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A transportation bill introduced by a Senate committee chairman would allow car rental companies to rent recalled vehicles that haven’t been repaired and eliminate any hard deadline for railroads to start using long-sought technology that automatically stops trains to prevent crashes, ...

St. Louis police commanders say they’re frustrated by what they see as leniency shown by judges in sentencing and prosecutors not issuing enough homicide charges as the city’s number of slayings have climbed. Chief Sam Dotson posted a blog entry ...

Doug Hamilton is just fine with plans to put a woman’s portrait on U.S. paper money, but he’d prefer that the Treasury Department leave the $10 bill alone — particularly the prominent visage of his great-great-great-great-great grandfather, Alexander Hamilton. The ...

The sister of musician and photographer who fell to his death down a downtown St. Louis building’s elevator shaft is suing the former property owner and the elevator’s manufacturer. The St. Louis Post-Dispatch reports that 72-year-old Virginia Klein’s lawsuit filed ...

Two competing visions could determine how you first experience a driverless car. Traditional automakers like Mercedes and Toyota already make vehicles equipped with systems that keep cars within their lanes, apply the brakes or park by themselves. Their plan is ...

Same-sex married couples can start applying for Social Security and veterans benefits for spouses in all 50 states, but there are still issues to resolve as the federal government works to implement the Supreme Court ruling allowing gay couples to ...

Gov. Jay Nixon on Thursday signed into law an overhaul of the state’s municipal court system, primarily that of St. Louis County. The legislation, set to take effect Aug. 28, caps fines for minor traffic violations and reduces revenue most ...

An attorney for a man accused of shooting two police officers during a protest in Ferguson said Thursday that he expects his client will remain jailed until the case is resolved. St. Louis County Circuit Judge Gloria Reno on Wednesday ...

The effort to erect a Ferguson job training center at the site of a former convenience store that was looted and burned after last summer’s fatal police shooting of Michael Brown is getting underway. Officials on Thursday were to break ...

St. Louis city’s longtime sheriff is lifting a ban that had kept his employees from running against him during elections. The St. Louis Post-Dispatch reports it has obtained an order signed by Sheriff James Murphy and distributed to his employees ...

While the safety of their private financial information is a big deal for a lot of people, when it comes to protecting it, many are actually pretty lax, a new survey says. According to the phone survey commissioned by MasterCard, ...