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Missouri Gov. Parson issues legal threat against Post-Dispatch after database flaws exposed

JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. — Missouri Gov. Mike Parson lashed out at the St. Louis Post-Dispatch on Thursday, two days after the newspaper informed the state of a data risk that left 100,000 Social Security numbers vulnerable to public disclosure.

St. Louis Post-Dispatch · Oct 14, 2021

Cardinals fire manager Mike Shildt due to 'philosophical differences'

ST. LOUIS — In a stunning move less than a week after he guided the team to the postseason for the third consecutive season, the Cardinals have fired manager Mike Shildt.

St. Louis Post-Dispatch · Oct 14, 2021

Editorial: The 'hands-off' party is ordering schools and businesses to risk lives in the pandemic

Republican politicians once defended a “hands-off” approach to local government and entrepreneurship. Local governmental units like school boards knew how best to educate and protect local kids without meddling from distant capitals, went the thinking, just as private businesses knew best how to make their own workplace policies.

St. Louis Post-Dispatch · Oct 14, 2021

Lynn Schmidt: Liz Cheney's impossible choice

Questions like which came first, the chicken or the egg, are irrelevant because they’re unanswerable (although for the record, scientists come down on the side of the egg.) Here is a more relevant and important question. Which comes first for members of Congress: their oath to the Constitution or the…

St. Louis Post-Dispatch · Oct 13, 2021

Benjamin Hochman: Roger Goodell, you have a problem. Here's an idea to help reduce Jon Grudens in the NFL

Jon Gruden isn’t sorry — he’s just sorry he got caught. He’ll get publicly chastised and he’ll privately hide for a few months and then he’ll slowly start to resurface, here and there. And round and round we go in sports — a few months go by and then a…

St. Louis Post-Dispatch · Oct 12, 2021

Benjamin Hochman: If this is goodbye to the Cardinals’ Matt Carpenter, St. Louis should say thanks

The salsa has expired.

St. Louis Post-Dispatch · Oct 12, 2021

St. Louis toddler with COVID-19 recovering after 5 days on ventilator

ST. LOUIS — Up until the first of the month, Adrian James was a typical toddler who loved to jump on the couch, pretend to cook meals for his baby brother and sing his ABCs. He was especially proud of being able to name all the planets in the solar…

St. Louis Post-Dispatch · Oct 11, 2021

Best Bites: Fudge Brownie M&Ms

It is often said that you can’t improve perfection, but less considered is the idea that you can match it. M&Ms, both plain and peanut, are at the apex of candies. And now the folks at M&M have equaled their previous efforts by placing miniature fudge brownies inside an M&M…

St. Louis Post-Dispatch · Oct 11, 2021

'The hurt is what motivates you': His career spent overcoming adversity, Cardinals Reyes tested again by walk-off loss

LOS ANGELES — His hand raised, his steps light, Chris Taylor had not yet rounded first base when Alex Reyes headed for home.

St. Louis Post-Dispatch · Oct 11, 2021

Ribs 101: Four methods for cooking

"Ribs" should never be a four-letter word.

St. Louis Post-Dispatch · Oct 11, 2021