Jim Salter

  • FILE – The logo for the Justice Department is seen before a news conference at the Department of Justice, Aug. 23, 2024, in Washington. (AP Photo/Mark Schiefelbein, File)Politics

    Florida and Texas say they won’t let DOJ monitors into polling places to perform decades-long practice of watching for violations

    By Alanna Durkin Richer, Jim Salter, and others
  • Workers cleared an uprooted tree from a lawn in Norridge, Ill., Tuesday, July 16, 2024. The tree was toppled as storms with reports of tornadoes blew through Iowa, Illinois and Indiana. (AP Photo/Teresa Crawford)Environment

    Illinois dam fails and hundreds ordered to evacuate after rain, wind and at least 6 tornadoes pound the Midwest

    By Melissa Perez Winder, Ed White, and others
  • 3MEnvironment

    3M’s ‘forever chemicals’ are an eternal public drinking water contaminant. Price tag: $10.5 billion to $12.5 billion

    By Jim Salter and The Associated Press
  • Busch StadiumLifestyle

    St. Louis’ baseball beer legacy lives on as Cardinals reup Busch Stadium naming rights through a 7th decade

    By Jim Salter and The Associated Press
  • Kim Jong UnPolitics

    Thousands of remote IT workers sent wages to North Korea to help fund weapons program, FBI says

    By Jim Salter and The Associated Press
  • Friends Lauren Roberts, Jill Stevens and Wendy Marresse, from left, show their Powerball tickets at a lottery agent, Tuesday, Oct. 10, 2023, in Haverhill, Mass. After 35 straight drawings without a big winner, Powerball players will have a shot Wednesday at a near-record jackpot worth an estimated $1.73 billion. (AP Photo/Charles Krupa)Personal Finance

    Lucky Powerball player in California wins $1.73bn jackpot after 35 consecutive drawings without a big winner

    By Jim Salter and The Associated Press
  • Goodhue PoliceFinance

    Rural Americans shrug as staffing crisis forces some police forces to disband: ‘We pretty much know our neighbors’

    By Trisha Ahmed, Jim Salter, and others
  • Front pages from previous editions hang on a wall at the Marion County Record, where police served a search warrant on Aug. 11, 2023, in Marion, Kansas. (Luke Nozicka/The Kansas City Star/Tribune News Service via Getty Images)Politics

    ‘SEIZED … but not silenced’: Small-town Kansas newspaper publishes first edition since police raid sparked a firestorm of criticism

    By John Hanna and Jim Salter
  • PORTLAND, OREGON – FEBRUARY 19: Portland police investigate a shooting that took place during a protest for Amir Locke, which officials said left one dead and five others injured, on February 19, 2022 in Portland, Oregon. Locke was shot and killed by police in Minneapolis, Minnesota during a no-knock raid earlier this month. (Photo by Nathan Howard/Getty Images)Politics

    ‘Democracy is being eroded bit by bit’: Police raid of a small-town Kansas newspaper is condemned

    By David Bauder, Jim Salter, and others
  • FILE – Republican U.S. Sen.-elect and Missouri Attorney General Eric Schmitt delivers a victory speech, Nov. 8, 2022, in Maryland Heights, Mo. On Tuesday, July 4, 2023, a judge prohibited several federal agencies and officials of the Biden administration from working with social media companies about “protected speech.” Schmitt, who was the Missouri attorney general when the lawsuit was filed, said on Twitter that the ruling was “a huge win for the First Amendment and a blow to censorship.” (AP Photo/Jeff Roberson, File)Politics

    Biden administration can’t contact social media giants to suppress posts except in rare cases, judge rules

    By Jim Salter and The Associated Press
  • Capitol groundskeeper Mike Nielson clears the walkways at the Capitol in Salt Lake City, Utah, following a snowstorm on Wednesday, Feb. 22, 2023. A brutal winter storm knocked out power in California, closed interstate highways from Arizona to Wyoming and prompted more than 1,200 flight cancellations Wednesday — and the worst won’t be over for several days. (Laura Seitz/The Deseret News via AP)Finance

    Brutal winter storm that cancelled 1,800 flights and left over 700,000 without power is set to slam California

    By Amancai Biraben, Jim Salter, and others
  • Vehicles travel through the first snow fall ahead of a winter storm on Tuesday, Feb. 21, 2023, in Sioux Falls, S.D. A wide swath of the Upper Midwest is bracing for a historic winter storm. The system is expected to bury parts of the region in 2 feet of snow, create dangerous blizzard conditions and bring along bitter cold temperatures. (Erin Woodiel /The Argus Leader via AP)Lifestyle

    A series of brutal winter storms making their way across the country could hit the Midwest with historic snowfall

    By Trisha Ahmed, Jim Salter, and others
  • Pedestrians stand as snow falls around them ahead of a winter storm on Tuesday, Feb. 21, 2023, in Sioux Falls, S.D. A wide swath of the Upper Midwest is bracing for a historic winter storm. The system is expected to bury parts of the region in 2 feet of snow, create dangerous blizzard conditions and bring along bitter cold temperatures. (Erin Woodiel /The Argus Leader via AP)Finance

    Northern U.S. plains states are shutting down ahead of a massive winter storm

    By Trisha Ahmed, Jim Salter, and others
  • Cocktail mixPersonal Finance

    The great American love affair with beer is slowly coming to an end

    By Bruce Schreiner, Jim Salter, and others
  • A "shop cannabis" sign is displayed on the streetLifestyle

    Missouri marijuana law has changed—but there’s some confusion

    By Jim Salter, Heather Hollingsworth, and others