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We’ve noted for a while that DC, and particularly the GOP’s, interest in “antitrust reform” is somewhat hollow. For one, while the United States is rife with heavily monopolized business sectors (insurance, health care, telecom, banking, airlines), this recent batch of “reform” only specifically targets large technology companies. It’s as if these other sectors (most […]

Van Morrison has announced plans to release his 43rd studio album, What's It Gonna Take?, which will arrive on May 13. The 15-track collection is a follow-up to Morrison's 2021…

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The girl was located safe according to an update from Missouri State Highway Patrol.

He died at a hospital.

Reinsurance Group of America has hired a former Centene executive as its new chief human resources officer.

If you were in the Lemay area Monday, you may have seen men flying through the air tethered to a helicopter. It wasn't a stunt, it was power line construction. Crew members alternated between tethering to the tower and tethering to the helicopter, and in between, they installed key elements to the new structure. "The crews you see doing the work, I think they get excited about it," Construction Supervisor Adam McAllister said. "It takes a special individual to do that, I mean you are hanging from…

Mercy has been the team's medical provider since 2013 and through six postseason runs.

There are many features on our streets that often go unnoticed when we’re driving, walking, biking, or taking transit. Roadway markings for construction or bike lanes, slabs of concrete in the roadway (or in St. Louis’ case, steel plates), and many other features are often just things most of us whiz past when we’re getting […]

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Local chefs from Sugarfire Smoke House, Grace Meat + Three, The Frisco Barroom, and more are looking at ways to use the locally made meat substitute.

Opioid overdoses in Missouri a decade ago were fueled ago by prescription pills and largely affected rural, mostly-white communities. The crisis has entered a new phase in the last few years, dominated by fentanyl in urban areas.

ST. LOUIS - The national push for Starbucks workers to join a union hit the St. Louis region. The Post-Dispatch reported workers at the Starbucks in Tower Grove South and another on Hampton Avenue just south of Forest Park voted to file for union elections. They are joining workers at the stores in Ladue and Bridgeton [...]

The Bike Stop Café in St. Charles rents electric bicycles for $15 per hour or $100 per day.

ST. LOUIS - Tuesday, April 5 is Municipal Election Day in Missouri. Election leaders in St. Louis City and St. Louis County are both expecting a light turnout. County officials said some areas with hotly contested races could see more voters. The polls open at 6 a.m. and close at 7 p.m. The Rockwood School [...]

Former Missouri First Lady Sheena Greitens says in a new court filing that she has photos and other evidence to back up her claims that former Gov. Eric Greitens physically abused her and their children as his political career unraveled. In a statement embedded in a court filing Thursday in Boone County Circuit Court as […]

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“Let’s face it, this is California: $100 million goes nowhere.”

The war in Ukraine has the U.S. looking for fertilizer at home. But at what cost?

Oligarchs' superyachts emit more carbon than some Pacific Island nations.

Allan Clarke, founding lead singer of The Hollies, turns 80 today, April 5. Clarke co-founded the popular British Invasion band in 1962 with his childhood friend Graham Nash. The group…

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Amazon’s heavy-handed tactics triggered an explosion of organizing from inside its Staten Island warehouse, leading to a union victory.

Appreciating the wisdom of Todd Gitlin—and what his insights about the 1960s tell us about the present moment