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I continue to believe that Donald Trump will get away with everything, but there's no question that his legal position has deteriorated considerably over the past week or so. Here's a review of recent headlines. Enjoy.

The Scorpions have released another advance track from their their forthcoming studio album, Rock Believer, which is due out next Friday, February 25. The new tune, titled "Shining of Your…

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Infant formula maker Abbott is recalling certain lots of Similac, Alimentum and EleCare with expiration dates of April 1 or later.

The power utility said it was aided by both higher sales of electricity as the economy rebounded, and by new electric rates.

The 6,000 payments total more than $3 million, or nearly 2/3 of the more than $4 million available for the program.

Battle of the Bulge veteran recalls horrors and lessons of war

St. Louis lawmakers on Friday finally approved a $22 million plan for a protected bicycle path downtown and bridge replacement, among other improvements.

Ever wondered about who lived in your house — and what they did? An expert from the Missouri History Museum details how to research your home’s history, while locals who unearthed details about their house share their stories.

The date for resuming service has yet to be determined; a Federal Transit Administration official wants that to happen in June.

ST. LOUIS (AP) — A police group that advocates for minority officers filed a lawsuit against St. Louis and some city officials contending that procedures used for promotions do not …

Paul McCartney just announced a 2022 U.S. tour today, which should help him offset the big loss he recently took on the sale of a New York City penthouse he…

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Welp. This isn't going to help future fundraising drives. Not when a public radio station is negatively affecting, you know, driving.

Drivers of certain vehicles in Seattle and other parts of Western Washington are shouting at their car radios this week. Not because of any particular song or news item that’s being broadcast, but because an apparent technical glitch has caused the radios to be stuck on public radio station KUOW.

The impacted drivers appear to all be owners of Mazda vehicles from between 2014 and 2017. In some cases the in-car infotainment systems have stopped working altogether, derailing the ability to listen to the radio at all or use Bluetooth phone connections, GPS, the rear camera and more.

Behold the collision of OTA and IO(car)T. This unique situation -- limited solely to drivers in the Upper West -- presented a host of new problems and a lot of speculative answers. The radio station had absolutely no idea why this was happening. One local dealership told a customer it had something to do with 5G, which apparently meant affected Mazdas were now infected with a car-borne form of COVID, presumably necessitating plenty of expensive diagnostics and what have you.

Fortunately, the cars' manufacturer was actually able to pinpoint the cause of the malfunction -- which left some drivers staring at in-car systems stuck in a perpetual "loading…" loop. The answer arrived roughly a week after the problem presented itself. The problem -- discussed in this entertaining Reddit thread -- had nothing to do with network upgrades or an unexplained bug in Mazda software.

Instead, the public radio station had done something completely unexpected, sending affected vehicles into in-car entertainment purgatory. This is the statement Mazda gave to Geekwire.

“Between 1/24-1/31, a radio station in the Seattle area sent image files with no extension, which caused an issue on some 2014-2017 Mazda vehicles with older software,” the Mazda statement said. “Mazda North American Operations (MNAO) has distributed service alerts advising dealers of the issue.”

While it's somewhat troubling to note that Mazdas manufactured within the last eight years are running what Mazda considers to be outdated software, the good news is that it can be fixed. The bad news follows the good news: due to shipping constraints affecting goddamn everything, drivers affected by this oddity shouldn't expect to see a fix anytime soon. "Part delays" cited by Mazda could put permanent fixes months off.

On the other hand (good news!), even older models will be covered by these repairs, whether or not they're still under warranty. The company has instructed dealers to honor "goodwill requests" for free repairs of affected vehicles. Back to the bad news: the part that apparently needs to be replaced is the ominous-sounding "connectivity master unit," which indicates a whole lot of connectivity will be affected until dealers get the part in stock and start dealing with the backlog of semi-bricked Mazdas. Some users have reported in-car entertainment systems stuck in permanent loops, non-functioning GPS systems, and bricked back-up cameras.

This isn't going to go well for Mazda, considering it's the only manufacturer whose systems have been rendered useless by a misconfigured file distributed by a radio station. While this situation is certainly an outlier, there's likely a reason other in-car entertainment systems weren't similarly affected, which suggests a crucial shortcoming in the tech installed in those models -- one that could be exploited by entities far more nefarious than local public broadcasters.

EDWARDSVILLE - On February 8, Edwardsville attorney James Craney entered his appearance on behalf of Madison County Circuit Judges Sholar and Threlkeld in the lawsuit pitting the voters of Madison County against various state bodies. The suit alleges that the Judicial Circuits Districting Act of 2022 is unconstitutional in its application and unfairly prejudices Madison County voters and judicial candidates. Judges Sholar and Threlkeld have intervened in the suit as plaintiffs. Speaker of the House Chris Welch and Senate President Dan Harmon has also intervened as defendants in this rare contest pitting the Illinois judiciary against the legislature. Welch and Harmon are represented by long-time Madigan attorney, Michael Kasper. When asked about the intervention, Craney stated “I don’t usually comment on pending cases, but in this instance I’ll make an exception, to call attention to the cynical, Chicago-machine style attempt to prevent these judges to run for

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After a bout with COVID, St. Louis musician Kevin Buckley had to get out of the house. He traveled to one of the largest springs in the country — in the heart of Missouri’s Ozarks. That’s where he drew inspiration for his new debut solo album, “Big Spring.”

St. Louis County health officials says COVID-19 case numbers are improving As the most recent COVID-19 surge from the omicron variant declines, St. Louis County health officials are saying we may be on a path to improvement. In a letter addressed to St. Louis County Executive Sam Page, Dr. Faisal Khan wrote that the metrics used to track the pandemic “continue to show rapid improvement.” Khan detailed that hospitalizations are on the decline in the St. Louis area, as well as case numbers.…

Gov. J.B. Pritzker said he will ask the state's high court to weigh in on statewide masking and other COVID-19 mitigation measures at schools.

This article originally ran in the St. Louis Business Journal on February 11, 2022 CRG, Clayco’s development arm based in St. Louis, has sold five newly built industrial warehouses, including two in St. Louis, in a $425 million deal. In what is CRG’s largest multiproperty sale since it was formed nine years ago, the company sold the fully leased warehouses […]

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