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Today on TAP: Last week, 27 Democratic senators voted to ban such sales. But 17 voted to let them continue.

WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump is bringing back a physical fitness test to public schools after over a decade, but details of the new test, including timing and implementation, remain to be seen. Trump signed an executive order July 31 that reestablished the Presidential Fitness Test — a source of both fear and achievement among youth […]

From New York Times: The plumber, the mason, the electrician and the carpenter arrived a full hour early to collect their blueprints. They had two days in June to build an eight-foot by 10-foot tiny home inside the convention center in downtown Atlanta. They knew little else about their assignment, but they were anxious to […]

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A teenager was shot at by a masked man while walking home from the store Monday evening.

A bank in North County was robbed at gunpoint Thursday morning.

From Derek Thompson on Substack: The sharpest criticisms of the book Abundance have sometimes come from the antitrust movement. This group, mostly on the left, insists that the biggest problems in America typically come from monopolies and the corruption of big business. In housing, for example, Ezra Klein and I write that a key bottleneck to homebuilding […]

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Lawmakers often move into the lobbying ranks after they leave office.

From KSDK: St. Louis will no longer issue city construction contracts under its Minority and Women Owned Business Enterprise goals due to threats to take back or eliminate federal grant funds to cities that support such programs, Mayor Cara Spencer said in a letter to city residents that was dated Friday. Spencer said a pause […]

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Watch the tech oligarchs who lined up behind Donald Trump at his inauguration, and you’ll see the most important story of our time: the fascists are winning because they’ve built a direct pipeline from concentrated technological power to concentrated political power. This isn’t about technology being inherently dangerous—it’s about how distorted Wall Street incentives drove […]

FAIRVIEW HEIGHTS — An off-duty Fairview Heights police officer’s vigilance led to the recovery of a stolen vehicle and the arrest of two juveniles early Wednesday morning, July 30, 2025, authorities said. At approximately 5:30 a.m. on July 30, 2025, the Fairview Heights Police Department received a report of a stolen vehicle from Moody Park. The vehicle’s owner had gone for a morning walk and discovered the car missing after completing one lap around the park’s track. Officer Nick Hensley, who had just finished his night shift, spotted the stolen vehicle in the 9900 block of Old Lincoln Trail. Although off duty, Hensley immediately alerted dispatch and coordinated with on-duty officers. He observed two individuals, later identified as a 14-year-old female and a 14-year-old male, exit the vehicle and enter a nearby residence. Maintaining surveillance, Hensley was able to identify the exact home. Upon arrival of additional units, police established a perimeter

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A spokesperson confirmed that graffiti was left behind. She later confirmed it was antisemitic.

Learn Raspberry Pi and start building Amazon Alexa projects with The Complete Raspberry Pi and Alexa A-Z Bundle. Catered for all levels, these project-based courses will get you up and running with the basics of Pi, before escalating to full projects. Before you know it, you’ll be building a gaming system to play old Nintendo, […]

Lenny Kravitz has nabbed a nomination for the 2025 MTV Video Music Awards.Kravitz has earned a nod in the best rock category for his song "Honey," where he’s up against…

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COLLINSVILLE - The Collinsville Police Department announced Brian Joy as its Officer of the Month for June 2025, recognizing his proactive performance and dedication to the community. Joy has been with the Collinsville Police Department since December 2021 and has consistently demonstrated the qualities expected of its officers. The Collinsville PD aimed to bring some positivity to the announcement on Tuesday, Aug. 5, 2025. “Please congratulate Brian Joy on being recognized for his performance in June,” the department said. “Thank you, Brian, for your service to our community!”

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A series of overnight car fires in a Clayton neighborhood are now being investigated as a hate crime.

Two studies out of Finland show promising results for sauna users. The research implies there could be an added benefit to sweating profusely in the controlled setting of a sauna: a decrease in one’s risk for dementia or Alzheimer’s. First, a 2016 study by researchers at the University of Eastern Finland surveyed 2,315 healthy Finnish men, age 42-60, and found that participants doing two to three sauna sessions per week had a 22% less risk of developing dementia, while the men using a sauna four to seven times a week are 66% less likely to develop Alzheimer’s disease or dementia over a 20 year period. The second study by Paul Knekt at the Finnish Institute for Health and Welfare, was much more widespread. It included nearly 14,000 men and women, age 30-69, and followed them for up to 39 years. Deepak Nair, MD, director of Ambulatory and Virtual Neurology Services at OSF HealthCare, studied the findings and says the results are promising. “People who were

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Four Black aldermen rebuked a move to halt St. Louis' minority contracting program, saying it risked repeating the city’s history of exclusion.

Perhaps no one is happier to see the arrival of summer than those pesky mosquitoes that invade our space over the next three months. Seemingly, they’re everywhere. According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), there are 3,700 types of mosquitoes around the world, wreaking havoc. They’ll try to ruin your picnic, they love it when you relax in the backyard and they feast on anything that’s happening near a body of water. According to the CDC, only female mosquitoes bite people and animals to get a blood meal, which they need to produce eggs. Adult mosquitoes live for about two to four weeks, depending on the species, humidity and temperature. But why do some people tend to be mosquito magnets while others get off scot-free? There are plenty of reasons, including blood type (most mosquitoes like Type O), body heat (female mosquitoes detect heat) and even diet (eating sweet, salty or spicy foods can draw mosquitoes). One study even suggests mosquitoes

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