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MuskCorp Tries To Bribe Memphis With Cheaper Starlink So They’ll Ignore xAI Data Center Pollution

10 hours 29 minutes ago
Civil rights groups like the Southern Environmental Law Center (SELC) have noted how Elon Musk’s Colossus xAI data centers in Memphis disproportionately pollute the air in minority neighborhoods. A joint lawsuit by SELC, Earthjustice, and the NAACP filed last April argued that Musk and friends didn’t bother to get the necessary permits to run the 57 gas turbines […]
Karl Bode

Republicans in Congress struggle with internal squabbles as time runs out on 2026

10 hours 48 minutes ago
WASHINGTON — Republicans are campaigning to keep control of Congress for another two years, but their message about being the “grown-ups” in the room keeps getting overshadowed by public feuds that have sidetracked work on major legislation.  After enacting large swaths of their agenda during the last year and a half, GOP lawmakers can’t seem […]
Jennifer Shutt

Wak’a Garden

11 hours 4 minutes ago

Begin Again: Wak'a Garden is the second installment in Laumeier’s Begin Again series, honoring the Park’s 50-year history of collaborating with artists and supporting new commissions and exhibitions. The organic, amphitheater-shaped sculpture, built […]

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Myranda Levins

Man convicted of kidnapping, rape in Collinsville set to be sentenced

11 hours 52 minutes ago
MADISON COUNTY, Ill. - A man convicted of abducting and raping a woman getting coffee at a Starbucks in Collinsville is set to be sentenced Thursday. Timothy Dubois, 42, was convicted in May of aggravated criminal sexual assault, aggravated kidnapping and aggravated criminal sexual abuse. Jurors deliberated for a little more than an hour before [...]
Nick Gladney

Red and blue states pass laws to protect contraception access

12 hours 14 minutes ago
The Trump administration has rolled back teen pregnancy prevention grants and repurposed a program designed to reduce unintended pregnancies so that it promotes childbearing. But several states, including Republican-led ones, have protected or expanded access to contraception in recent months. Georgia Republican state Rep. Beth Camp sponsored a bill to expand contraceptive access in her […]
Sofia Resnick

Thursday, July 9 - Record-keeping contest

12 hours 20 minutes ago
Recorder of Deeds Michael Butler is not seeking another term in the office, which keeps vital records like birth certificates and real estate transactions. STLPR'S Rachel Lippmann takes a look at the candidates seeking to fill the job.

Storm chances to round out the work week, heavy rain likely

12 hours 40 minutes ago
ST. LOUIS - We have a much more active forecast ahead to end the week, but also a lot of questions about how things will ultimately play out. Let’s focus on Thursday into Friday. A thunderstorm complex in western Missouri will drop southeastward Thursday morning. As it does so, it is expected to weaken. That [...]
Angela Hutti