If you are having thoughts of suicide, call or text 988 to reach the 988 Suicide and Crisis Lifeline or go to SpeakingOfSuicide.com/resources for a list of additional resources. The mistrial in Lindsay Clancy’s murder trial earlier this month places her future in doubt, three years after she killed her three children in Duxbury, Massachusetts. […]
The fall equinox is not the day when day and night are perfectly equal everywhere on Earth. That common idea is close, but not quite right—and the small difference says a lot about how our planet moves and how people have tried to make sense of it. What the fall equinox actually is The fall equinox marks the point when the Sun appears directly above Earth’s equator as it moves southward in the sky. In the Northern Hemisphere, this usually happens around September 22 or 23. In the
This Day in Music History: September 22 On Sept. 22, 1985, music became a national megaphone for America’s family farmers. The first Farm Aid concert filled Memorial Stadium in Champaign, Illinois, with 80,000 people and brought together an unusually broad lineup that included Willie Nelson, Neil Young, John Mellencamp, Bob Dylan, Billy Joel, B.B. King, Bonnie Raitt, Loretta Lynn, Roy Orbison and Tom Petty. Organized in only six weeks after Dylan’s Live Aid comments about the farm
On September 22, 1980, Iraq invaded Iran, beginning the Iran-Iraq War, one of the most destructive conflicts of the late 20th century. The attack grew out of border disputes, regional rivalry, and political tension after Iran’s 1979 revolution. What started as a fast-moving military offensive turned into a long, costly war that lasted eight years and killed hundreds of thousands of people. It mattered at the time because it reshaped power in the Middle East, disrupted global oil markets,
A federal judge in Pennsylvania on Thursday dismissed a lawsuit challenging changes to the way grants are awarded under a program that provides funding for services such as family planning and reproductive health wellness exams. The National Family Planning and Reproductive Health Association and the Family Health Council of Central Pennsylvania filed the lawsuit in […]
Actor John Goodman, pianist Daniil Trifonov, and violinist Himari are scheduled to join the St. Louis Symphony Orchestra for various concerts throughout November.
Taylor Frankie Paul seems to be saying goodbye to The Secret Lives of Mormon Wives. The reality TV star took to Instagram on Monday to make a post where she…
There was a four year span where Trump FCC boss Brendan Carr simply couldn’t stop hyperventilating about the fact that TikTok’s parent company, ByteDance, was Chinese. Carr would appear on cable news pretty much every week to endlessly rant about the potential propaganda, privacy, and NatSec impact of what was (at best) fairly murky Chinese […]
The U.S. Supreme Court upheld a federal court order blocking mail-in voting restrictions, allowing Missouri election officials to begin mailing ballots for the November election.
The Missouri Supreme Court had barely settled the immediate question of which congressional map is legally in effect before some Republicans began looking ahead to drawing another one. Minutes after the court ruled unanimously against use of a gerrymandered map drawn by Republicans last year, GOP state Sen. Nick Schroer posted “8-0 2027” on social […]
BRIGHTON - Get ready to celebrate Family History Month with a visit to St. John’s Church Museum and Family Heritage Center in Brighton on Sunday, Sept. 27 from 1:00 to 4:00 p.m. Family History Month is celebrated every October in the United States. Visitors to the St. John’s Family Heritage Center will receive a free set of genealogy worksheets and a free on-site web search on the meaning of their surname. “In recognition of Family History Month, we’ll be providing visitors
Begin Again: 50 Years and Counting marks Laumeier’s 50th anniversary by celebrating five decades of artist commissions and exhibitions. Featuring hundreds of artists and rarely seen works from Laumeier’s collection, […]
Washington University faculty gathered to discuss a controversial report that many believe undermines humanities programs, while Chancellor Andrew Martin instead attended a photo op with Secretary of Education Linda McMahon.
St. Louis Public Schools launched an investigation after several eighth-grade students at Laclede School became ill from consuming an unknown substance.
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