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Ben Frederickson: Before pounding Bumgarner off Diamondbacks, Cardinals were right to not trade for him

Remember when people actually thought the Cardinals trading for Madison Bumgarner before last season's trade deadline could be a good idea?

St. Louis Post-Dispatch · Apr 20, 2023

Missouri secretary of state predicts transgender restrictions won't stand

JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. — At least one top Missouri Republican isn't defending Attorney General Andrew Bailey's rules on transgender medical care, which advocates say would make Missouri the first state to restrict treatments for adults.

St. Louis Post-Dispatch · Apr 20, 2023

St. Louis Black empowerment activists charged with role in Russian propaganda scheme

ST. LOUIS — A federal indictment claims three activists behind a St. Louis Black empowerment group took part in a yearslong Russian "agitation and propaganda" campaign to sow dissent in the United States.

St. Louis Post-Dispatch · Apr 20, 2023

Missouri House approves bill limiting transgender athletes

JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. — House legislators have approved a plan limiting transgender athletes, requiring individuals in sixth grade or older to play on sports teams aligning with their birth gender.

St. Louis Post-Dispatch · Apr 18, 2023

Benjamin Hochman: Meet Josh Pauls, the St. Louisan and double leg amputee who's a sled hockey star

He is a super man, his body the embodiment of perseverance — a chiseled chest from years of weightlifting and two prosthetic legs because he’s a bilateral above-knee amputee. And as Josh Pauls walked around a weight room Saturday morning, a rap lyric from his playlist blared: “I walk around…

St. Louis Post-Dispatch · Apr 18, 2023

Patients scramble to secure gender-affirming care in Missouri before April 27 restrictions

ST. LOUIS — Planned Parenthood held a pop-up clinic at its Central West End location on Monday for people seeking gender-affirming care, 10 days before new rules that would make Missouri the first state to greatly restrict care for transgender adults go into effect.

St. Louis Post-Dispatch · Apr 18, 2023

Editorial: For his legacy, party and country, the president should consider retirement

Joe Biden could retire from office in January 2025 as one of the most accomplished presidents in U.S. history, and probably the most accomplished one-term president. Instead, he appears determined to embark on a second-term campaign that even a sizable portion of his Democratic admirers would dread for the simple,…

St. Louis Post-Dispatch · Apr 18, 2023

Jack Flaherty's strong start falls apart late as Cardinals lose 6-3 to Diamondbacks

ST. LOUIS — Cardinals pitchers Jack Flaherty and Andrew Pallante combined to give up a five-run seventh inning as the Arizona Diamondbacks broke open what had been a tie game as the Cardinals lost their seventh of 11 home games this season.

St. Louis Post-Dispatch · Apr 18, 2023

Best Bites: Kellogg's Little Debbie Swiss Rolls Cereal

To celebrate the 60th anniversary of Little Debbie Swiss Rolls, Kellogg and Little Debbie have joined forces for their fourth cereal collaboration. Little Debbie’s top-selling snack cake — the delightfully spongy chocolate cake rolled up with cream filling — is being transformed into a cereal. Delicious in milk or as…

St. Louis Post-Dispatch · Apr 17, 2023

Lack of professionalism, 'guys worrying about themselves' contribute to loss of Blues culture

As Blues players conducted an autopsy on the carcass of their lost season, it was apparent they’d been thinking about a cause of death for quite some time.

St. Louis Post-Dispatch · Apr 17, 2023