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One suspect is in custody after an hours-long standoff Thursday in Madison County, Illinois, authorities say.

Alice Cooper has announced that guitarist Anna Cara will be joining the shock-rocker's live band for his upcoming tour.The 22-year-old Cara will be filling in for Nita Strauss, who is expecting her…

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America’s best urban park turns 150 years young in 2026. Over the course of the last century and a half, Forest Park has hosted pivotal moments in St. Louis history: […]

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From its origin at the turn of the 20th century to its destruction in 1959 in the name of urban renewal, Mill Creek Valley was a center for Black life […]

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Majestic marble sculptures, vivid plaster frescoes, bronze artifacts and glass vessels chronicle life at the height of the Roman Empire in this ticketed exhibition at the Saint Louis Art Museum. […]

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On This Day, April 2, 1991 …Lenny Kravitz released his sophomore album, Mama Said, the follow up to his 1989 debut, Let Love Rule.Mama Said, which peaked at #39 on the…

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Combining intergenerational history, archival research and theories of art and film, Andrea Carlson creates incisive works of resistance and sovereignty that disempower colonial storytelling and practices of erasure. A descendant […]

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To celebrate the 25th anniversary of the Pulitzer Arts Foundation, founder and board chair Emily Rauh Pulitzer will present a deeply personal exhibition, drawing on her personal collection as well […]

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Now open at the World Chess Hall of Fame & Galleries, Charles Houska: Master of Play is a retrospective of the St. Louis artist’s work over his impressive 25-plus-year career, […]

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For more than 150 years, St. Louisans have entrusted the Missouri Historical Society with countless objects: photographs, diaries, home movies, clothing, books – items that future generations can turn in […]

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The 1904 World’s Fair was a fascinating yet complex event that continues to evoke a range of emotions. It was grand and shameful. It was full of fun and full […]

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One St. Louis man has been charged after fleeing a pursuit and allegedly attempting to escape arrest by acting as a patient at Barnes Jewish Hospital over the weekend.

Scott Air Force Base says it is conducting an active shooter drill on Thursday.

The same person who hates being lied to might laugh when you pretend their shoelace is untied. That contradiction is the clue: harmless tricks feel good because they bend reality without breaking trust. We enjoy pranks, playful surprises, and little “gotchas” for reasons that go deeper than humor. A good trick creates a quick jolt of confusion, then relief. It turns the world into a puzzle for a moment. And when it’s done kindly, it strengthens social bonds instead of damaging

On April 2, 1982, Argentina’s military government sent troops to seize the Falkland Islands (Islas Malvinas), a remote South Atlantic territory administered by the United Kingdom. The takeover triggered a short, intense war that ended in June with a British victory, but its effects lasted far longer than the fighting. At the time, the invasion mattered because it turned a long-running sovereignty dispute into an armed conflict and put thousands of service members in harm’s way. It

Bruce Springsteen had some choice words for President Donald Trump and his administration during the opening night of his Land of Hope and Dreams American Tour in Minneapolis Tuesday, and…

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Strowger 11 Digit Dial Phone (circa 1907) Kellogg Model 925 Monophone (circa 1930s) Stromberg Carlson Model 1191 Fatboy 8 Button Intercom (circa 1930s) Western Electric 302 Multi-Line Rotary Phone (circa […]

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