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'They're here': Tornado survivors welcome long-awaited gov’t response

5 months 1 week ago
FOX 2 went back to a St. Louis neighborhood, the scene of heartbreak and resilience following the May 16 tornado, to see if anything’s changed. We were struck Wednesday by the silence in the Academy/Sherman Park neighborhood, broken up by the occasional homeowner cleaning up with the help of neighbors.
Chris Hayes

Ctrl-Alt-Speech: Algorithm Shrugged

5 months 1 week ago
Ctrl-Alt-Speech is a weekly podcast about the latest news in online speech, from Mike Masnick and Everything in Moderation‘s Ben Whitelaw. Subscribe now on Apple Podcasts, Overcast, Spotify, Pocket Casts, YouTube, or your podcast app of choice — or go straight to the RSS feed. In this week’s roundup of the latest news in online […]
Mike Masnick

Granite City Man Released On Domestic Battery, Other Charges

5 months 1 week ago
GRANITE CITY – A man from Granite City faces five charges after strangling and battering a victim with his fists and a firearm. Dominique D. Perry, 25, of Granite City, was charged on May 23, 2025 with the following offenses: Aggravated domestic battery (Class 2 felony) Aggravated battery (Class 3 felony) Possession of cannabis with the intent to deliver (Class 3 felony) Domestic battery (Class A misdemeanor) Aggravated assault (Class A misdemeanor) On May 22, 2025, Perry allegedly strangled a household or family member, struck them about the body with a closed fist, and struck them in the face with a firearm. The Madison County State’s Attorney’s Office filed a petition to deny Perry’s pretrial release. According to the petition, the victim told authorities they had been strangled and battered by Perry before he retrieved the firearm, then continued to batter them with the firearm. Officers later located Perry and the firearm used in the

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3 From Alton Charged In Stolen Auto Cases

5 months 1 week ago
ALTON – Three Alton residents were charged on the same day with possessing a series of stolen vehicles in Madison County. Douglas F. Manns, 47, Edwanda L. Smith, 28, and Justin G. Rodewald, 37, all of Alton, were each charged on May 22, 2025 with Class 2 felony counts of offenses related to motor vehicles. Manns allegedly possessed a 2019 Barlow trailer which he knew to be stolen on April 10, 2025. Smith was charged with knowingly possessing a stolen 2012 Ford Explorer on March 20, 2025, while Rodewald is accused of knowingly possessing a stolen Chevrolet Equinox on March 6, 2025. The Metro East Auto Theft Task Force of the Madison County Sheriff’s Office presented each of the cases against Manns, Smith, and Rodewald. All were granted pretrial release from custody. All individuals charged are presumed innocent until proven guilty in a court of law

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Don’t empower agencies to gut free speech

5 months 1 week ago

Federal agencies are transforming into the speech police under President Donald Trump. So why are some Democrats supporting the Kids Online Safety Act, a recently reintroduced bill that would authorize the MAGA-controlled Federal Trade Commission to enforce censorship?

As Freedom of the Press Foundation (FPF) senior advocacy adviser Caitlin Vogus wrote for The Boston Globe, there’s never an excuse for supporting censorship bills, but especially when political loyalists are at the FTC sure to abuse any power they’re given to stifle news on disfavored topics.

Vogus wrote, “KOSA’s supporters argue that it’s about keeping children under 17 safe from the harms of social media. But at the heart of the bill is something everyone should oppose: empowering the government to decide what speech children should be forbidden from seeing online.”

Read the article here.

Freedom of the Press Foundation