LA County Sheriff Alex Villanueva, who got elected by appealing to the Hispanic community and promising to represent them, has turned out to be an unbelievable piece of shit. His latest stunt is to open a criminal investigation of an LA Times reporter who obtained surveillance video that Villanueva didn't want her to have: Los ...continue reading "Alex Villanueva is a horrible human being"
A Cole County judge denied the state health department’s attempt to relitigate a case stemming from a 2019 licensing dispute with Missouri’s lone abortion provider and ordered Missouri to pay …
Negotiators now have a little more than a week to hash out differences between the House and Senate's proposed spending plans before the May 6 deadline.
Triumph: Rock & Roll Machine, the 2021 documentary about the Canadian power trio Triumph, will get its global streaming premiere via the nugs.net platform on Friday, May 13, at 8:30…
Last year, an RFT cover story detailed a brutal beating at the downtown City Justice Center, which was captured on surveillance video. The attack on the victim, pseudonymously named Edward, appeared to be undertaken with the blessing of a corrections officer named Demeria Thomas. The story made international news, though Thomas’ motivations remained unknown.
The Wall Street Journal editorial page is obsessed with Elon Musk and Twitter: Two-thirds of their featured opinion pieces are about Musk and Twitter. Why are conservatives so preoccupied with Twitter? For that matter, why is everyone so preoccupied with the fate of America's 15th biggest social media company?
The idea that there is a link between the exclusivity period on patents and higher drug prices is about as noncontroversial as a view can be. It is the easy question on an ECON 101 exam on monopolies, supply and demand. Yet, somehow, this has come under attack thanks to big PhRMA and their minions. […]
Local police union attorney Jane Dueker deregistered as a lobbyist Tuesday in order to open her own campaign account for the Aug. 2 Democratic primary for St. Louis County executive.
The "Love Train" is preparing for its final journey: Legendary R&B/soul group The O'Jays have announced that they will be mounting a farewell tour. The group, which has been together…
A report by the Center for Policing Equity provides public safety recommendations to St. Louis Mayor Tishaura Jones and the St. Louis police. Co-author Hans Menos discusses t5he state of St. Louis policing — and where the city can go from here.
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