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"You can't love your country only when you win," Biden warned the GOP.

The St. Louis Shakespeare Festival will feature two vastly different plays this summer — with the comedic As You Like It featured at Forest Park and the weird and wild tragicomedy The Tempest in 24 different parks around the region. Everybody's favorite outdoor theatrical experience, Shakespeare in the Park, kicks off As You Like It in Shakespeare Glen on Wednesday, May 29. Opening night will be Friday, May 31, with performances Tuesday through Sunday nights through June 23.

A judge said the lawsuit revealed "very troubling" facts, including lapses that contributed to Drexel Starks' death, but didn't prove jail employees were aware of the seriousness of his condition.

Art Saint Louis presents "Varsity Art 28," our 28th annual exhibition highlighting works by 39 undergrad and grad level student artists representing 21 STL regional/area colleges and universities. This year's […]

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A St. Louis County attorney challenging Missouri House rules hiding the names of constituents who communicate with lawmakers lost an appeal Tuesday — but not for the same reason he lost the case at the trial level. As a result, the House can continue to use its rules to limit disclosures despite a 2018 constitutional amendment that made the Legislature subject to the Sunshine Law. The Tuesday ruling by the Western District Court of Appeals upheld the result of a Cole County case but found it was decided improperly.

The Ancient Order of Hibernians will honor several St. Louis first responders and civic leaders on Thursday.

When last we checked in with Hewlett Packard (HP), the company had just been sued (for the second time) for crippling customer printers if owners attempt to use cheaper, third-party printer cartridges. It was just the latest in a long saga where printer manufacturers use DRM or dodgy software updates to wage all out war on consumer […]

The Hazelwood PTA is hosting a 'Meet the Candidate' event Thursday night.

Speaker Dean Plocher’s attorney sought to attend a closed-door hearing of the Missouri House Ethics Committee on Wednesday night, arguing he should be allowed to stay in order to listen to the panel review a report detailing the investigation of his client. Lowell Pearson, a veteran Republican attorney, was informed by the committee’s chair – Republican Rep. Hannah Kelly of Mountain Grove – that House rules require proceedings of the ethics committee to be confidential, with none of the…

United Steelworkers is "actively engaged" with the Committee on Foreign Investment in the United States to help block the proposed $14.9 billion acquisition of United States Steel Corp. by Nippon Steel Corp.

Rep. Hannah Kelly, R-Mountain Grove, who chairs the House Ethics Committee, decried the “theatrics” and said the panel must be given the time and latitude to complete its inquiry.

The man accused of strangling his wife told investigators he was acting in self-defense after his wife pointed a gun at him in the couple's home in rural Lincoln County.

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Along with criminal case in Cole County and two civil lawsuits in St. Louis, former Maplewood official now working with New Life St. Louis church in Bridgeton.

St. Louis police published detailed, monthly crime data with geographic coordinates on its website for the first time in three years, marking the latest effort to catch up to publishing standards by police forces nationwide.

For the second year in a row, a Missouri House committee debated GOP-backed legislation that would face the same limits on drag performances as govern “sexually oriented businesses.” The bill, sponsored by Bethany Republican Rep. Mazzie Christensen, would also create penalties for engaging in an adult cabaret performance in a location where it could be […]

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St. Louis’ major league soccer team has started its second season as the newest member of the league. But this summer, the team will not be playing in the U.S. Open Cup. The decision by MLS has angered the supporters groups that have been called the backbone of the fan base.