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Omarion Mays, 19, and James Jamel Blake, 22, were charged with murder and robbery in connection with the deadly shooting of 14-year-old Kathon Moore.

Newly released surveillance video footage captures a concerning moment.

A former quality control manager with Boeing died after two days of depositions.

Thinking green beer for St. Paddy's Day? Here's another option.

Missouri Senate Democrats ended their filibuster Tuesday of a bill that seeks to expand the state’s K-12 tax-credit scholarship program — agreeing to let the legislation come to a vote after Republicans added provisions boosting public school funding and teacher retention efforts. The bill receiving first-round approval in the Senate Tuesday evening is the second version to come to the floor this week. The original 12-page bill ballooned to 76 pages before expanding to 153 pages Tuesday after…

WASHINGTON — Senators on the U.S. Senate Rules Committee expressed concerns Tuesday that poll workers may need protection and that artificial intelligence could interfere in the fall elections. Leading members of the committee said AI has already been used to promote disinformation that has interfered with elections, while elections workers have for years experienced intimidation. […]

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When Terrence Wise explains Missouri’s initiative petition process to his children, he brings up one particularly remarkable play by the Kansas City Chiefs. The famous 13 second overtime win against the Buffalo Bills secured the Chiefs a place in the 2023 Super Bowl. As a result of the win, the NFL changed its overtime rules. […]

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ST. LOUIS -- Firefighters have been called to the 4500 block of Newport Avenue in south St. Louis to put out a house fire. The structure appears to be unoccupied and there is heavy damage to the building. It is not clear what started the fire. This is a developing story. More details will be [...]

Kahlil Robert Irving makes sculptures at his spacious studio in South St. Louis that he exhibits around the world. His latest show, an innovative mix of ceramics and digital collage, is at the Kemper Art Museum.

ST. LOUIS -- A fire erupted in an apartment on the 7th floor of the Riverbend Apartments on Wednesday, located on South Broadway, displacing two of its residents. The incident, which drew an immediate response from firefighters shortly after 4:30 a.m., was successfully contained to the single unit involved. Thankfully, the individuals living in the [...]

ST. LOUIS -- The St. Louis Zoo's first ever lantern festival starts today. "Animals Aglow" will illuminate the zoo this spring with more than 60 larger-than-life Chinese lanterns and interactive light displays shaped like plants and wildlife. This first-ever event will feature a Chinese Dragon Corridor tunnel, giant glowing animals, and interactive displays such as [...]

When State Senator Holly Thompson Rehder (R-Sikeston) first heard about the idea to legalize psilocybin for therapeutic use, she was adamantly opposed to it. But the more she learned about the drug and studies on its uses, the more intrigued she became. “I was so impressed,” Rehder tells the RFT, “and just amazed at the outcomes that these other studies were showing for people who had chronic depression, substance use disorder, PTSD — it's amazing.”

A new poll shows plurality of Missourians support restoring abortion rights as they existed under Roe v. Wade, but a large undecided group holds the key to victory.  The St. Louis University/YouGov Poll conducted in February found that 44% of those surveyed would vote for abortion rights after hearing the ballot language, while 37% were […]

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After missing a chunk of CITY’s preseason training camp, the German midfielder is starting to find his form.

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Salmon are essential to Columbia River tribal people. These fish represent not only a food source but a way of life. As a white kid growing up in the Pacific Northwest, Tony Schick heard a lot about salmon — how important they are to this region, and how much trouble they’re in now. But the history he learned was not the whole story. As an investigative reporter for Oregon Public Broadcasting and ProPublica, he’s been working to uncover and understand a more sinister version of events. And along the way, he connected with a guy named Randy Settler and his family.

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Our new podcast “Salmon Wars” tells the story of salmon in the Northwest in a way you haven’t heard before — through the voices of one Yakama Nation family who have been fighting for salmon for generations. We’ll dive into hidden history. We’ll investigate who’s to blame for the salmon vanishing and what can be done before it’s too late.

“Salmon Wars” is listed as Season Two of the “Timber Wars” podcast series. You can listen to the new season in the audio player below, or follow the link to your favorite podcast app.

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Episode 1: The Family

Host Tony Schick introduces us to Randy Settler and his family. The Settlers, members of the Yakama Nation, have been deeply affected by the Northwest’s salmon policies for generations. They lost their home, their primary food source, their ancestral fishing grounds. Randy and his parents went to jail for exercising their fishing rights, and they won some important victories along the way. Now, he’s passing the fight on to the younger people in the tribe.

Episode 2: The Treaties

To understand the war over salmon, we have to go back to 1855. That’s when chiefs from the Yakama Nation and other Pacific Northwest tribes signed treaties that are still used as the basis for laws and policies governing salmon fishing. Some tribal members believe the Yakama signed a treaty under duress. In some ways, this document represents the first in a multigenerational series of promises that the U.S. government made and broke. It also created a powerful legal framework the Yakama still use to advocate for fishing rights.

Episode 3: The Court Battles

Federal officials took away a way of life that had sustained Pacific Northwest tribes for centuries. So some tribal members became outlaws. In the 1960s and beyond, Native activists fought back against state and federal restrictions on their fishing rights — a period known as the “fish wars.” They held “fish-ins” and fought for their rights in court. Randy Settler’s parents won some major battles in the fish wars, but their methods were controversial even within their tribe.

US Rep. Cori Bush is just one of four Missouri members of Congress who have secured earmarks for their districts.

“He’s trying to orchestrate democracy,” the challenger said in an interview.

If humankind and Mother Nature are in a long-term relationship, then humans are akin to an emotionally unavailable, exploitative partner who hasn’t planned a date in decades yet still expects their long-suffering counterpart to put dinner on the table every evening at seven sharp. So often we treat the natural world as a commodity at our disposal rather than a life-sustaining force with which our fate is intertwined.