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DirecTV Ignores GOP Pressure, Kicks OAN Off Its Cable Lineup

4 years 2 months ago
Back in January DirecTV announced it would be kicking the fantasy and conspiracy channel One America News (OAN) off of its satellite TV lineup, removing the biggest distribution avenue for the “news” channel. Despite the endless coverage the channel gets for its baseless conspiracies, it’s a channel relatively few people actually watch. DirecTV executives simply didn’t […]
Karl Bode

Two-story home lost in fire in West St. Louis

4 years 2 months ago
ST. LOUIS - A two-story building in the Franz Park neighborhood of St. Louis City was on fire Wednesday morning. The St. Louis Fire Department said the building is located in the 6700 block of Glades Avenue. The department said firefighters saw "heavy fire on the first and second floors" of the building when they [...]
Monica Ryan

Watchdog says OSHA, USDA should have done more to protect meatpacking workers from COVID

4 years 2 months ago

This story was originally published by The Midwest Center for Investigative Reporting. The U.S. Department of Agriculture has food safety inspectors in every large meatpacking plant in the country. Just like the industry’s workers, the government’s inspectors entered the high-risk work spaces almost every day during the COVID-19 pandemic. Sonny Perdue, USDA’s leader during the […]

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Sky Chadde

Small amount of voters decide key issues in St. Louis area

4 years 2 months ago
ST. LOUIS - Voter turnout was low for Tuesday's Municipal Election, but those who did cast ballots made their opinions known on multiple key issues. In St. Louis County voters decided that the St. Louis County Executive should not be able to hold a second job while in office. Proposition B passed with 61 percent [...]
Chris Regnier