 2022, says guards pepper sprayed and beat him after he tried to escape a potentially dangerous situation, according to a lawsuit.

Measure easily passed the House last week. But prospects appear dim for the proposal in the Senate.