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How the Treasury has become the graveyard of progressive financial regulation

Biden appointed Native Americans to top jobs at the Cabinet agency, but so far the Interior Department’s policies have been business as usual.

Listen to an episode about Nathan B. Young on our Here’s History podcast with KDHX. Nathan B. Young Jr., a prominent African American judge in St. Louis, passed away in 1993 at the age of 98. It’s amazing to think about what he experienced over those years—from the Harlem Renaissance and the Great Depression to …

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Democratic Sen. Brian Williams joins St. Louis Public Radio's Sarah Kellogg to talk about the Missouri Senate, which spent almost all of last week talking about redistricting without reaching a conclusion. Despite the delays and continued tensions, Williams is still optimistic about the 2022 Legislative Session. Williams also spoke on recent House activity, including the passage of a supplemental bill and a proposed constitutional amendment regarding the initiative petition process.

Bridget Atchison of Eureka, MO joined the Real Rock Army today

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Through all the setbacks from the pandemic, two St. Louis County restaurants had an uptick in business as people dined out to celebrate their love.

Both districts held meetings on Monday evening.

ALTON - Reggie and Teresa Pearson of Alton met on June 28, 2013, at a special place - the Alton Belle Casino. "He was sitting next to me asking me how to play games in the casino," Teresa said. "My answer was simple: put your money in and pull the handle." One thing led to another and a little over a year later, Reggie and Teresa were married on August 28, 2014. The Alton couple shares a lot of things in common starting with going to church. "We also love to travel and do some occasional gaming at the casinos," she said. A trip to a casino always sparks memories of how they met. Teresa shared advice on what it takes for a happy, healthy relationship for a couple: " Take time to listen to each other’s personal goals and also set couples' goals," she said. "Be kind to each other and all arguments are not fair; accept a critique and make it work."

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or decades, parts of north St. Louis have been underdeveloped, and a nearly $2 billion government-funded development could change the landscape.

A brush fire in the middle of winter may be a surprise to some, but several fire agencies were called to a brush fire in High ridge Sunday evening.

The decision comes on the heels of Illinois Gov. J.B. Pritzker's announcement last week that the statewide indoor mask mandate will end Feb. 28.

ALTON - Darin and Amy Withrow share a love of a show many couples seem to watch over and over - The Office re-runs. The Alton couple has been married since December 12, 2020. The two met on June 13, 2018. “He helped me move and then we got cheeseburgers at Mini Corral,” Amy said of their first date. “We both love playing Scrabble and watching re-runs of The Office. He is originally from Jerseyville and I am from Alton. We talk and laugh together often! Darin and I are very much in love. Every day with him is a dream come true, really.” When asked who their favorite Office show characters were, she said, “I know my favorite is Kevin Malone and his is Michael Scott. Every single episode of The Office is hilarious. There are so many quotable lines from the show.” Amy’s advice to other couples who want to be successful is to "talk and laugh together. Be quick to learn and slow to speak. Always be ready and willing to admit when you are wrong

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Mike Horstmann was driving to see his father a few days after the St. Louis area received its first major snowfall of the season.

An Arnold police officer who survived a shooting is showing the world he is ready to fight again – this time, against Covid 19 and double pneumonia.

A star witness admits to FOX 2 that she lied about a murder 25 years ago. Her testimony sent another woman to prison for life. That woman has been locked up with no other evidence that connects her to the crime.

The Missouri Department of Corrections confirmed another correctional officer was attacked last night at the Bonne Terre prison, making it the fourth confirmed attack there in less than two weeks.

WOOD RIVER - The Wood River Police announced late Monday that Rashad L. Stewart, 18, of 100 block of South Pence Street in East Alton, was charged today in Madison County Circuit Court with Aggravated Battery With A Firearm. Stewart is not in custody at the time of this release. Any information on the whereabouts of Stewart can be reported confidentially to the Wood River Police Department at (618) 251-3114, or to your local law enforcement. The Wood River Police Department received a 911 call from the 300 block of Bonita Street for a male who had been shot in the chest. Officers were dispatched. The male victim was treated at the scene and transported to a St. Louis area hospital. The victim was speaking with officers prior to being transported. As a result of the investigation, officers were able to determine Stewart came to the residence to make contact with a juvenile female who was at the victim’s residence as a visitor. The victim and Stewart had contact with each other

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YouTube's Content ID automated copyright system sucks. There, I said it. Any review of the different posts we've done specifically on the topic of Content ID can only leave you with one impression: the system doesn't work. Not that it never works, of course, but when you build a system that is designed specifically to allow 3rd parties to take down speech content, that system had damned well better not be wide the hell open for abuse or laughable errors. Well, guess what? You've got your music labels getting works taken down that were specifically designed not to not be infringing, news organizations managed to claim their own live streams as copyright infringing, and music labels being able to demonetize videos of a guy singing public domain Christmas carols. It's all very stupid, very much the tip of the iceberg, and very much an indication that Content ID, in its current state, is broken.

What's that, you say? You need more? Fine, a guy uploaded videos of his cat purring and those got claimed by two different labels as infringing on their copyrights.

YouTube's automated takedown tool is known for its flaws, but this week it crossed a line by attacking a purring cat. According to YouTube's Content-ID system both EMI Publishing and PRS own the rights to a 12 second purring loop. Last March, YouTube user Digihaven uploaded one hour of video loops featuring his cat Phantom, purring, as cats do. The video didn’t go viral but appealed to a niche public, and more recently also two major music publishers.

Nearly a year after the video was posted Digihaven was informed by YouTube that Phantom is “pirate” purring. Apparently, part of the 12 second loop belongs to EMI Music Publishing and PRS.

Yes, this is sort of funny, but only after you've encountered so many Content ID problems just like this that you become dead inside, like me. I've made statements like this before, but I'll repeat it again: your automated copyright system doesn't have to be perfect, but if your system is so flawed that a 12 second video of a cat purring can be flagged by multiple music labels then your system sucks so badly that you need to completely start from scratch on a new one.

Now, I've done some haphazard searching for songs entitled "Focus" by artists on the EMI label and, frankly, I gave up. There are a ton of search results for songs that include that word in their titles. That being said, I'm fairly certain that EMI doesn't have a band with a song that is 12 seconds of a cat purring or, if that in fact is a thing, that such a video would be copyrightable. In other words, either way, EMI and PRS should not be monetizing Phantom the Cat's musical stylings.

“I’m sure EMI/PRS made Phantom a sad kitty. It seems like companies such as EMI are pirating ads on people’s legit videos, so I’m wondering if they apologize to, or reimburse people for those false claims,” he tells TF.

Hoping to clear his cat’s name Digihaven decided to file a dispute. This was partially successful, as EMI lifted its claim shortly before publication of this article.

Which, absurdly, means now Phantom just has to figure out what PRS' problem is.

Or, hey, maybe we could all just admit together that Content ID in its current form doesn't work and should be done away with in some organized and planned fashioned. Replace it with a better automated system. Replace it with more humans doing moderation. Admit that content moderation at scale is completely impossible and stop trying.

Anything would be better than living under a automated system we all know sucks.

Quincy Miller was charged with multiple felonies in connection with the shooting. The vehicle was at the station for a custody exchange, police said.