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Corina Leslie with Zero Bounce joins Megan Lynch. Zero Bounce analyzed more than 1.5 million emails for a new study. What are some of the overused phrases used in business emails? 'Friendly reminder' tops the list, but many are phrases about not replaying soon enough, including 'sorry for the delay,' & 'apologies for the late response.'

ABC's Shannon Kingston, State Department Reporter, joins Megan Lynch following threats of an 'Economic D-Day' from Pres Trump against Iran, and threats to raise tariffs on Canadian imports.

AccuWeather Senior Meteorologist Chad Merrill joins Megan Lynch with details on the fall allergy outlook.

Chris Crocker, Special Agent in Charge of the FBI in St. Louis, joins Megan Lynch as schools head back into session. With the return to school comes an escalation in threats and hoaxes made to schools.

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Alderman Michael Browning joins Maria Keena to share his concerns over new electronic 'kiosks' that have been installed in city neighborhoods such as The Grove and Central West End. He's concerned that these internet-connected, 'digital billboards' are owned and operated by a commercial entity. (Courtesy Sean Malone)

It allows teens to help rebuild communities following last year's tornado.

A sports-adjacent tidbit this Friday morning from KMOX sports anchor Joe Pott. The Beatles played a short concert at a rainy Busch Stadium 60 years ago, today! The Beatles’ standard set consisted of 11 songs: ‘Rock And Roll Music’, ‘She’s A Woman’, ‘If I Needed Someone’, ‘Day Tripper’, ‘Baby’s In Black’, ‘I Feel Fine’, ‘Yesterday’, ‘I Wanna Be Your Man’, ‘Nowhere Man’, ‘Paperback Writer’, and ‘Lon...

Megan Lynch recaps the weeks news on KMOX for the week of August 17, 2026. Stories include a conversation between Mayor Cara Spencer & police officers at a funeral & high school rankings.

Dr Herluf Lund joins Megan Lynch, he's from St Louis Cosmetic Surgery. He says more and more people are turning to GLP-1s for weight loss, and also need a follow-up surgery to deal with, 'loose hanging skin and soft tissues.' After the potentially extreme weight loss, 'think of it like a deflated balloon, the skin just hangs,' says Lund. (Photo Illustration by Scott Olson/Getty Images)

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Roxanne Wallace is a US Marine veteran and Senior Research Director, Economics Justice & Society Department with NORC at the University of Chicago. She joins Megan Lynch with details on a new study from Rand that explores veteran experience and how that helps them in the civilian workforce. She says vets leave the military with, 'leadership experience, discipline and resilience.'

ABC's Steven Portnoy joins Megan Lynch with an update on the White House Ballroom project, which Pres Donald Trump now admits is part of an underground security bunker project. Lawsuits to pause the project, which never received Congressional approval, continue, with the Supreme Court possibly set to weigh-in. Portnoy says Trump officials argue that the project is, 'so far along that it's beyond t...

A unique opportunity for students at Saint Louis University. Megan Lynch visits with Mike Swartwout, professor of aerospace and mechanical engineering in SLU’s School of Science and Engineering. Students in the program are designing an experiment to send to the International Space Station. 'The idea is for students to define their own science experiment,' says Swartwout.

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The St Louis Zoo recently rescued 34 humped tree snails (Partula gibba) from Guam ahead of category five Super Typhoon Bavi. Kayla Garcia, Saint Louis Zoo Zoological Manager of Invertebrates, tells Jade Aubrey that the snails are now located in at the Zoo's Bayer Insectarium. Garcia says the Zoo has been working with this type of snail for about 40 years, 'we have a lot of institutional knowledge....

Brad Young is our KMOX Legal Analyst and partner at Harris, Young and Kayser explains the pros and cons of a class action case, such as the lawsuit against Meta. He also looks at a new lawsuit from Disney and ABC against the Federal Communications Commission.

Jade Aubrey explains who's in those vehicles and why the neighborhood has security beyond the SLMPD.

KMOX's Michael Calhoun talked with Caitlin Whaley, Senior Director of Advocacy at the Missouri School Boards Association. The Missouri State Board of Education met in Jefferson City for a full day, talking about letter grades for schools and preliminary MAP scores.

Megan Lynch takes us inside GB's Balloon Delights and introduces us to Becky Ringkamp-Wells, balloon artists and owner of the business located at 9 Midland Avenue in Maryland Heights. "Grammy Becky" started by created stuffed balloons for her grandkids. Learn more about her small business story in KMOX's newest feature, Sound of Small Business.

Jen Lauck, Perinatal Therapist, SSM Health St. Louis, joins Megan Lynch. Megan wanted to get some facts about what can happen to women after childbirth. A Boston-area mother, Lindsay Clancy, is charged with murdering her three small children in 2023 and is leading to calls to improve postpartum mental health care. 'Baby blues is also a very real, short term, version,' of postpartum depression, say...

Today and tomorrow, it's the Global Aerospace Summit happening in the Metro East. From alternative fuels to drone deliveries, KMOX's Michael Calhoun talks with Mary Lamie, VP of Multimodal Enterprises at Bi-State Development.

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Debbie Monterrey shares a story about a recent jury-duty scam attempt that is making the rounds in the St Louis region. Law enforcement tells her that the courts system will always reach out via US mail, and to not fall for attempts from scammers to get you to pay via phone or text messages.