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Partisan policies didn’t raise gas prices, and partisan sniping won’t lower them | Opinion

3 years 1 month ago

In 2020 the price of oil crashed, even falling to less than zero one day. Traders actually had to pay buyers to get them to take oil contracts off their hands. Oil companies would prefer not to sell oil unless they can make money off it. Oil companies are just funny that way. So U.S. […]

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Hugh Jackson

Mix of sun and clouds Tuesday with high temps in upper-40s

3 years 1 month ago
ST. LOUIS - Tuesday will have a mix of sun and clouds with high temperatures in the upper-40s. Winds will be minimal. Expect quiet weather Wednesday with more sun and temperatures around normal. Thursday will be dry during the day with increasing clouds. Expect rain late Thursday night and then it will change into a [...]
Linh Truong

Cardinals home opener in jeopardy if MLB lockout continues

3 years 1 month ago
NEW YORK (AP) — For all the vitriol, Major League Baseball owners and locked-out players have closed the gap in recent weeks and are negotiating on similar frameworks for a new collective bargaining agreement. The Cardinals' home opener is in jeopardy if talks scheduled for Tuesday fail to end the lockout. The sides remained apart [...]
Associated Press

Teen boy and female security guard shot outside South City Hospital

3 years 1 month ago
ST. LOUIS - Two people were shot late Monday night outside South City Hospital. Police said a 16-year-old boy was shot in the head and a female security guard was shot in the hand just after 11:30 p.m. in the parking lot on South Broadway at Osage. Both victims were conscious and breathing. So far, [...]
Monica Ryan

Carrie Nation’s Hatchetations

3 years 1 month ago
In the early 1900s, a staggering number of men spent their days gathered in saloons, escaping their responsibilities on an ocean of booze. Some lost their family’s income one beer at a time, while others rendered themselves so stammering drunk they couldn’t make it to work. Beer buckets even let them take “one for the …
Brittany Krewson