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“They’re my third family,” said Brown. “I owe them my life.”

The top elected official in St. Louis County says police appeared to follow department policy in initiating a chase that ended when the car being pursued caused a fatal wreck.

I've seen a flurry of Democratic governors assuring their residents that mifepristone will by God continue to be available in their states. I appreciate the sentiment and applaud their public support. However, there's a wee gotcha here: mifepristone will continue to be available only if its manufacturers continue to ship it, and they will do ...continue reading "Even blue states may be in danger of losing access to mifepristone"

Authorities suspect arson as the reason behind three truck fires early Friday morning in Hillsboro.

Two Democratic members of the Tennessee legislature, Justin Pearson of Memphis and Justin Jones of Nashville, have been expelled by Republicans who control a supermajority in the state House of Representatives. The given reason was "lack of decorum." So now Memphis and Nashville have two empty seats to fill. Who are they going to pick? ...continue reading "Republicans plotting further revenge on Tennessee reps they expelled"

Saturday is the only time this year all four of St. Louis' professional sports teams will play a regular-season game on the same day.

One man was killed, and two others were hurt Friday in separate shootings in St. Louis.

On the eve of his 2023 pitching debut for the St. Louis Cardinals, Jack Flaherty and his mother, Eileen, visited the Boys & Girls Clubs of Greater St. Louis Herbert Hoover Club location at 2901 Grand to donate books in…

We have recently run an excellent natural experiment about the rule of law: On Tuesday, Donald Trump was indicted on 34 counts of business fraud. Response was partisan, of course. Republicans unanimously blasted the legal basis for the case as both trivial and wrongheaded. Democrats . . . were split. Some defended the legal reasoning ...continue reading "Who takes the law more seriously? A natural experiment can tell us."

Several months ago, I learned that my son and his wife — Jack and Laura — were expecting a second child, a daughter. Little Jack, who was then 2 years old, was going to have a sister.