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UPDATE: Truck Flees After Deadly Hit-and-Run

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UPDATE: The deceased man has been identified as 63-year-old Larry Hollins of St. Louis District 4 detectives are investigating a deadly hit-and-run crash after a man died hours after being struck by a pickup truck. Officers were called to the area of Natural Bridge and North Grand Avenue around 10:30pm Friday. When officers arrived on […]

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August 8 in History: Soviet Attack on Japan, Nixon's Resignation and Other Defining Moments

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On August 8, 1945, the Soviet Union entered the war against Japan, opening a major new front in the final days of World War II. Late that day, Soviet forces launched a massive assault into Japanese-held Manchuria, striking the Kwantung Army, once one of Japan’s strongest military formations. At the time, the move mattered because it sharply reduced Japan’s remaining military options and changed the diplomatic balance in East Asia. It still matters today because it shaped the end o