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A backlog of defendants deemed mentally unfit for trial persists in Missouri despite public policy changes to address the crisis.

Award-winning author David Haynes is bringing Kimbilio, a literary organization for Black fiction writers, to St. Louis. The program offers mentorship to emerging Black writers and provides shared resources from the publishing industry.

Reporters from the NPR Network are covering the uncertainty and lapse in benefits in states across the country.

Propel makes a free app for people on food stamps. Now it's giving some of them $50 each, as some private companies, nonprofits, and individuals scramble to help.

Snider's supercharged relationship with her art form and open-book stance on depression and anxiety shine through in her new opera, which debuts this week in Los Angeles.

The Dodgers are the first repeat World Series champions since 2000 when the New York Yankees won three in a row. Already, people in Los Angeles are looking ahead to next season to equal the feat.

The Fairview Heights store is the second one in the Metro East in recent weeks to sell a million dollar winning ticket.

The Spanish singer Rosalía talks about her new album 'Lux,' a head-spinning, epic album that features classical music, opera and the artist singing in 13 languages.

The war involving the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces has created the world's largest humanitarian disaster, a leading hunger agency says. The major city of el-Fasher has been particularly hard-hit.

Cote Brilliante was one of a few Black churches in north St. Louis that were heavily damaged by the May tornado. It has since been demolished, and church members say it feels as if their childhood home was destroyed.

According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, at least 450,000 people in the US have alpha-gal syndrome — a tickborne allergy to red meat — while many others have never heard of the condition at all.

Police said two people who were wounded remain in a life-threatening condition after the attack on Saturday. Passengers reported scenes of panic and chaos ,with many running through the carriages.