On display at the ever-popular orchid show, the Missouri Botanical Garden’s vast orchid collection includes more than 6,000 individual plants representing almost 700 unique species, and approximately one in 10 […]
A single swipe can start a romance—but for most of human history, a “match” was something your family negotiated, your neighbors watched, and your community enforced. Courtship has never been just about two people liking each other. It has always been tied to money, safety, social rules, and the way people meet. What’s changed over the centuries is who gets to choose, how public the process is, and what counts as “serious.” The shift from supervised visits
On February 25, 1956, Soviet leader Nikita Khrushchev delivered a closed-door address that quietly shook the communist world. In what later became known as the “Secret Speech,” he condemned the crimes and abuses of Joseph Stalin, criticizing mass arrests, executions, and the culture of fear that had defined much of Soviet life for decades. At the time, the speech mattered because it cracked the image of an infallible state and signaled that the Soviet Union might change course after
ST. LOUIS – U.S. District Judge Cristian M. Stevens on Tuesday sentenced a St. Louis area contractor who fraudulently obtained $1.7 million in pandemic loans to three years in prison and ordered her to repay the money. Coretta “Cory” Elliott, 53, owned and operated CMT LLC, a contractor that provided commercial construction, demolition, roofing, landscaping and remediation services. CMT also did business as CMT Roofing LLC. Elliott fraudulently obtained a first draw Paycheck
In St. Louis, several Black artists emerged over the decades that changed the blueprint of global music and left a lasting impact on local artist culture.
I’ve long written about how the U.S. establishment press no longer genuinely serves the public interest. Years of consolidation at the hands of (usually) rich, white, male, Conservative owners has resulted in a lazy U.S. press that reflects the interests of ownership. As a result you get a lot of feckless “he said, she said” […]
This morning starts off with cloudy skies and a few light rain showers in spots. Temperatures hover around the low 30s to upper 30s, feeling a bit chilly around 41 degrees with a light north wind just under 6 mph. By midday, the clouds begin to break up, giving way to a blend of sun and clouds. The high temperature reaches a cool 52 degrees in the afternoon with a gentle north wind that gusts up to 8 mph. As evening falls, cloud cover thickens again with breezy conditions picking up from the northeast,
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