BERLIN (AP) — German drug and chemicals company Bayer AG says it has entered talks with the Monsanto Company about the possible acquisition of the U.S.-based specialist in genetically modified crop seeds. Leverkusen-based Bayer said in a short statement Thursday that its executives had met recently with their Monsanto counterparts “to privately discuss a negotiated…
ST. LOUIS (AP) – Thirteen Muslims are suing U.S. immigration officials, alleging in the federal case filed in St. Louis a secret “blacklist” was slowing their quest for citizenship. The Post-Dispatch reports that the lawsuit names U.S. Citizen and Immigration Services and immigration officials as defendants. The suit alleges the Controlled Application Review and Resolution…
(KTRS) – Saint Louis FC opened the Lamar Hunt U.S. Open Cup with 2-0 victory over AFC Cleveland on Wednesday night. Goals from Jamiel Hardware and Jordan Roberts proved to be the difference in front of 3,195 fans at World Wide Technology Soccer Park in Fenton. Mark Pais was in goal for the shutout, the…
ST. LOUIS (AP) — Adam Wainwright said his curveball was the best it’s been all season. The sinker was, too. That spelled bad news for Colorado Rockies hitters, and welcome relief for his ERA. The St. Louis Cardinals’ ace threw six-hit ball into the seventh inning in his strongest start after a shaky beginning and…
COLUMBIA, Mo. (AP) – The University of Missouri System governing board is freezing tuition for in-state undergraduates but hiking it for other students. Curators on Wednesday agreed not to raise tuition for in-state undergraduates in the four-campus system. Tuition will increase 3 percent next fall for out-of-state undergraduates. That will mean an increase of about…
(KTRS) – Forest Park is getting some love from a travel website–the St. Louis jewel was named the best public park in the country by Thrillist. The list-makers said attractions live the St. Louis Art Museum and St. Louis Zoo helped earn the park the top spot.
ST. LOUIS (AP) – A St. Louis man has been ordered to spend the rest of his life in prison for his role in the 2014 shooting death of a bystander who was walking with her grandchildren. The St. Louis Post-Dispatch reports St. Louis Circuit Judge David C. Mason sentenced 22-year-old Tommy Dora on Wednesday.…
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WASHINGTON (AP) – Scientists are planning a major study of an experimental HIV vaccine in South Africa later this year. The shots are based on the only attempted HIV vaccine ever to show even marginal effectiveness, in Thailand in 2009. The U.S. National Institutes of Health said Wednesday its study in South Africa will use…
The first four months of 2016 were 2.05 degrees higher than the 20th century average