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April 19, 2021 at 8:20 am

2 views of Floyd onlookers: Desperate to help, or angry mob?

To the prosecution, the witnesses who watched George Floyd ’s body go still were regular people — a firefighter, a mixed martial arts fighter, a...

April 9, 2021 at 11:46 am

Reform-minded leaders now at the helm in St. Louis

ST. LOUIS (AP) — The daunting task of turning around the fortunes of St. Louis is now in the hands of a new era of...

April 9, 2021 at 10:17 am

‘Blue wall of silence’ takes hit in Chauvin’s murder trial VIEW

Police accused of wrongdoing can usually count on the blue wall of silence — protection from fellow officers that includes everything from shutting off body...

April 5, 2021 at 8:43 pm

A chance to ‘rise’: St. Louis elects 1st Black female mayor VIEW

ST. LOUIS (AP) — St. Louis Treasurer Tishaura Jones, who has been outspoken in her criticism of the criminal justice system’s “arrest and incarcerate” model,...

Inmates, from a second cell block, cough and try to breath through broken windows after officers deploy a chemical irritant at the St. Louis Justice Center, known as the city jail, on Sunday, April 4, 2021. Inmates broke windows, set a fire and threw debris to the ground late Sunday at a St. Louis jail that has been plagued by uprisings in recent months. (Colter Peterson/St. Louis Post-Dispatch via AP) MOSTP501 MOSTP501

April 4, 2021 at 10:46 pm

Inmates stage uprising at St. Louis jail dogged by unrest

Inmates broke windows, set a fire and threw chairs and other items out of a third-floor window in the second significant uprising in two months...

April 4, 2021 at 6:35 am

EXPLAINER: Legion of Chauvin prosecutors, each with own role VIEW

Viewers watching the trial of a former Minneapolis officer charged with murder in George Floyd 's death may be struck by the array of prosecutors...

FILE – This May 25, 2020, file image from a police body camera shows bystanders including Alyssa Funari, left filming, Charles McMillan, center left in light colored shorts, Christopher Martin center in gray, Donald Williams, center in black, Genevieve Hansen, fourth from right filming, Darnella Frazier, third from right filming, as former Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin was recorded pressing his knee on George Floyd’s neck for several minutes in Minneapolis. To the prosecution, the witnesses who watched Floyd’s body go still were regular people — a firefighter, a mixed martial arts fighter, a high school student and her 9-year-old cousin in a T-shirt emblazoned with the word “Love.” (Minneapolis Police Department via AP, File) CER901 CER901

March 31, 2021 at 11:51 am

2 views of Floyd onlookers: Desperate to help, or angry mob

Video of the scene suggests something less than a crowd — around 15 people can be seen on surveillance video on the sidewalk in front...

March 22, 2021 at 5:03 pm

Ex-Missouri Gov. Greitens announces 2022 US Senate bid

O'FALLON, Mo. (AP) — Eric Greitens, the former Navy SEAL officer who rose quickly to become Missouri governor before scandal forced him out of office...

March 18, 2021 at 7:32 am

EXPLAINER: Chauvin’s lawyer is outnumbered, but has help VIEW

As trial approaches for a former Minneapolis police officer charged in George Floyd’s death, the early proceedings suggest it’s not exactly a fair fight. No...

March 16, 2021 at 1:00 pm

EXPLAINER: What’s behind some Chauvin jury questions?

Potential jurors in the trial of a former Minneapolis police officer accused in George Floyd's death have been asked many predictable questions. Attorneys from both...