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Missouri State Fair returns in full swing, despite surging virus numbers

SEDALIA, Mo. — Four little pigs decked in racing silks rounded the track at the Missouri State Fair on Thursday as a packed and unmasked crowd shouted for their favorite swine.

St. Louis Post-Dispatch · Aug 15, 2021

Flaherty returns for Cardinals in 6-0 win against Royals

KANSAS CITY, Mo. — Playing the ‘what-if?’ game can be a mind-bogging experience for Cardinals players, staff and fans. What if Jack Flaherty, who already was 8-1, hadn’t hurt himself when the Cardinals were half a game to the good in first place on May 31, the day Flaherty went…

St. Louis Post-Dispatch · Aug 14, 2021

Marlon Wayans makes a dramatic departure from comedy with ‘Respect’

Marlon Wayans has transformed into a white woman for “White Chicks,” a baby for “Little Man,” seven people for “Sextuplets” and a streaker in a time loop for “Naked.”

St. Louis Post-Dispatch · Aug 13, 2021

Editorial: New details on Trump's attempted coup show need for federal voting protection

It has been too easy to overlook the slow drip of new information about former President Donald Trump’s attempt to remain in office after being voted out, but make no mistake: This was an attempted coup. And it was thwarted, in part, by state laws that prevented politicians from overruling…

St. Louis Post-Dispatch · Aug 12, 2021

Editorial: DeSantis and other GOP governors like him are endangering their own people

The first duty of any state governor is to protect the health and safety of the citizenry. In that sense, the incredibly cynical and dangerous performative politics against pandemic safety being undertaken by some (though not all) Republican governors around America is nothing less than the abdication of their duty.

St. Louis Post-Dispatch · Aug 12, 2021

Ferguson to roll out anti-bias training, continue work on federal consent decree

FERGUSON, Mo. — More than five years after the city of Ferguson entered into a court agreement to remedy policies and practices that unfairly targeted vulnerable residents, police officials said Wednesday they're making headway. Goals include rolling out in-house anti-bias training, hiring more officers and gathering more community feedback.

St. Louis Post-Dispatch · Aug 12, 2021

Gov. Parson vows to 'follow the law,' allow Missourians newly eligible for Medicaid to enroll

JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. — Gov. Mike Parson's administration will allow Missourians newly eligible for Medicaid coverage to enroll in the state-run program, his office said in a news release Wednesday.

St. Louis Post-Dispatch · Aug 11, 2021

Editorial: Trump's latest con victims are his own political donors

In what should qualify as the least surprising story of the year, it turns out former President Donald Trump is lying to his own political donors about what he’s using their money for. The ex-president has raised tens of millions of dollars toward the stated goals of challenging the last…

St. Louis Post-Dispatch · Aug 11, 2021

Cardinals' Happ sharp in 4-1 win vs. Pirates

PITTSBURGH — If there’s a safe harbor for the Cardinals, a place where they can dock a few times this month, refuel, and maybe, just maybe get some buoyancy in this season after several months of low tide, it’s along the Allegheny River at PNC Park.

St. Louis Post-Dispatch · Aug 11, 2021

Benjamin Hochman: Blah Birds have been the flavor of the summer months — vanilla

It’s crazy that the Cardinals made the playoffs in 2019 and 2020, then traded for Nolan Arenado and somehow ended up here, a team mired in mediocrity, its fans tired of false hope.

St. Louis Post-Dispatch · Aug 10, 2021