If you felt the Earth slightly rumble last night, it was because rapper Nelly and St. Louis Cardinal Albert Pujols transported all of us back to the early '00s with a simple double high five... and St. Louis lost its mind. After Pujols launched his sixth homerun of the season — and his 685th total — he trotted all the bases and jogged over to Nelly, who was seated next to the dugout. The two double high-fived, and thousands of St. Louisans went wild.
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A couple of months ago, the parents of a 10-year-old who died of asphyxiation while allegedly “participating” in a “blackout challenge” sued TikTok, alleging their child’s death was directly related to the social media platform’s moderation efforts (or lack thereof) and content recommendation algorithms. The suit, filed in a Pennsylvania federal court, claimed the death […]
ALTON - Francine Jackson was renting the home in the 1300 block of Taylor in Alton on Friday, July 8, and was sound asleep when a burning smell and coughing caused her to rise out of bed. At first, she thought it was the “smell of burning leaves” that captured her attention, and she grabbed her phone to contact the fire department. Then, she realized this wasn’t burning leaves, but she looked at the window and saw the whole window engulfed in flames. She tried to grab a fire extinguisher in her cabinet but she realized she had to get outside. She trudged in a blind fashion through a gulf of smoke and was barely able to get out the doorway. “I was sound asleep and I woke up coughing,” she said. “I have asthma.” Jackson’s asthma issues may have ultimately saved her life in what seemed what she called "a miraculous escape." “I felt lucky,” she said. “I had no idea I was that close to death. If I had woken up 30 seconds
Sixteen people were arrested, more than two dozen firearms confiscated, and a large amount of narcotics seized during a raid at a north St. Louis motel.
In the sampling of political ads that I’ve seen lately, Republicans all seems to be trying to one-up each other in their demonstrations of how tough they are. It’s hard to tell if this is a trend or just momentary explosion of desperation. I think it’s a bit of both.
Dave Drebes – publisher of the Missouri Scout, a private news service covering state politics
To hear Eric Greitens tell it, his political ascent was sabotaged by a vast conspiracy. The woman who accused him under oath of violent sexual misconduct is part of it. So is …
On February 5, St. Louis Metropolitan Police officers began following the trail of the deadliest mass drug overdose in St. Louis history. It was a cold, bright Saturday morning when they entered Parkview Apartments number 1015, at 4451 Forest Park Avenue.
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