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EAST ST. LOUIS, Ill. (AP) — East St. Louis public school students are slated to return to the classroom next month, nearly a year after the coronavirus pandemic shut down the district. District 189 officials have tentatively scheduled pre-school and elementary school students to return to in-person learning on March 2. However, remote learning will…
ST. LOUIS (AP) — St. Louis Circuit Attorney Kim Gardner on Monday launched an investigation into conditions at the City Justice Center, a large downtown jail that was the site of a massive disturbance over the weekend. More than 100 detainees on Saturday were able to get out of their cells, smash windows and set…
WUHAN, China (AP) — A World Health Organization expert says the coronavirus is unlikely to have leaked from a Chinese lab and is more likely to have jumped to humans from an animal. WHO food safety and animal diseases expert Peter Ben Embarek made the assessment at the end of a visit by a WHO…
WASHINGTON (AP) — Donald Trump’s historic second impeachment trial is opening this week with a sense of urgency. Democrats want to hold the former president accountable for the violent U.S. Capitol siege. And Republicans want it over as fast as possible. It’s scheduled to begin Tuesday, just over a month since the deadly Jan. 6…
ST. LOUIS (AP) — The founder of a defunct St. Louis charter school has been sentenced to 366 days in prison and ordered to repay $2.4 million in state money he obtained by inflating student attendance numbers. Michael Malone, 44, was sentenced Friday for two counts of wire fraud for reporting incorrect attendance figures for…
RAWLINS, Wyo. (AP) — The Wyoming Republican Party has voted overwhelmingly to censure U.S. Rep. Liz Cheney for voting to impeach President Donald Trump for his role in the Jan. 6 riot at the U.S. Capitol. Only eight of the 74-member state GOP’s central committee stood to oppose censure in a vote that didn’t proceed…
ST. LOUIS (AP) — Inmates at a St. Louis jail set fires, caused flooding, broke out fourth-floor windows and tossed a stationary bike, chairs, mattresses and other things. Saturday’s riot was just the latest disturbance at the St. Louis City Justice Center over concerns about the coronavirus pandemic and restrictions that have limited visits and…
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden says Donald Trump’s “erratic behavior” should prevent him from receiving classified intelligence briefings, a courtesy that historically has been granted to outgoing presidents. Asked in an interview with CBS News on Friday what he feared if Trump continued to receive the briefings, Biden said he did not want to…
WASHINGTON (AP) — A fiercely divided House has tossed Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene off both her committees. It was an unprecedented punishment for the chamber and it reflected Democrats’ outrage at the hateful and violent conspiracy theories she has helped spread. Nearly all Republicans voted against the Democratic move, but none of them defended her…
O’FALLON, Mo. (AP) — Missouri’s governor and health director are warning local entities responsible for COVID-19 vaccinations to stick with the state’s priority list or risk losing future distributions. Gov. Mike Parson on Thursday raised concerns about vaccinators going rogue and allowing some people who are not yet eligible for the vaccine to jump ahead…