Five members of a St. Louis County, Missouri, family tested positive for COVID-19, with one of them warning that “it can happen to anybody.” Ryan Weinhaus, 32, said he, his wife, Brittanie, brother Jason and his parents have all tested positive. “I did not expect myself to test positive or to have some of these symptoms, but it can happen...

A man suspected of plotting to blow up a Missouri hospital over frustrations with the coronavirus was killed in a shootout with FBI agents, officials said Wednesday.

Customers cheered at a Walmart in Missouri after a woman gave birth to a baby girl in the store’s toilet paper aisle

Former Vice President Joe Biden was the projected winner of the Democratic primary in Mississippi on Tuesday. Biden and Bernie Sanders were competing in six states Tuesday.

A Missouri judge has overturned the 1997 burglary and assault convictions of a man whose case has been championed by WNBA star Maya Moore.

An 11-year-old girl who was allegedly raped by her brother gave birth at home, and now he and their parents are facing criminal charges, NBC News reports.

President Donald Trump congratulated the Kansas City Chiefs on their come-from-behind Super Bowl victory on Sunday.

Severe storms sweeping across southern portions of the U.S. and up into the Midwest were blamed Saturday in the deaths of at least 11 people, including two first responders, as high winds, tornadoes and unrelenting rain battered large swaths of the country. Storm-related fatalities were reported in Texas due to icy weather, in Alabama from a deadly tornado and in…

The second that dog shelter owner Rochelle Steffen first laid eyes on a tiny “unicorn” puppy that has a tail growing out of his face, she had two thoughts. “I looked at him, and I was like, ‘This is the most ridiculously adorable puppy I’ve ever seen,” Steffen told TODAY. “Then my million-dollar question was, ‘Did the tail wag?”’ Steffen,...

An administrative hearing to decide whether Missouri can revoke the license for the state’s only abortion clinic concluded Thursday with emotional testimony from a clinic official. The hearing in St. Louis before a commissioner with the Missouri Administrative Hearing Commission was expected to last five days but wrapped up a day early. A ruling isn’t expected until February at the...

Two Phoenix police officers involved in separate incidents that drew national outrage, including one who pointed a gun and yelled profanities at a black family, will be fired, the chief of police said Tuesday. “I expect more. You deserve more,” Chief Jeri Williams said at a news conference. “Unlike other professions, we don’t have a luxury of a do-over.”

The Skyliner air gondolas opened to visitors last week. The cable cars whisk visitors from hotels to theme parks three stories above the ground while going 11 mph (18 kph). No more than 10 people are allowed in each cable car.

A couple who operated an animal rescue face multiple charges after 120 dogs and a cat were found dead in Missouri and about two dozen more dogs died in Texas.

An investor in Mount Snow’s parent company, Peak Resorts, wants to stop a vote on whether to merge with Vail Resorts unless more information is disclosed The Brattleboro Reformer reports that the lawsuit accuses Peaks Resorts executives and directors of violating securities rules for required statements while soliciting shareholder votes. It seeks to stop the $463.6 million transaction, which is...

Michael Brown Sr. addressed the media today, five years after the death of his son, Michael Brown Jr., in Ferguson, MO.

Five days after 22 people were killed at a Walmart store in El Paso, Texas, panicked shoppers fled a Walmart in Springfield, Missouri, after a man carrying a rifle and wearing body armor walked around the store before being stopped by an off-duty firefighter. No shots were fired and the man was arrested after surrendering Thursday, Springfield police said. No...

A heavily armed man has been arrested after walking into a Missouri Walmart with guns, body armor and 100 rounds of ammunition. Police say a young white man, outfitted in body armor and military fatigues and carrying a rifle and a handgun, entered the store and began to walk around.

The Roman Catholic diocese that covers the entire state of Vermont came under fire Monday from a prominent group that advocates for survivors of priest abuse. It is pressing the diocese to publicize a list of names of predator priests who worked in the state. “This is about the safety of kids,” said David Clohessy of SNAP, the Survivors Network...

Former Olympian Ashley Wagner says she was sexually assaulted by another figure skater in 2008 when she was 17. The three-time national champion wrote in USA Today on Thursday that John Coughlin climbed into her bed after a party at a skating camp and began kissing and groping her. Coughlin was 22 at the time and took his life in January at 33.