Cincinnati Reds top prospect Noelvi Martรฉ suspended 80 games by MLB for positive drug test
Noelvi Martรฉ, a 22-year-old infielder who is the Cincinnati Redsโ top prospect, has been suspended for the first 80 games of the season following a positive test under Major League Baseballโs drug program.
Lawyers for religious leaders challenging Missouri abortion ban say law imposes beliefs on everyone
Lawyers for a group of religious leaders who support abortion rights said during a hearing that Missouri lawmakers intended to โimpose their religious beliefs on everyone" in the state when they passed a restrictive abortion ban.
Government should pay compensation for secretive Cold War-era testing, St. Louis victims say
As Congress considers payments to victims of Cold War-era nuclear contamination in the St. Louis region, people who were targeted for secret government testing from that same time period believe theyโre due compensation, too.
Missouri governor to announce his pick as new St. Louis prosecutor after Kim Gardner resignation
Republican Missouri Gov. Mike Parson on Friday will announce his pick to serve out the remainder of Kim Gardnerโs term as the chief prosecutor in St. Louis, following her sudden departure earlier this week.
Former โSweetie Pieโsโ star Tim Norman gets life in prison for arranging deadly shooting of his nephew to collect life insurance payment
A former star of a St. Louis-based reality show has been sentenced to life in prison for arranging the killing of his nephew to collect a life insurance policy.
โBeauty consultantโ sentenced to 8 years after botched buttocks injections led to death of mother of 3, documents show
A beauty consultant who was unlicensed when she administered illegal silicone buttocks injections on a mother of three, causing her death nearly four years ago, has learned her punishment for the crime.
Spiritual advisers offering final comfort in execution rooms
For decades, Missouri executions played out in similar fashion: An inmate was strapped to a gurney in a drab room, alone except for the eyes of witnesses staring through thick glass as unidentified executioners administered the lethal chemical from behind a cinderblock wall.
Religious leaders sue to block Missouri's abortion ban
A group of religious leaders who support abortion rights has filed a lawsuit challenging Missouriโs abortion ban, saying lawmakers openly invoked their religious beliefs while drafting the measure and thereby imposed those beliefs on others who donโt share them.
Transgender inmate executed for fatal 2003 stabbing
A Missouri inmate has been put to death for a 2003 killing, in what is believed to be the first execution of a transgender woman in the U.S. Amber McLaughlin was put to death Tuesday night, hours after Republican Gov. Mike Parson declined a clemency request.
Down syndrome issue at center of Missouri abortion law case
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.
Duggar triples, Giants hold off Dodgers 6-4 for NL West lead
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.