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Why Spring Weather Can Throw Off Your Sleep

1 day 19 hours ago
The weirdest part of a “perfectly normal” night is waking up at 3 a.m. and feeling wide awake for no clear reason. You went to bed on time. You didn’t drink coffee late. And yet your sleep feels lighter, choppier, and easier to lose. That pattern often has less to do with willpower and more to do with what’s happening outside your window. Spring weather changes several of the body’s sleep cues at once—light, temperature, humidity, and even the air you breathe.

Bay of Pigs, Benjamin Franklin's Death, and More: Why April 17 Echoes Through History

1 day 19 hours ago
On April 17, 1961, a U.S.-backed force of Cuban exiles landed at the Bay of Pigs on Cuba’s southern coast, aiming to overthrow Fidel Castro’s government. The invasion quickly unraveled, ending in a decisive defeat for the attackers. At the time, it mattered because it exposed the limits of covert power and pushed the United States and Cuba into a deeper, more hostile standoff. It still matters today because it helped lock the Caribbean into Cold War rivalries, strengthened Cuba’s

Homeland Security’s SAVE program divides election officials as November nears

1 day 20 hours ago
As the midterms approach, Republican and Democratic election officials are split over a powerful federal computer program at the center of President Donald Trump’s quest to expose noncitizen voters and compile lists of voting-age Americans. A U.S. House Administration Committee hearing Thursday underscored the partisan divide over the Department of Homeland Security’s SAVE program. The […]
Jonathan Shorman

Night Comfort

1 day 20 hours ago

The High Low Gallery presents a new exhibition, Night Comfort, featuring works by St. Louis artist Jeremy Rabus, opening Friday, March 27 and running through Sunday, June 14. Night Comfort explores nostalgia through […]

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Myranda Levins

Endangered Person Advisory issued for missing woman in Black Jack

1 day 20 hours ago
ST. LOUIS COUNTY, Mo. - An Endangered Person Advisory was issued Friday for a missing woman in Black Jack. According to the St. Louis County Police Department, Angela Miller, 34, was reported missing after an incident around 6:30 p.m. Thursday on the 4900 block of Parker Road. Miller is described as a black woman standing [...]
Nick Gladney

Brendan Carr Cooking Up New Sham Investigation Of Jimmy Kimmel

1 day 20 hours ago
As the boss of the country’s media and telecom regulators, there’s plenty of corporate malfeasance and corrupt shenanigans Brendan Carr could be targeting on any given day at the country’s biggest media and telecom companies. But because Carr’s never been all that interested in the public interest, he’s once again spending his time trying to […]
Karl Bode

Inside Kansas City’s $600 million bet on a downtown Royals ballpark

1 day 22 hours ago
Kansas City leaders are bidding to retain the Royals at a new downtown stadium two years after Jackson County voters overwhelmingly rejected a sales-tax-funded ballpark in the Crossroads. Not surprisingly, a familiar fight about taxpayer-subsidized stadiums has roared back to life. Kansas City’s Finance Department presented the plan on Tuesday to the Finance, Governance and […]
Josh Merchant

Missouri House Democratic leader chides Senate colleagues for not fighting tax plan

1 day 22 hours ago
An intraparty schism opened Thursday among legislative Democrats as the party’s leader in the Missouri House blasted state Senate Democrats for their silence during a 70-minute debate on a proposal to replace the state income tax with increased sales taxes. Speaking to reporters at a news conference, House Minority Leader Ashley Aune of Kansas City […]
Rudi Keller

Will Missouri incarcerate its economic future?

1 day 22 hours ago
Missouri has hastily passed a sweeping crime bill that moves the state in the wrong direction. The law — signed by Gov. Mike Kehoe — bundles together expanded pathways for certifying adolescents ages 14 to 18 as adults and the expansion and standardization of mandatory minimum sentences. This legislation will push more teenagers into the […]
Dennis Boyd Jr.