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Texas wants Planned Parenthood to return more than $10 million in payments for low-income patients.

An overturned conviction in Missouri is raising new questions about video testimony in criminal court cases nationwide.

Troopers say Emily Hernandez' car hit another on I-44 in the St. Louis area, killing a passenger in the other car. She's charged with five misdemeanors stemming from the January 6 assault.

Illinois continues to set records for COVID-19 cases and hospitalizations as the highly contagious omicron and delta variants of the coronavirus surge across the state.

Solutia Inc. and Pharmacia LLC, successors to Monsanto Company, will complete the cleanup of four former landfills and waste lagoons in Sauget, Illinois, across the Mississippi River from St. Louis. The settlement will require the companies to reimburse EPA $700,000 in past costs spent at the sites and take responsibility for implementing EPA’s cleanup plan estimated to cost $17.9 million. The hazardous waste includes toxic substances and known carcinogens, including PCBs, dioxin, lead, cadmium, benzene and chlorobenzene. The cleanup requires placing engineered caps over identified waste areas, conducting vapor intrusion mitigation and controlling access to the sites. The consent decree, lodged in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Illinois, is subject to a 30-day public comment period and final court approval.

Search efforts at an Amazon facility in downstate Edwardsville where at least six people were killed in a tornado were expected to take several days, but authorities said they did not expect to find additional survivors.

Tornadoes and severe weather caused catastrophic damage across multiple states late Friday.

At least two people were killed Friday night when a reported tornado ripped through an Arkansas nursing home. In Illinois, the roof of an Amazon warehouse collapsed.

Sam Reinhart and Anton Lundell scored in the shootout, and the Florida Panthers continued their string of comebacks by rallying from three one-goal deficits to beat the St. Louis Blues 4-3.

A former Southwest Airlines baggage handler was sentenced Tuesday to six months in prison after pleading guilty to knowingly possessing or receiving stolen guns. Federal prosecutors said Mark Hunter of St. Louis was charged after a passenger traveling through St. Louis Lambert International Airport reported that a pistol had been reported stolen from his luggage. Federal agents investigated and found seven reported thefts of guns from luggage checked on Southwest over a five-month period in 2020.

A federal judge has blocked President Joe Biden's administration from enforcing a coronavirus vaccine mandate on health care workers in 10 states that had brought the first legal challenge against the requirement.

The NFL and Rams owner Stan Kroenke will pay $790 million to settle a lawsuit filed by St. Louis interests over the team’s relocation to Los Angeles.

St. Louis officials sought $1 billion in damages after the Rams moved to Los Angeles in 2016.

The former St. Louis police officer had taken part in the beating of an undercover Black cop during 2017 protests against racial injustice.View Entire Post ›

Assault charges will be dropped against a former suburban St. Louis police officer who shot a shoplifting suspect, a decision reached after the victim and the ex-officer participated in a mediation aimed at resolving conflict. The St. Louis County Prosecuting Attorney's Office said Monday that Ashley Fountain Hall asked for dismissal of charges against Julia Crews, 39. The process known as restorative justice mediation took place Nov. 5.

Hedge fund Alden Global Capital, one of the country’s largest newspaper owners with a reputation for intense cost cuts and layoffs, has offered to buy the local newspaper chain Lee Enterprises for about $141 million.

A woman has been charged with manslaughter in the death of a woman to whom she gave illegal silicone buttocks injections while unlicensed, court documents say.

On Good Day Austin we talked with Kyle City Council Member Michael Tobias about Saturday's Kyle Veterans Day Parade

The woman set a new age record in the event. She says she will keep running as long as she can.

Oklahoma is set to execute an inmate on death row in one week, despite the state's parole board expressing doubt about his guilt. Amanda Bass, a federal public defender, joined CBSN's Lana Zak to discuss the case of Julius Jones.

Security camera footage, shell casings and a small but distinctive tattoo played pivotal roles in the arrest of a man suspected in at least six killings over the past two months in the St. Louis and Kansas City areas. The St. Louis Circuit Attorney's office on Tuesday charged Perez Deshay Reed in the shooting deaths of two people in the city in September. Reed was charged Saturday in two other fatal shootings in September in St. Louis County.

Perez Reed is facing charges of murder and assault in shootings that occurred in the St. Louis County area. The gun used in those assaults has been tied to other murders in St. Louis and Kansas.

The suit claims Rams owner Stan Kroenke and Cowboys owner Jerry Jones discussed the current SoFi Stadium site in California as far back as 2013.

Hint: Stay away from the dishwasher.

Six years after playing their last game in St. Louis, the NFL's rams are still engaged in a suit against their former city and are trying to get the case moved.

The shooting of Officer Tyler Timmins took place at a gas station in a suburb of St. Louis.

A suburban St. Louis man alleges in a lawsuit that police officers punched, kicked and stomped on him before illegally searching the apartment he shared with his girlfriend after claiming he had committed a minor traffic violation. The lawsuit was filed in federal court Monday on behalf of Tranell Stewart, 38, and his former girlfriend, Lisa Jones, against five Maryland Heights police officers and the city of Maryland Heights. It also accuses the city of liability, charging that Maryland Heights has not addressed years of police stopping and searching Black motorists at rates far above their representation in the city.

A police officer was shot to death Tuesday by a man at a gas station in an Illinois suburb of St. Louis, authorities said. Pontoon Beach Officer Tyler Timmins, 36, died after being taken to a hospital, Illinois State Police Trooper Jayme Bufford said. The officer was shot at around 8 a.m. at a Speedway gas station along Route 111 and was rushed to a hospital in nearby Granite City before being transferred a St. Louis hospital that specializes in the most critical cases, the St. Louis Post-Dispatch reported.

The Chicago Cubs have hired Carter Hawkins as general manager, dipping into Cleveland’s front office in an effort to bolster their own player development system.

Chief Justice John Roberts has rejected a Supreme Court stay request from the St. Louis-based natural gas company Spire Inc. to allow it to keep operating a pipeline through Illinois and Missouri.

Chief Justice John Roberts has rejected a Supreme Court appeal by the St. Louis-based natural gas company Spire Inc. to allow it to keep operating a pipeline through Illinois and Missouri. Roberts did not comment Friday in refusing to temporarily pause a lower court order affecting the operation of the Spire STL Pipeline. The company could be forced to stop operating the pipeline on Dec. 13 unless the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission extends an emergency order granted in September.

The request is wrapped into a lawsuit alleging the Rams broke NFL rules when they moved from St. Louis to Los Angeles.

This St. Louis delicacy features your choice of ravioli that are breaded, deep fried and served with grated cheese and marinara.

Sports Pulse: A wild card game bring the yankees and red sox face to face

St. Louis pitcher Adam Wainwright is guaranteed $17.5 million under his 2022 contract with the Cardinals, more than double his $8 million salary this year. Wainwright has the right to block any trade as a 10-year veteran who has spent five seasons with his team. Wainwright has spent all 16 of his big league seasons with the Cardinals.

Former congressman Todd Akin (R-Mo.) was widely criticized for saying in 2012 that "legitimate rape" rarely causes pregnancy. He lost his bid to serve in the U.S. Senate that year.

Umpire Bill Miller provided an explanation Monday for a wild sequence during St. Louis' 4-2 victory over the Chicago Cubs that added another layer of drama to the Cardinals' 16th straight win. A request was made for an explanation after Sunday's game, but a spokesman for the Cubs said it was declined. The play occurred after St. Louis reliever Giovanny Gallegos walked pinch-hitter Austin Romine and Rafael Ortega with one out in the ninth.

The Rolling Stones are touring again, this time without their heartbeat, or at least their backbeat.

The Rolling Stones are touring again, this time without their heartbeat, or at least their backbeat. The legendary rockers launched their pandemic-delayed “No Filter” tour Sunday at the Dome at America’s Center in St. Louis without their drummer of nearly six decades. It was clear from the outset just how much the band members — and the fans — missed Charlie Watts, who died last month at age 80.

The full 8th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in St. Louis is deciding the fate of a Missouri law that puts sweeping restrictions on abortions, and a focal point of oral arguments on Tuesday was a provision prohibiting abortions based solely on a Down syndrome diagnosis.

Manny Machado screamed at All-Star teammate Fernando Tatis Jr. in the dugout during the fifth inning of the San Diego Padres’ crucial game against the St. Louis Cardinals.

Highlights of this day in history: Vietnam War deserters and draft evaders receive conditional amnesty; Palestinian refugees massacred in Lebanon; Mexico pushes for independence; Opera star Maria Callas dies; Blues great B.B. King born. (Sept. 16)

The statue of Confederate Gen. Robert E. Lee was taken down last week in Richmond, Virginia; now all that remains is the massive pedestal. (Sept. 15)

Homestead-Miami Speedway will return to the playoff portion of the NASCAR season in 2022.

Leaders of the Osage Nation had hoped to buy the land that contains the 1,000-year-old images. An auction bidder agreed to pay $2.2 million for 43 acres including the cave 60 miles west of St. Louis.

A Missouri cave containing Native American artwork from more than 1,000 years ago has been sold at auction.

O'FALLON, Mo. (AP) — A Missouri cave containing Native American artwork from more than 1,000 years ago was sold at auction Tuesday, disappointing leaders of the Osage Nation who hoped to buy the land to “protect and preserve our most sacred site.” Bryan Laughlin, director of Selkirk Auctioneers & Appraisers, the St. Louis-based firm handling the auction, said the winning bidder declined to be named. It also has more than 290 prehistoric glyphs, or hieroglyphic symbols used to represent sounds or meanings, “making it the largest collection of indigenous people’s polychrome paintings in Missouri," according to the auction website.

Mets 41-year-old left-hander Rich Hill is set to face Cardinals 40-year-old righty Adam Wainwright in a showdown of veterans who still got it.

Dodgers lefty Julio Urías (16-3, 3.11 ERA) tries to add to his major league-leading win total when he pitches at St. Louis. The Cardinals are the only Dodgers opponent in the National League that Urías has never started against. With a formidable rotation that also includes former Cy Young Award winner Max Scherzer, Clayton Kershaw and David Price along with star Walker Buehler, the Dodgers are competing with San Francisco for the NL West title.

Steven Duggar hit a tiebreaking two-run triple after being called up earlier in the day, Brandon Belt homered, and the San Francisco Giants wrapped up their key weekend series against the rival Los Angeles Dodgers with a 6-4 win to take the NL West lead.

The federal agency responsible for inspecting incoming international mail is concerned people sneaking across the border are mailing themselves identifying documents from abroad, which would allow them to apply for driver's licenses and other benefits in the United States.

The Yankees host the Red Sox in a day-night doubleheader as the longtime rivals jostle for playoff position.

At a forum, he spoke against the vaccine and spread the conspiracy that microchips are injected into people through the shots.

Two St. Louis sheriff's deputies were fired after providing security to Rep. Cori Bush, a Missouri Democrat who has faced criticism for advocating defunding the police while requesting her own security detail.

Two St. Louis sheriff's deputies who worked secondary jobs providing security for U.S. Rep. Cori Bush were fired for failing to get approval for their moonlighting, and not because of who they worked for, Sheriff Vernon Betts said Friday. Deputies Tylance Jackson and Maurice Thompson were dismissed last month. “I didn't fire them for working security for Cori Bush," Betts said in a phone interview.

Mark McCloskey argues in the lawsuit that he and his wife have been "absolved of all wrongdoing," and therefore deserve their guns back.

Rep. Cori Bush said it is “absolutely unbelievable” that the Missouri governor pardoned Mark McCloskey and Patricia McCloskey.

Rising hospitalizations, mostly among the unvaccinated, due to the hyper-transmissible delta variant have forced some would-be travelers to reconsider whether it’s safe to take their trips.

The couple pleaded guilty to misdemeanor gun charges​ in June, although Mark McCloskey announced in May that he would be running for U.S. Senate​.

Missouri Gov. Mike Parson pardoned Mark and Patricia McCloskey after they pleaded guilty to misdemeanors.View Entire Post ›

Mark and Patricia McCloskey said they got their firearms out because they feared demonstrators who marched past the couple's home in a luxury enclave last year. The two pleaded guilty to misdemeanors.

Missouri Gov. Mike Parson has made good on his promise to pardon a couple who gained notoriety for pointing guns at social justice demonstrators as they marched past the couple’s home last year.

The City of St. Louis Department of Health is trying to identify anyone who had close contact with the infected person and urged everyone who attended the council meeting to quarantine.

“High risk, immune compromised and sadly couldn’t muster an immune response,” tweeted Steve Edwards, president and CEO of CoxHealth.

The Chicago White Sox have acquired closer Craig Kimbrel from the crosstown Cubs.

Tishaura Jones is among a wave of progressive leaders aiming to turn around struggling cities.

United States Olympic wrestler Gable Steveson has taken advantage of the new opportunities for college athletes to cash in on their name, image and likeness by signing with clean energy drink company Kill Cliff.

There has been pushback from several elected officials with some attempting to reverse the mandate amid an increase in COVID-19 cases statewide.

The victim said she feared she would be shot if she didn't comply when he told her to get in the back of his fake patrol unit.

While official guidance has not changed, Fauci hinted that a return to indoor mask mandates for vaccinated people and booster shots might be necessary to once again curb the spread of the virus.

Rolling Stones fans in the United States will finally be getting, yes, some satisfaction: The band announced it was relaunching its “No Filter” tour, derailed by the pandemic, this fall.

Relive the top moments from the U.S. Olympic Gymnastics Trials.

More than 20,000 spectators expected to pack The Dome at America’s Center in St. Louis for the U.S. Olympic Women’s Gymnastics Trials.

Max Kranick pitched five perfect innings in his major league debut before a 64-minute rain delay forced him from the game, and the Pittsburgh Pirates went on to beat the St. Louis Cardinals 7-2.

It is hard to believe Simone Biles could perform any better.

Simone Biles sure looks ready for Tokyo.

The journey wasn’t planned for these Houston-area gymnasts said things are working out well.

Brody Malone is likely to lock up his first Olympic berth on Day 2 of Olympic Trials. But the race for second is going to be a battle.

An injury brings an end to an Olympic dream for one Houston area athlete on night one of the U.S. Olympic Trials for gymnastics.

Day 1 of the women's competition at the U.S. Olympic Gymnastics Trials begins Friday night in St. Louis.

Seven athletes with ties to Houston prepare for the start of the U.S. Olympic Gymnastic Trials in St. Louis.

U.S. Olympic Gymnastics Trials begin with Day 1 of the men's competition Thursday night in St. Louis.

U.S. Olympic Gymnastics Team spots are on the line this week in St. Louis. Here's what you should keep your eyes on.

The U.S. Olympic Gymnastics Trials kick off Thursday in St. Louis and NBC has your viewing needs covered from the first routine through the naming of the men's and women's Olympic teams.

A St. Louis couple who gained notoriety for pointing guns at social justice demonstrators last year have pleaded guilty to misdemeanor charges.

Reigning AL Cy Young Award winner Shane Bieber won’t throw for at least two weeks because of a right shoulder strain, an injury that will further test Cleveland’s pitching depth.

The president of the Southern Baptist Convention’s Executive Committee says it is hiring an outside firm to investigate its actions amid accusations that top leaders mishandled sex abuses cases.

Releases of leaked letters and secret recordings from within the Southern Baptist Convention are intensifying as critics seek to show top leaders were slow to address sexual abuse and worried more about its reputation and donations than about victims.

A federal appeals court panel has blocked Missouri from enforcing a sweeping state abortion law that bans the procedures at or after eight weeks of pregnancy.

Actress Ellie Kemper has apologized for participating in a debutante ball hosted by a St_ Louis organization that she now says had “an unquestionably racist, sexist and elitist past.”.

Joe West is set to break the record for most games as a major league umpire with No. 5,376 when he works the Cardinals-White Sox matchup in Chicago.

Several St. Louis Blues players who returned positive COVID-19 tests have been cleared to play in Game 2 on Wednesday night against Colorado after the results from a lab were investigated with follow-up tests coming back negative.

Players and fans during Monday’s night’s baseball matchup between the New York Mets and the St. Louis Cardinals were left in the dark.

Adam Wainwright came off the COVID-19 injured list and hung tough, St. Louis got a lights-out performance from its bullpen and the Cardinals beat the New York Mets 6-5 for their fifth straight win.

From the Jacksonville Jumbo Shrimp to the Tri-City Dust Devils, minor league teams are set to host opening day across the country following more than a year of uncertainty and empty ballparks.

A judge has denied a defense request to return to a grand jury the case against a St. Louis couple accused of waving guns at racial injustice protesters last year.

Phillies star Bryce Harper says he’s feeling fine after being hit in the face by a 96.9 mph fastball Wednesday.

Phillies star Bryce Harper says he’s feeling fine after being hit in the face by a 96.9 mph fastball Wednesday.

Zack Wheeler took a one-hit shutout into the ninth inning and Rhys Hoskins homered twice as the Philadelphia Phillies beat the St. Louis Cardinals 2-1.

The Washington Nationals have placed right-handed pitcher Stephen Strasburg on the 10-day injured list because of right shoulder inflammation.