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Missouri Man Discovers Michael McDonald of the Doobie Brothers Is His Biological Father

Michael Goessling’s first phone call with his biological father brought a shock: He was speaking to Michael McDonald of the Doobie Brothers.

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A man who was adopted as an infant found out his biological father is Grammy Award-winning singer Michael McDonald.
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‘America’s Bishop’ Was Beatified. 50,000 Catholics Showed Up.

Archbishop Fulton J. Sheen, who was the country’s most visible Roman Catholic clergyman of the 20th century, is one step closer to sainthood after a ceremony in St. Louis.

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Beatification typically requires evidence of a miracle resulting from prayer to the person in question. In Archbishop Fulton J. Sheen’s case, the parents of a stillborn boy in the diocese of Peoria, Ill., in 2010 prayed to him to intervene.
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How Nike’s Diversity Efforts Made It a Trump Target

A civil-rights investigation, which grew out of a 26-page memo by a political appointee, provides a road map for the White House’s assault on D.E.I.

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A Nike Well Collective store in Glendale, Calif. Few major companies had more openly embraced a commitment to diversity than Nike, not only in its advertising campaigns but in its work force.
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10-Year-Old Boy Charged With First-Degree Murder in Shooting of Infant Niece

The boy shot his 7-month-old niece at a St. Louis home with a firearm that had been kept under a mattress, the police said. The baby’s father, who owned the weapon, has also been charged.

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The Mel Carnahan Courthouse in St. Louis, one of the two buildings where the 22nd Judicial Circuit Court of Missouri has offices.
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Stench of 20 Tons of Spilled Tofu Hits Missouri Town ‘Like a Brick Wall’

A truck careened into a ravine in Jerome, Mo., leaving the tofu to stew for weeks. “It was worse than a landfill on a hot July day,” said the general manager of a towing company.

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An insurance snafu delayed the cleanup of the spill, leaving the tofu stewing, before flash floods pushed some of it into a creek.
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Monkeys Are on the Loose in St. Louis, City Officials Say

As many as four vervet monkeys were spotted in a neighborhood in North St. Louis on Thursday, city officials said. No one knows how they got there.

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A vervet monkey, part of a colony in Dania Beach, Fla., in 2022. As many as four vervet monkeys have been spotted in St. Louis in recent days, city officials said.
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