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Consumer price inflation reached 4.2% in May, the highest mark in three years, boosted largely by higher energy prices that have spiked because of the Iran war, according to federal numbers released on Wednesday. The higher year-over-year inflation rate was expected. But at more than double the Federal Reserve’s target rate of 2%, the new numbers dimmed […]

The more than 130-mile, $881 million Eastern Missouri Grid Transformation Project would stretch along the edge of northeast Missouri.

With many students and educators already using widely available artificial intelligence tools, state lawmakers and school districts are playing catch-up on AI policies. In Maryland, for example, AI usage policies for K-12 schools are “all over the map,” Democratic state Sen. Katie Fry Hester said. In some school districts, she said, AI use is encouraged, […]

Begin Again: Wak'a Garden is the second installment in Laumeier’s Begin Again series, honoring the Park’s 50-year history of collaborating with artists and supporting new commissions and exhibitions. The organic, amphitheater-shaped sculpture, built […]

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Begin Again: 50 Years and Counting marks Laumeier’s 50th anniversary by celebrating five decades of artist commissions and exhibitions. Featuring hundreds of artists and rarely seen works from Laumeier’s collection, […]

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Once mostly untamed woods, with a racetrack, the venerable park has changed with the times.

"I've wanted to be a St. Louis City policeman since I can remember," Michael Mendez said in an interview. "It's always been a dream job of mine."

The Missouri Department of Higher Education and Workforce Development has until Dec. 1 to craft a new formula for distributing state aid among public colleges and universities — or risk lawmakers creating their own plan that “institutions quite likely will not like,” the state’s higher education commissioner said Wednesday. Bennett Boggs, speaking during a meeting […]

A man was found shot dead in the Penrose neighborhood of North St. Louis early this morning, and police are urging anyone with information to come forward.

Composer Andre Previn’s 1995 opera “A Streetcar Named Desire” puts playwright Tennessee Williams’ story onstage with an intense, mood-shifting score. Opera Theatre of St. Louis’ new production is the first collaboration between its new artistic director, Patricia Racette — and its Principal Conductor, Daniela Candillari. St. Louis Public Radio’s Jeremy Goodwin spoke with them about the show.

A strong cold front is expected to bring strong-to-severe storms to the St. Louis area on Thursday evening, with the potential for damaging winds, hail, and an isolated spin-up or two, before clearing out by Friday morning and another system arriving Saturday into Sunday.

While most guitarists likely don’t have the talent of Rush’s Alex Lifeson, they now have a chance to at least sound a little bit like him.The rocker has teamed with…

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As the nation celebrated its centennial, St. Louis marked mileposts that remain important to this day.

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Headlines from the June 11, 1926, front page include: John Rutherford turns state's evidence; He and his brother will go free.

Facing another round of cuts, NOAA-funded researchers worry about undermining public safety, the maritime economy, and health on the Great Lakes.