Consumer prices climbed 2.9 percent in July from a year earlier, a rate of inflation that suggests Americans are earning less than a year ago despite an otherwise solid economy. The Labor Department said Friday that the consumer price index ...
Read More »New St. Louis police officer follows family’s footsteps
Since 1941, there has been a Griffin patrolling the streets of St. Louis. First, it was Robert Griffin Jr. He served more than 30 years in the St. Louis Police Department and pinned a city police badge on his son ...
Read More »St. Louis DA win latest victory for Black Lives Matter
When LaShell Eikerenkoetter cast her vote for Wesley Bell in the St. Louis County Democratic primary on Tuesday, she took the spirit of Michael Brown with her to the ballot box. She had a sole purpose on Election Day: Get ...
Read More »Independents uneasy about taking cash, even from indie group
Hoping to capitalize on voter frustration over growing polarization in politics, a group fueled partly by what critics call “dark money” plans to spend $3 million this year to support and elect independents. But some free-spirited lawmakers are declining their ...
Read More »Some Kavanaugh documents from Bush White House made public
The first documents from Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh’s time in George W. Bush’s White House were released Thursday as the Senate begins to review the judge’s unusually lengthy public record for confirmation hearings this fall. The 5,700 pages from ...
Read More »Missouri Republicans slam House GOP primary winner: ‘Vile’
Missouri Republican leaders are condemning the winner of a GOP primary for a northwest Missouri seat, saying they didn’t recruit or support the candidate who has said “Hitler was right” and promoted conspiracies about Jewish “cabals” that torture children. Steve ...
Read More »Russian PM strongly warns US against ramping up sanctions
Russia’s prime minister sternly warned the United States on Friday against ramping up sanctions, saying that Moscow will retaliate with economic, political and unspecified “other” means. The tough message from Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev marked what the Kremlin sees as ...
Read More »New law may force small businesses to reveal data practices
A Rhode Island software company that sells primarily to businesses is nonetheless making sure it complies with a strict California law about consumers’ privacy. AVTECH Software is preparing for what some say is the wave of the future: laws requiring ...
Read More »Samsung’s new phone shows how hardware innovation has slowed
Samsung’s new smartphone illustrates the limits of innovation at time when hardware advances have slowed. The new phone, the Galaxy Note 9, will be faster and will last longer without a recharge. But while earth-shattering new features are in short ...
Read More »Rite Aid, Albertsons call off merger deal ahead of vote
Rite Aid and the grocer Albertsons called off an agreement to become a single company with the deal facing shaky prospects in a shareholder vote. Shares of the drugstore chain plunged after markets opened Thursday. The owner of Safeway and ...
Read More »US producer prices flat in July, restraining inflation
U.S. wholesale prices were unchanged in July after two months of large increases, a sign inflation pressures may have softened. The Labor Department said Thursday that the producer price index — which measures price changes before they reach the consumer ...
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