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The shopping center is home to the label’s newest retail store, bringing a taste of global luxury and Italian style to Missouri.

Flip back the yellowing pages of the St. Louis Post-Dispatch archives, and you'll find evidence of a scandal so Midwestern, so petty and so focused on moralizing, that you'll have a singular conclusion: only in St. Louis. The year was 1891, and the subject was "lady teachers." Just like in 2023, people couldn't help sticking their noses where they didn't belong.

He was identified as 19-year-old Shavkat Narimanov.

WASHINGTON – Members of the U.S. Senate Agriculture, Nutrition and Forestry Committee split along party lines on Thursday as they tussled over financial accountability in farm bill nutrition programs. The main point of contention was the Department of Agriculture’s 2021 changes to the Thrifty Food Plan, one of four food plans the USDA develops to […]

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Here are ways that you can perform random acts of kindness, big or small.

ST. LOUIS -- It feels like winter again, but that won't last long. Friday morning temperatures start in the 20s with wind chills in the teens. Skies become sunny with highs in the mid to upper 30s Friday afternoon. Temperatures rebound nicely for the weekend thanks to the return of south winds. Partly cloudy skies [...]

Tony Bethmann learned early on the benefits that come from working hard in a professional kitchen. "I started riding my bike to Rich & Charlie's to wash dishes; it was the first job I got a paycheck at other than my dad's [farm]," Bethmann says. "I was 15 and had $20 dollar bills in my pocket.

They were able to keep the fire from spreading to houses nearby.

Missouri is confronting a nightmarish crisis in child welfare. According to the Missouri Children’s Division, there are over 13,300 children currently in foster care. The Missouri Child Abuse/Neglect Hotline Unit received over 54,000 reported incidents involving over 77,000 children throughout 2021. At a recent hearing of the state House subcommittee overseeing the budget for the […]

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For Rae Mohrmann, life is best lived in pursuit of a finish line.

Turns out, there's more than one.

There was water damage after flooding from frozen pipes right after Christmas.

Judge Glenda Hatchett, of the courtroom show, Judge Hatchett is the main speaker Saturday afternoon.

One in five Americans now lives in an area that's trying to move buildings off fossil fuels.

Garland says there is no "one-size- fits-all" solution to reducing violent crime. Strategies that are deployed must be tailored to the needs of individual communities.

ST. LOUIS -- The city of Ferguson is looking for a new police chief. Chief Frank McCall announced his resignation. He has been chief since July 2021. One of seven in the last few years. His last day on the job is one week from today. Captain Henry Dilworth will become interim chief. Interim City [...]

When asked about climate change, David Malpass said he’s “not a scientist.” Soon he won’t be a World Bank president either.

On This Day, February 17, 1976... The Eagles released the compilation album Their Greatest Hits (1971-1975), featuring songs from their first four albums, including “Take it Easy,” “Lyin’ Eyes,” “Desperado,” “Take it…

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Yoko Ono turns 90 on Saturday, and in honor of her big day, she wants you to share your wishes with her. Since 1996, Yoko has been collecting wishes through Wish…

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The Nazis understood deception and confirmation bias. It is very difficult for most human beings to have hard eyes, and the deceivers know that.