Aggregator

It’s more difficult to choose your investors than your customers. Maybe this isn’t entirely NSO’s fault, but it certainly helped make it easier to sell powerful zero-click exploits to the governments most likely to abuse them. Here’s Kaye Wiggins and Mehul Srivastava for the Financial Times. An Abu Dhabi state-owned investment company has been an […]

Remember the Great Resignation? Fed economist Bart Hobijn says there's nothing to it: The labor market recovery since the depth of the COVID-19 pandemic in the spring of 2020 has been the fastest in postwar history....At the same time, the share of workers quitting their jobs—either to take new jobs or to exit the labor ...continue reading "The Great Resignation was neither great nor a resignation"

Chris Rock is in the news because he just announced a second date at the Stifel Theatre in St. Louis, on June 12. Oh!

An investigation by ProPublica and APM Reports and St. Louis Public Radio revealed that officials were lowering St. Louis' murder count by classifying some killings as justifiable homicides instead. The report's co-author, investigative reporter Jeremy Kohler, shares the details.

A $100 million expansion of Powell Hall requires the demolition of the historic Culver House — unless preservationists can find an alternative. Recently, backers trying to save the building gained an unexpected ally: Longtime developer Steve Smith.

David Schneider was a volunteer gymnastics coach at Kids in Motion in Franklin County.

Rush is your 2022 March Bandness Champion!

Source

CHICAGO - The Illinois Department of Revenue (IDOR) is reminding taxpayers that the upcoming deadline for filing 2021 state individual income tax returns is Monday, April 18, 2022. "We encourage those who have not yet filed to do so soon. Filing electronically with direct deposit will ensure the fastest processing and issuance of any refunds," said IDOR Director David Harris. "Taxpayers may file their electronic returns for free by using a registered MyTax Illinois account but may also file electronically with a tax preparer or third-party software." To aid in IDOR’s anti-fraud efforts, taxpayers filing their IL-1040’s through MyTax Illinois, must use a registered MyTax Illinois account. If they do not have a registered account, they may create one by choosing “sign up” in the login box at MyTax Illinois and follow the instructions. The ID number will be mailed to them within 10 days after being requested. While IDOR strongly encourages electronic filing,

Continue Reading

JERSEY - The Jersey County Arts Council welcomed spring, last week, with an Upcycled Paper Flowers class, facilitated by local resident and craft-lover, Tiffany Blasa. Class participants create a variety of beautiful floral bouquets using newsprint, magazine pages, and recycled book and sheet music papers. Mrs. Blasa shared that a wonderful group of kids and adults enjoyed crafting the paper flowers, as part of another class offered by the arts council. Check out the current schedule of classes that are available during the coming weeks! Tuesday, April 12, 5:30 – 6:30 p.m. Joan Dougherty will guide kids, ages 8 to 14, in using thumbprint art to decorate terracotta pots. This class is the first of a 2-part class. The second session will meet at the greenhouse, at Jersey Community High School, on Tuesday, April 26. This is a free class. Wednesday, April 13, 6:00 – 8:00 p.m. Class participants, ages 13 and older (or 8+, with an adult), will create a miniature Resurrection

Continue Reading

Jerell Henderson was one of a group of men who decided to rob 26-year-old Ladareace Pool of drugs and money on Oct. 3, 2017.

Reported in online news recently: Advantage News — Colleen Marie Lucy | Granite City Obituaries | advantagenews.com   Albany Herald — Best suburbs to live in America | Features | albanyherald.com   KSDK — Ask Allie: New reports of stolen mail from USPS drop boxes – KSDK   St. Louis Post-Dispatch — Skornia aims for […]

A high school in Southeast Missouri on Monday introduced a ban on cellphones and smartwatches on campus.

The U.S. Senate advanced Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson’s historic Supreme Court nomination in a 53-47 procedural vote Monday evening, hours after the Judiciary Committee deadlocked along party lines. Republican Sens. …

The suit seeks to block the lifting of Title 42 by arguing the CDC, which issued the order, violated the Administrative Procedures Act by failing to allow for a comment period on its revocation.

Marvin Rice previously was convicted of killing Annette Durham and Steven Strotkamp.

The U.S. Senate advanced Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson’s historic Supreme Court nomination in a 53-47 procedural vote Monday evening, hours after the Judiciary Committee deadlocked along party lines. Republican Sens. Susan Collins of Maine, Lisa Murkowski of Alaska and Mitt Romney of Utah voted with all 50 Senate Democrats on the procedural vote Monday. The […]

The post Jackson wins 3 GOP votes as U.S. Senate advances her Supreme Court nomination appeared first on Missouri Independent.

The city of Maplewood is having a dual port level 2 charging station installed at the Marietta parking lot, a city employee said Monday. It will be near the west entrance to the lot, and offered as a free service to residents and visitors. There will be a 2-hour charging limit. No other limitations, such […]