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SCOTUS Refuses To Hear Anti-Vax Group’s Claim That Meta’s Private Actions Are 1A Violations
Back in the summer of 2020, RFK Jr. was leading the Children’s Health Defense organization, built on an anti-vaccination platform. The organization sued Facebook/Meta that year, along with several fact-checking organizations, for limiting the reach of, and otherwise fact-checking, its posts due to their inclusion of medical and scientific misinformation. CHD argued, in an incredibly […]
PHOTOS: Man Shot in Dutchtown Dies, Suspects Wanted
Homicide Detectives are investigating a shooting that left a 37-year-old man dead on April 13, 2025 in the 3500 block of Alberta.
The post PHOTOS: Man Shot in Dutchtown Dies, Suspects Wanted appeared first on St. Louis Metropolitan Police Department.
Tornado Warrant Suspension ends on Friday, August 1, 2025
City Court will resume issuing bench warrants for failure to appear on Monday, August 4, 2025.
Granite City Family Seeks Support For Teen's 46-Week Cancer Treatment
GRANITE CITY - Becky Hansel is organizing a fundraiser to support her 16-year-old niece, Trinity Waelterman, of Granite City, who is battling stage 4 alveolar rhabdomyosarcoma, an aggressive cancer that has spread to multiple parts of her body including her bones, lungs, and pancreas. The fundraiser aims to help cover medical expenses, travel costs, housing needs, and transportation during Trinity’s 46-week chemotherapy treatment plan. Trinity’s treatment began recently and involves a rigorous schedule of chemotherapy designed to combat the cancer. The plan includes alternating weeks of multiple chemotherapy drugs and recovery periods, continuing for nearly a year. Terry Waelterman, Trinity’s father and a single parent, has been caring for Trinity and her two siblings throughout this difficult time. The family faces significant financial challenges due to ongoing medical costs not covered by insurance, travel expenses for hospital visits, and the need for stable
US House passes massive tax break and spending cut bill, sending it to Trump
WASHINGTON — U.S. House Republicans cleared the “big, beautiful bill” for President Donald Trump’s signature Thursday, marking an end to the painstaking months-long negotiations that began just after voters gave the GOP unified control of Washington during last year’s elections. The final 218-214 vote on the expansive tax and spending cuts package marked a significant […]
Wentzville Independence Day display includes dozens of US flags
City leadership expects the display to become an annual tradition in Wentzville, appearing on and around Memorial Day, Independence Day, Labor Day, and Veterans Day.
Got a chuckle out of this one. Hope it’s not posted a billion times already.
Ezra Klein Meets Zohran Mamdani
Today on TAP: Abundance for working people blows away YIMBY.
Endangered Person Advisory issued for 4-year-old taken by non-custodial father
House sends GOP's 'big, beautiful bill' to Trump’s desk in major win for Republicans
The “big, beautiful bill” is heading to President Trump’s desk. House Republicans passed the core of Trump’s domestic policy agenda Thursday afternoon — including sweeping tax cuts, a crackdown on immigration, a boost in energy production and huge cuts to Medicaid — overcoming months of bitter infighting on Capitol Hill to deliver what could be [...]
Wentzville man, 70, drowns in Lake of the Ozarks
The victim fell out of a boat he was operating Tuesday evening, the Missouri Highway Patrol said.
Federal budget megabill would shift billions in cost to Missouri taxpayers
Already facing a difficult financial future, the state would have to choose whether to continue services or reduce spending for Medicaid, food aid and other programs.
The Rolling Stones’ Mick Jagger to appear on new Burna Boy album
The Rolling Stones’ Mick Jagger will make a guest appearance on the upcoming album from Nigerian singer/songwriter Burna Boy.Burna Boy will release his album No Signs of Weakness on July 11 and just…
ACLU sues Missouri over language in proposal to reinstate abortion ban
The ACLU of Missouri has filed a lawsuit against Missouri Secretary Denny Hoskins, challenging the ballot language of House Joint Resolution 73, a proposal that could reinstate abortion bans in most cases across the state.
Removal case against Sheriff Alfred Montgomery gets a judge, hearing date
Retired St. Louis Judge Steven R. Ohmer, who served on the bench in St. Louis courts for 30 years, will hold a hearing Wednesday.
No, the Arch doesn't affect St. Louis' weather, but the city's rivers do
Michael Madsen of 'Kill Bill' and 'Reservoir Dogs' dies: reports
The Illinois native was reportedly found unresponsive in his Malibu home Thursday morning.
State Dept. Tells Student Visa Applicants To Set Their Social Media Profiles To ‘Public’ If They Want To Come To The US
Way back in the day of EARLIER THIS YEAR, people could expect to be subjected to warrantless, invasive device searches only at US borders and international airports. Visa applicants, however, just needed to fill out some paperwork and wait for permission to head abroad to find work and/or continue their education. Now, you don’t even […]
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