As someone who thinks a lot about AI and suicide, I was disappointed with John Oliver’s recent episode of Last Week Tonight on “AI Chatbots.” The segment boiled down to this: chatbots exploit vulnerable people, drive them toward delusion and harm, and AI companies aren’t meaningfully trying to fix them. If anything, as John Oliver […]
ST. LOUIS — St. Louis Metropolitan Police on Monday, May 18, 2026, identified a man whose body was pulled from the Mississippi River last week as 20-year-old Antonio Arellano-Banda, 20. Arellano-Band's body was discovered along the riverbanks in the Carondelet neighborhood. The St. Louis Metropolitan Police Department confirmed Monday morning, May 18, 2026, that Arellano-Banda was the victim recovered after officials were called Wednesday, May 13, 2026, to the area of South Broadway
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Arraignments have been scheduled for three people from Colorado accused of traveling to St. Charles County and stealing thousands in makeup products from pharmacies.
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GODFREY – A Jerseyville resident accused of stealing hardwood flooring and more from an unfinished Godfrey home faces felony charges in Jersey County. Keith S. Ward, 41, of Jerseyville, was charged on May 11, 2026 with a Class 2 felony count of burglary and a Class 3 felony count of theft. Ward allegedly knowingly entered a residence on State Highway 3 in Godfrey without legal authority which was under construction at the time of the offense on May 5, 2026, when he reportedly intended
JERSEYVILLE – Jersey Community High School has released the full list of recent graduates from the JCHS Class of 2026: John David Adams III Gerson Junior Alejo Josselyn Ann Allen Morgan Victoria Allen Makayla Kathleen Allison Julia De Souza Almeida Katy Dianne Arnold Clifford Henry Baldwin Zoey Jean Barnett Abigail Leigh Behl Justin Hunter Bell Haley Elizabeth Belt Ethan Thomas Benner Kyler Ethan Bick Matthew Austin Bishop Adrian Jaylynn Blasa Clark Birk Blasa Madalyn
ST. LOUIS - The St. Louis Metropolitan Police Department confirmed Monday morning the identity of the victim that was pulled from the Mississippi River last week. Police say the victim was identified as Antonio Arellano-Banda. He was 20. Officials were called to the area of South Broadway along the Mississippi River on May 13. According [...]
EDWARDSVILLE – At a time when artificial intelligence is rapidly reshaping higher education, Sinan Onal, PhD, chair of Southern Illinois University Edwardsville’s Industrial Engineering Department is helping lead the conversation on how universities can rethink teaching and learning in the AI era. Onal has been selected as one of 14 fellows in the inaugural Illinois Innovation Network Fellows Program , a new initiative connecting faculty leaders from 12 public universities across
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