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O’FALLON, Mo. (AP) — Missouri plans mass vaccination sites by the end of the month in an effort to get more protection against COVID-19 to more people. Gov. Mike Parson said Wednesday that he will activate the National Guard to help with new vaccination sites in each of the nine Missouri State Highway Patrol regions.…
WASHINGTON (AP) — Three new Democratic senators have been sworn into office, giving Democrats the majority in the Senate. In a first vote, the Senate has confirmed President Joe Biden’s nominee for Director of National Intelligence, Avril Haines. The Senate is now split 50-50, with Vice President Kamala Harris as a potential tie-breaking vote. That’s…
WASHINGTON (AP) — Joe Biden swears the oath of office at noon Wednesday to become the 46th president of the United States. He will take the helm of a deeply divided nation and inherit a confluence of crises arguably greater than any faced by his predecessors. The very inaugural ceremony in which presidential power is…
ST. LOUIS (AP) — A 21-year-old eastern Missouri woman who was seen inside the U.S. Capitol during the Jan. 6 riot made her initial court appearance. Emily Hernandez, of Sullivan, was released after the virtual hearing Tuesday. She was ordered to remain in the eastern district of Missouri. Her next court appearance will be in…
WASHINGTON (AP) — President-elect Joe Biden plans to unveil a sweeping immigration bill on Day One of his administration. A person granted anonymity to discuss the legislation says it would provide an eight-year path to citizenship for an estimated 11 million people living in the U.S. without legal status. It’s a massive reversal from the…
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,…
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) — A Missouri woman has been charged with taking a splintered name plate belonging to House Speaker Nancy Pelosi during the riot at the U.S. Capitol. Emily Hernandez, of Sullivan, was charged Friday with with five counts, including disorderly conduct that impedes the conduct of government business and the stealing or disposing of…
WILMINGTON, Del. (AP) — President-elect Joe Biden unveiled a $1.9 trillion coronavirus plan Thursday to end “a crisis of deep human suffering” by speeding up vaccines and pumping out financial help to those struggling with the pandemic’s prolonged economic fallout. Called the “American Rescue Plan,” the legislative proposal would meet Biden’s goal of administering 100…
ST. LOUIS (AP) — A second person has been charged in the death of a man who was shot and then dragged by a vehicle behind a vacant St. Louis home. The St. Louis Post-Dispatch reports that 24-year-old Joseph Griffin, of St. Louis, was charged Saturday with first-degree murder, first-degree robbery, abandonment of a corpse…