CARACAS, Venezuela (AP) — The United States captured Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro and flew him out of the country in an extraordinary nighttime operation that was accompanied by a flurry of strikes following months of escalating Trump administration pressure on the oil-rich South American nation. The U.S. is now deciding next steps for Venezuela, President [...]
REGINA GARCIA CANO and KONSTANTIN TOROPIN, Associated Press
MACOMB - Julietta Marini of Glen Carbon was selected to receive the Lincoln Laureate Award representing Western Illinois University. The award, presented each fall by the governor of Illinois, recognizes an outstanding senior from each four-year degree-granting institution in the state. The Abraham Lincoln Civic Engagement Award honors students who demonstrate leadership and service aimed at improving humanity, as well as excellence in both curricular and extracurricular activities. Recipients
Heading into a new year, it feels like a great time to mix things up. So, after several years interviewing leaders in health and medicine to get their insight for this column, I thought it seemed only fair to turn the tables and have a colleague interview me. The result was a great discussion that touched on issues big and small — and that may provide a peek behind the curtain of medical research and how I incorporate health recommendations into my own life. Much of your work focuses
SPRINGFIELD – A copy of the Emancipation Proclamation signed by Abraham Lincoln is now on display at the Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library and Museum as part of a special exhibit, giving the public a rare chance to see the historic document on its anniversary, Jan. 1. Lincoln’s proclamation ordered an end to slavery in Southern states that took up arms against the United States during the Civil War, which included more than three-fourths of the nation’s enslaved African Americans
ST. LOUIS - A weak wave of energy is bringing a few sprinkles, flurries, or ice pellets to the region that will continue through the morning. A layer of dry air near the surface is helping to evaporate much of this precipitation, limiting what makes it to the surface. Accumulations are not expected. This afternoon, [...]
Three St. Louis-raised NHL star forwards have earned spots on the U.S. Olympic Men’s ice hockey team: Matthew Tkachuk, Brady Tkachuk and Clayton Keller.
Now playing for his fifth team in 10 NHL seasons, St. Louis native Luke Kunin has embraced a journeyman role of sorts. On Friday, he competed in his first Winter Classic.
As the long-time historian of our small town, Maplewood MO, the unfamiliar might think that I have to dig hard to keep coming up with new info for my blog posts. After all, I have over 500 posts on this site alone. Not to mention the posts I made on a couple of other sites […]
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