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I teach American Literature at Metro High School in St. Louis Public Schools. In a recent lesson, students analyzed Carl Sandburg’s “Chicago” and James Weldon Johnson’s “My City” to better understand the early 20th century city in addition to a number of literary focuses. After reading the two poems, I tasked students with penning a […]

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Attorney General Eric Schmitt’s record on China is once again coming under fire, with a political action committee supporting one of his rivals in the GOP Senate primary launching an attack ad during the opening ceremony of the Beijing Olympics. Team PAC, which was formed to support the U.S. Senate candidacy of former Missouri Gov. Eric […]

The post Pro-Greitens PAC hits Schmitt on China in ad airing during Olympics opening ceremony appeared first on Missouri Independent.

ST. LOUIS - The second round of snowfall will continue through the afternoon for the majority of the St. Louis region. The exception will be the northwestern edge, from Montgomery City up to Bowling Green, which is already seeing the accumulating snow come to an end. Gusty winds will continue to blow the light, fluffy [...]

ST. LOUIS, Mo. - Area roads are littered with stuck vehicles and serious accidents. MoDOT has asked drivers to avoid traveling, if possible. They have staffing issues and the streets may take a while to clear. More snow is expected through the day.

The latest report on COVID hospitalizations from the St. Louis Metropolitan Pandemic Task Force reinforces the downward trend for the omicron surge.

Winter Storm Landon is not done with us yet. As snowflakes swirl across the St. Louis area and we all continue to flip out on Twitter about what’s going on outside, a popular St. Louis grocery store is closing up shop for the day.…

The Democrat raised $2.48 million as of Dec. 31, slightly more than Republican Attorney General Eric Schmitt’s $2.44 million.

So much snow. And nothing to do with it.

To provide support during the worst surge since the beginning of the pandemic, The St. Louis Metropolitan Pandemic Task Force selected BJC Christian Hospital as a priority facility to receive federal assistance from the U.S. Department of Health and Human…

The E. Barrett Prettyman Federal Courthouse in Washington, D.C., home to the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court and others.

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The National Security Agency failed to follow procedural and policy requirements surrounding the use of surveillance data collected on U.S. persons, according to a new report from the group's Office of the Inspector General. The finding, issued Monday, is the result of a "special study" conducted as part of the latest semiannual report delivered to Congress.

Stop us if you’ve heard this before. The fact is, Section 702 of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act creates a giant pool of surveillance data, and misuse of that data is rampant — and has been for years. Monday's evaluation finding a “number of concerns” is thrown onto a heap of similar findings around the NSA and other intelligence agencies.

And those are just the violations we know about. In the time since the Snowden leaks cast a critical eye over much of the U.S. intelligence community, the NSA and other agencies have been compelled to report more of their misuse of surveillance data, but face little accountability. Where there are opportunities to push back against this systemic noncompliance, lawmakers have not opted to act, and courts — including the notoriously secretive Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court, which was created specifically to provide oversight to this kind of program — have not pulled on the reins.

Just last year, that court released a ruling that found the FBI was improperly querying the same cache of data, but approved of the agency’s use. The court was — you guessed it — “concerned about the apparent widespread violations” and found that compliance was even harder to ensure since the start of the coronavirus pandemic, but did not restrict the agency’s access.

And why should it? Only months before, the same court had found that the FBI and the NSA had engaged in “widespread violations” of the same law, and offered no consequences worse than the harsh words of an opinion.

And months before that, more previously classified court opinions were published showing FBI violations of the same procedures, including in at least one case in contradiction of advice from its own general counsel. The FBI’s inspector general has found concerns of its own, including a 2020 report that found errors in every application to the FISA court that it reviewed.

At what point do these “concerns” lead to actual change? Section 702 was introduced in the FISA Amendments Act of 2008, and was renewed in 2018. It’s set to expire next year. It’s clear the FISA court can’t or won’t enforce the law around this giant pool of personal data. It’s time to let it dry up.

The trends are a sign that employers at the end of last year were looking for workers in a workforce that still hadn't returned to pre-pandemic size.

Dozens of flights at St. Louis Lambert International Airport were canceled Thursday, as the second wave of a winter storm brought heavy snowfall to the region.

Dierbergs and Schnucks locations will close early Thursday evening due to the weather and road conditions.

The supermarket changed hours in response to poor weather conditions.

Schnucks has altered hours due to the winter storm moving through the St. Louis area.