Bellerive Country Club is considered one of the “Big Four” of traditional, exclusive St. Louis-area clubs, a picturesque parkland course designed by Robert Trent Jones serving as its centerpiece. For a while, big events bolstered its reputation. Gary Player won ...
Read More »Prosecutors: Judge wrong to scold them in front of jury
Prosecutors in Paul Manafort’s financial-fraud trial said Thursday that the judge presiding over the former Trump campaign chairman’s case incorrectly admonished them in front of the jury, and they want him to correct the error. Attorneys for special counsel Robert ...
Read More »Four years after Ferguson, white prosecutor ousted by African American man
Four years after the deadly police shooting that triggered racial unrest in Ferguson and helped give rise to the Black Lives Matter movement, an African American city councilman scored an election upset and ousted the white prosecutor criticized over his ...
Read More »Ferguson councilman ousts prosecutor McCulloch in primary
A seven-term prosecuting attorney in St. Louis County who gained national attention in his handling of the investigation of the fatal police shooting of Michael Brown in Ferguson lost a primary challenge Tuesday to a black Ferguson councilman, according to ...
Read More »China exports accelerated in July despite rise in US tariffs
China’s exports to the United States surged last month as its merchants rushed to fill orders ahead of a jump in U.S. tariffs on Chinese goods. Its shipments to the United States climbed 13 percent in July from a year ...
Read More »Bill Clinton’s debut novel is a million seller
Bill Clinton is a now a million-selling novelist. “The President is Missing,” a thriller co-written with James Patterson, has more than 1 million combined hardcover, e-book and audio sales in North America alone since coming out June 4. The book ...
Read More »CVS Health tops 2Q forecasts, downplays help from rebates
CVS Health detailed a better-than-expected second quarter Wednesday and then reassured investors that it doesn’t depend heavily on much-criticized prescription drug rebates that regulators may eliminate. Shares of the drugstore chain and pharmacy benefit manager climbed after CEO Larry Merlo ...
Read More »Sinclair, Tribune in talks to overcome regulatory hurdles
The Sinclair broadcasting company says it’s in talks with Tribune Media on how to overcome regulatory hurdles to its $3.9 billion deal to buy Tribune’s 42 TV stations. The deadline for either party to walk away from the deal is ...
Read More »Missouri sides with Nevada in drugmaker delay of execution
Fifteen states, including Missouri, are siding with Nevada in a state Supreme Court fight against drug companies suing to prevent the use of their products to execute a condemned inmate. In what a national death penalty expert on Tuesday called ...
Read More »Court: State can base e-school funding on participation data
Ohio had authority to calculate a giant online charter school’s funding using student participation data rather than only enrollment, the state Supreme Court ruled Wednesday in the latest blow to the now-dismantled e-school. The Electronic Classroom of Tomorrow, which had ...
Read More »Judge refuses to reopen North Dakota pipeline security suit
A North Dakota judge has refused to reopen a lawsuit that state regulators filed against a North Carolina-based private security firm accused of using heavy-handed tactics against people protesting the $3.8 billion Dakota Access oil pipeline. Judge John Grinsteiner’s decision ...
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