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Mizzou football's Eli Drinkwitz wants Tigers to ignore 'toxicity,' move forward

COLUMBIA, Mo. — In the wake of his team’s horrific loss at Kansas State, Missouri’s Eli Drinkwitz has more problems to solve this week than last but isn’t about to panic. On Tuesday, in his first public comments since Saturday’s 40-12 clunker, Drinkwitz was unwavering in his belief the Tigers…

St. Louis Post-Dispatch · Sep 14, 2022

Editorial: Juul settlement is only half the battle to hold nicotine-addiction industry accountable

A multi-state settlement with electronic cigarette maker Juul might not contain an outright admission by the company that it deliberately targeted kids with advertising and candy-flavored vaping liquids as a way to get them hooked on nicotine. But the terms of the settlement make pretty clear exactly what Juul did…

St. Louis Post-Dispatch · Sep 13, 2022

Editorial: Excuses abound, but Trump and his backers can't seem to acknowledge the truth

The list of flimsy excuses and desperate explanations keeps growing for Donald Trump’s unlawful possession of highly classified documents at his Mar-a-Lago compound. Members of Congress and other Republican influentials keep falling all over themselves either to minimize the importance of the documents, blame the FBI for a witch hunt…

St. Louis Post-Dispatch · Sep 13, 2022

Albert Pujols hits 696th homer to tie for fourth on all-time list as Cardinals rally to beat Pirates

PITTSBURGH — Albert Pujols continued his trek toward to 700 home runs Saturday night but he stopped by Alex Rodriguez’s house first.

St. Louis Post-Dispatch · Sep 11, 2022

Editorial: A reign characterized by dignity and aplomb but marred by scandal after scandal

Although her actual power was minimal and her seven-decade reign symbolic, Queen Elizabeth II was a marker of a bygone historical era. She ascended to the throne in 1953 and assumed the role of a fighter and cheerleader during the postwar rebuilding period of economic stress and growing commonwealth upheaval.…

St. Louis Post-Dispatch · Sep 9, 2022

Cardinals' battery makes history, but cannot unplug Nationals' power in loss

ST. LOUIS — There were fleeting moments Thursday when it seemed like the tailwind of major-league history might lift the Cardinals, or at least Yadier Molina would on his own.

St. Louis Post-Dispatch · Sep 8, 2022

Editorial: Video indicates Trump had inside help in his attempted electoral hijacking

Newly revealed video shows that consultants hired by former President Donald Trump’s lawyer to help overturn the 2020 election were given access several times to a voting office in Georgia by a Republican official now under investigation for her role in attempting to forward a slate of fake electors on…

St. Louis Post-Dispatch · Sep 8, 2022

Quiet for 8 innings, Cardinals surge in 9th, stun Nationals in walk-off win

ST. LOUIS — The trouble the Cardinals invited by waiting to generate any sustained offense Wednesday night and helping their opponents along with some misplays was giving the team with the worst record in the majors a chance to build a lead.

St. Louis Post-Dispatch · Sep 8, 2022

Democrats mine Missouri attorney general’s office for information on Sen. Josh Hawley

JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. — National Democrats have inundated the Missouri attorney general’s office with Sunshine Law requests this year — but they’re not looking for information on Eric Schmitt, the current attorney general running for U.S. Senate.

St. Louis Post-Dispatch · Sep 8, 2022

Editorial: Trump-appointed judge hands Trump an undeserved victory. No surprise there

A federal judge issued a ruling on Labor Day that is, unfortunately, no longer surprising even though it should be shocking to all but the most MAGA-blinded Americans. Judge Aileen Cannon, a Donald Trump appointee, ruled that executive privilege might apply in the case of the government-owned documents that the…

St. Louis Post-Dispatch · Sep 7, 2022