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When his sons or nephew occasionally underachieved, Tyrone Hopper Sr. would exclaim: “Man, we’re going to have to change your name to something else — you can’t be a Hopper if you’re going to play like that!”

The Affordable Care Act, which not that long ago appeared doomed by Republican determination to kill it, has quietly become an integral and accepted part of America’s health care system. A record 14.5 million Americans this year have signed up to get their health insurance through the act’s insurance marketplaces,…

ST. LOUIS — For Markita Jackson, COVID-19 started out as a cough. She got tested in mid-January and learned she was positive the next day.

How times have changed. Maybe it’s not so much the times that have changed but how we have changed during these times. Two years ago, we would never have imagined how the coronavirus pandemic was going to change the way we spend, perceive and talk about time.

Fox News host Tucker Carlson has inspired a new following from the extreme right, including some members of Congress, by asking: Why take Ukraine’s side instead of Russia’s? The arguments are vast for defending the sovereignty of democratic Ukraine, and most American adults should need no reminders why containing Moscow’s…

JEFFERSON CITY — The Missouri Senate torpedoed Gov. Mike Parson’s choice to run the state health department Tuesday amid unfounded concerns that he favors mask mandates and vaccine requirements.

Is Joe Burrow … Joe Namath?

The 1960s were known for political activism that moved issues, so it’s fitting that two musical icons from that era have used the power of protest to achieve a small victory against pandemic disinformation. Neil Young and Joni Mitchell last week pulled their music from Spotify to protest podcaster Joe…

Stunned librarians, parents and booksellers are speaking out against the censorship of a book banned in a local school district this month.

Cheerios has a new line of cereals that feature the famous Os coated in oats for an extra crunchy bite. You’ll find cinnamon, almond and oats ‘n honey varieties. The almond flavor, which we tried, features little tiny almonds on the bites plus a few slivers of almond throughout. They…

It was such an ordinary phrase, and tossed off so casually, that I almost did not notice it. And even then, it took a second to register.