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Vol. 140, No. 153 POST-DISPATCH WEATHERBIRD 1 WEATHER B9 STORMS POSSIBLE TODAY SUNNY TOMORROW Stepping up Cards repeat late-inning magic SPORTS Krewson hires Conway as chief of sta A3 Half-price Metro fares for young riders A3 2nd Shift is fastest-growing craft brewer A7 Return of Porter bodes well for Mizzou B1 SERVING THE PUBLIC SINCE 1878 WINNER OF 18 PULITZER PRIZES SATURDAY 06.02.2018 $2.00 NEW LEADERSHIP SERVICE IS A PRIVILEGE. I AM OPTIMISTIC ABOUT THE FUTURE OF OUR GREAT STATE, AND LOOKING FORWARD TO THE WORK GOV. MIKE PARSON DAVID CARSON Missouri Supreme Court Judge Mary Russell administers the oath of ce Friday as Mike Parson is sworn in as the 57th governor of Missouri at the Capitol building in Je erson City.

Judge delays decision on whether controversial Greitens must turn over records PAGE A4 Mike Parson replaces Eric Greitens, but who replaces Mike Parson? PAGE A5 A closer look at some of the 77 pieces of legislation Greitens signed into law before leaving ce PAGE A5 4 sentences commuted to time served; 5 others receive full pardons PAGE A5 BY KURT ERICKSON St. Louis Post-Dispatch JEFFERSON CITY wept into office amid a historic scandal, Republican Mike Parson, a farmer and former sheri with a wealth of Capitol experience, called for a Friday as he was formally installed as 57th governor. service is a the former lieutenant governor said after being sworn in by Missouri Supreme Court Judge Mary Russell. Parson pledges fresh start as he is sworn in as new governor BY HEATHER LONG Washington Post The U.S. economy added 223,000 job in May as U.S.

companies continued their hiring spree, according to the Labor monthly jobs report released Friday. The unemployment rate fell to 3.8 percent, the lowest since 2000. In a highly unusual move, President Donald Trump tweeted early Friday morning that he was BY JIM SALTER Associated Press ST. LOUIS Nearly four years after protests in Ferguson raised concerns about racial ling of blacks in Missouri, a report from the state attorney general shows that African- American drivers are 85 percent more likely to be pulled over than whites the highest percentage in the 18 years the state has compiled data. Attorney General Josh Hawley ASSOCIATED PRESS WASHINGTON After a week of hard-nosed negotiation, diplomatic gamesmanship and no shortage of theatrics, President Donald Trump announced Friday that the historic nuclear-weapons summit he had canceled with North Kim Jong Un was back on.

The June 12 meeting in Singapore, the first between heads of the technically still-warring nations, is meant to begin the process of ending North Ko- nuclear program, and Trump said he believed Kim was committed to that goal. The announcement puts back on track a high-risk summit that could be a legacy-defining moment for the American leader, who has matched his unconventional deal-making style with the mercurial Kim government. Despite recently envisioning Nobel laurels, Trump worked on Friday to TrumpKim Unemployment rate hits an 18-year low Racial gap in tra stops is widest ever North Korea summit is back on See JOBS Page A8See TRAFFIC Page A8See SUMMIT Page A8 See PARSON Page A4 ommarit MazdaW est com est com.

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