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The new podcast “A CRISPR Bite” explores how and why biotech companies are looking to use CRISPR technology to change our food. The five-part series was produced by journalist — and former St. Louis Public Radio reporter — Corinne Ruff. It’s hosted by food anthropologist Lauren Crossland-Marr. In its third episode, the St. Louis company Benson Hill takes center stage.

Brenda Battle returned to St. Louis to deliver the Homer G. Phillips Public Health Lecture Series keynote address and she offered a stirring message urging the region to reduce its healthcare disparities.

There’s a whole chapter of Walled Culture the book (free digital versions available) devoted to the serious attack on libraries and their traditional functions that is being carried out by major publishers. The latter are using digital copyright law to take advantage of the shift to eBooks by moving from one-off sales to a recurrent licensing […]

U.S. officials are working to recover American hostages from the Middle East and provide aid to Israel as violence continues in the region following last weekend’s attack by Hamas, administration and congressional leaders said Wednesday. Speaking to Jewish community leaders at the White House late Wednesday afternoon, President Joe Biden said the administration was working […]

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One McDonald's location in O'Fallon, Missouri, celebrated its grand reopening on Wednesday while also recognizing the owner's battle with ALS.

A refurbished addition to the St. Margaret of Scotland playground has opened in south St. Louis.

With the Wednesday sun high above Maryland Heights, Ameren crews geared up and climbed up in an effort to brush up on their skills.

Grief on the gridiron. Community leaders say a well-known youth football coach was shot several times Tuesday during practice in front of his players.

The Hoffmann family, which plans to transform Augusta, in St. Charles County, into a national wine destination, is selling the property for one of its planned projects.

Guests will have a chance to get an exclusive bottle of Meili Vodka, signed live by Jason Momoa and Blaine Halverson.

An industrial park in north St. Louis County has landed two new tenants, in a pair of deals that marked some of the largest industrial activity in the region during the third quarter.

A woman has been sentenced to up to 3 years behind bars following her guilty plea in Effingham County Court to charges related to lighting a guinea pig on fire and filming its death.

KENT, OHIO - Edwardsville native Hannah Faulkner, an NFHCA All-America Third Team pick in 2014 who was fifth in the country in goals with 20 and sixth in points with 48, was inducted recently in the Kent State University Hall Of Fame. Hannah is also being recognized as a Johnston Law Firm Female Athlete of Month for Edwardsville for her success as a college and high school athlete at EHS. The MAC Player of the Year led Kent State to the first NCAA Tournament win in program history, a 2-1 victory at Delaware, that same season. Faulkner also helped the Flashes to MAC regular season championships in each of her final three seasons and earned a spot on an All-MAC team each year. This year's ceremony took place Friday, Sept. 15, 2023, in the Kent State Student Center Ballroom. Hannah had a great career at EHS and also played for the Gateway Club team in St. Louis and was part of the Futures program. She was co-captain for the Edwardsville Tigers in both 2009 and 2010. She scored six

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Two men from the St. Louis region face federal charges in connection with multiple carjackings. One of the suspects is also linked to a fentanyl death earlier this year.

The $60 million plan, including the addition of a third baggage carousel, would be funded by a bond issue to be paid off by Southwest Airlines.

Boeing, a critical St. Louis employer, is moving big into drones and a sixth-generation fighter aircraft, with plans for major expansion in North County. But with the exception of a groundbreaking scheduled for the spring of 2024, the rest of the aerospace giant's local ambitions are far from an absolute certainty.