St. Louis County Tuesday received delivery of 3,900 doses of the Pfizer coronavirus vaccine from the state of Missouri. The county Department of Public Health will continue administering the vaccine on Wednesday morning to people who have registered, and the process will continue daily at the Health Department’s John C. Murphy Health Center in Berkeley.…
BERLIN (AP) — A new survey suggests that U.S. President-elect Joe Biden will assume office amid a surge in optimism among major European allies, and at home, about the future of trans-Atlantic relations and American foreign policy in general. Four years of President Donald Trump’s “America First” approach to foreign policy have frayed relations with…
JEFFERSON CITY, MO – The State of Missouri is partnering with the Missouri Primary Care Association and MAKO Medical to continue hosting free COVID-19 testing events throughout the state. Community testing events are scheduled in the following counties over the next two weeks: Audrain, Boone, Buchanan, Clay, Cole, Greene, Harrison, Howell, Iron, Jackson, Jasper, Jefferson, Johnson, Madison,…
About 172,000 residents have pre-registered with the St. Louis County Health Department for the Covid-19 vaccination but County Executive Sam Page says that a few have been dishonest on the form; misrepresenting their age and occupation, claiming to be frontline health care workers when they are not in order to get the vaccine sooner. Page…
WASHINGTON (AP) — As he was preparing to leave the White House in January 1989, President Ronald Reagan wanted to write a note to his successor, George H.W. Bush. He reached for a pad emblazoned with cartoon turkeys and the phrase “Don’t Let the Turkeys Get You Down.” And he scrawled: “Dear George, You’ll have…
NEW YORK (AP) — Sen. Josh Hawley has found a new publisher after his book was dropped by Simon & Schuster in the wake of the siege of the U.S. Capitol by supporters of President Donald Trump. The conservative publisher Regnery announced Monday that Hawley’s “The Tyranny of Big Tech” will come out this spring.…
As Missourians celebrate the legacy of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., CareSTL Health will offer FREE COVID-19 testing to Missouri residents at its clinic at 2425 North Whittier Street in North St. Louis. CareSTL is offering the testing to coincide with many Missouri workers and students off for Martin Luther King, Jr. Day. Testing is reserved for…
WASHINGTON (AP) — Federal watchdogs have launched a sweeping review of how the FBI, the Pentagon and other agencies responded to the riot last week at the U.S. Capitol. The inquiries will include whether there were failures in information sharing and other preparations that left the historic symbol of democracy vulnerable to assault by a…
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) — Missouri Gov. Mike Parson is sending National Guard troops to Washington, D.C. to help with security leading up to the presidential inauguration. A spokeswoman for the governor didn’t specify how many troops Missouri is sending. Officials say the number of National Guard troops coming to Washington from across the country…
CLAYTON, Mo. (AP) — The head of a St. Louis County police diversity unit who was admonished for speaking to the media about a county dispatcher who used a racial slur over a police radio says he plans to resign the post. Lt. Keith Wildhaber complained to KSDK-TV on Sunday about the “systemic racism and…