8+ hour, 54+ min ago   (1019+ words) Food prices for the rest of this year are largely headed in one direction: up. Food and grocery companies' efforts to keep prices down are sputtering following a sustained rise in energy and fertilizer costs along with tariffs on imports....

8+ hour, 54+ min ago   (415+ words) NEW YORK -- Bayer's Monsanto unit heads to a Missouri state court on Monday seeking approval of a $7.25-billion settlement that could resolve tens of thousands of U.S. lawsuits alleging its popular weedkiller Roundup causes cancer. The settlement requires the court's approval,…...

8+ hour, 54+ min ago   (886+ words) ADEN/DUBAI -- Saudi Arabia has shut down its East-West pipeline, after the vital oil conduit came under aerial attack in the widening Middle East war, threatening to send energy prices even higher. The world's largest crude oil exporter said it…...

8+ hour, 54+ min ago   (662+ words) A multi-billion-dollar federal program that helps schools and libraries afford broadband internet is under review by the Trump administration, leaving education officials and advocates worried about potentially significant cuts. The E-Rate program provides about $3 billion annually for internet access and…...

8+ hour, 54+ min ago   (367+ words) A group of Democratic lawmakers is calling for the Trump administration to suspend a new surveillance program it quietly launched to collect the personal and identifiable health data of Americans who visit emergency rooms. KFF Health News first reported that…...

8+ hour, 54+ min ago   (445+ words) KANSAS CITY -- After months of escalating chaos over the state's congressional map, Missouri voters can be forgiven if they're still trying to understand what will appear on their ballot in November. Answers about Missouri's midterms are coming into focus following…...

8+ hour, 54+ min ago   (795+ words) A six-member bloc of Gulf states is weighing a meeting with Iranian officials this week to discuss the future of the Strait of Hormuz, people familiar with the matter said, in what would be the first gathering with the Islamic…...

8+ hour, 54+ min ago   (684+ words) It's easy to drive through Missouri and never think about the number of banks you pass by as you go from one community to the next. In fact, most Missourians don't realize that Missouri boasts the fourth-highest number of state-chartered…...

8+ hour, 54+ min ago   (325+ words) The Trump administration is trying to help Americans better afford homes by cutting regulation, Housing and Urban Development Secretary Scott Turner said Thursday on Bloomberg Television. But he declined to address the effects of rising bond yields that have increased…...

8+ hour, 54+ min ago   (840+ words) Just 10 days ago, Steven Rogers says he would have predicted Missourians were set to reinstate an abortion ban this November. Then the latest polling results landed in his inbox. Now the professor of political science at Saint Louis University says…...